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Hello,

To translate only segments with a translate="yes" attribute in your DITA files in Trados Studio, you can use a similar approach to the one you mentioned for 'astX:md=true' attribute. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Open your Trados Studio and go to the "File Types" settings.

Step 2: Find and select the DITA file type.

Step 3: Go to the "Parser Rules" section.

Step 4: Add a new parser rule. Set it as always translatable and use the XPath expression '//*[@translate='yes']' to extract text from any element with the 'translate=yes' attribute.

Step 5: Add a second rule to not extract anything at all, using the XPath expression '//*'. This ensures that only the first rule is applied.

Step 6: Disable all other rules to maintain a clean sheet for these settings.

Please remember to save your changes and apply these settings to your project. This should allow you to translate only the segments with a translate="yes" attribute in your DITA files.

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"Probability score": 0.8

"Question improvement suggestion": Please provide the version of Trados Studio you are using and any steps you have already taken to try and solve this issue.

In the meantime, based on the information you have provided, here is a suggested answer to your question:

Hello,

To translate only segments with a translate="yes" attribute in your DITA files in Trados Studio, you can use a similar approach to the one you mentioned for 'astX:md=true' attribute. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Open your Trados Studio and go to the "File Types" settings.

Step 2: Find and select the DITA file type.

Step 3: Go to the "Parser Rules" section.

Step 4: Add a new parser rule. Set it as always translatable and use the XPath expression '//*[@translate='yes']' to extract text from any element with the 'translate=yes' attribute.

Step 5: Add a second rule to not extract anything at all, using the XPath expression '//*'. This ensures that only the first rule is applied.

Step 6: Disable all other rules to maintain a clean sheet for these settings.

Please remember to save your changes and apply these settings to your project. This should allow you to translate only the segments with a translate="yes" attribute in your DITA files.

I hope this answer addressed your question. If not, please reject the answer, add the question improvement suggestion information, and click the RWS Community AI checkbox on the right to try again.

RWS Community AI

Thank you for your approach,

Unfortunately, adding the XPath expression '//*' breaks the entire document. Nothing else is displayed for translation, the file to be translated is empty.

Here below are the settings as you suggested:

Leylak de Caupenne 

Try switching the order of your rules.  You excluded everything with your first rule so there is nothing left to parse.

Dear Paul,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I had to adjust some tags that are inbetween tags, but I confirm your solution worked!