Hello, I am trying to translate an XML (version 1.0) file.
How should I configure the settings so that the index items with the red underlines below are included for translation?
In Trados 2021, these are excluded from translation with the default settings.
Thank you!
By default, attribute values are never extracted for translation. So if you need this then create a custom XML filetype: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/06/01/custom-xml/
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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XML is a very undefined file type, and you will have to create your custom XML filetype for this (as for almost any XML file). Studio can't know what you want to translate and what not.
The things you want to translate are called "attribute values" in XML parlance. You are trying to translate the "ref1" and the "ref2" attribute of all (I guess) "indxflag" elements.
I strongly recommend you use the XML2 filetype as the XML1 type is deprecated and nobody using 2024 will be able to handle the translation (xliff) file.
Here is a good starting point to learn about custom XML filetypes: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/06/01/custom-xml/
This one is more current and should give you more up-to-date information: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2023/10/13/xml-unravelling-chaos/
Hope you can take it from here!
Daniel
Paul Daniel Hug
Thank you so much for your assistance!
Thanks to your help, I was able to copy the XML2 file type and create a custom file type, making the index items translatable as an attribute.
Thank you also for providing other detailed information!
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