How to set an XML comment either as segment separator or inline element

Question

Hi there,

let's assume that I've got this XML text:

<test>
<text>This is test text.</text>
</test>

How can set in the XML2 parser, if the XML comment works as a segment separator (like a structure element) or as an inline tag? Can this be set via an XPATH definition?

Thank in advance!

Best regards,

Bodo

Adrian Maniu · Accepted Answer

Hi Bodo Tiegel , 
 The entire closing message was: 
 I can replicate this behavior and raised as defect CRQ-42395 to be addressed by the dev team. 
 Currently such xml comments cannot be changed from the filter but they should be included if preceded by include tags. You're correct that the comments make the tags to be skipped and this is subject of the defect CRQ-42395. Once the defect is addressed and included in a Studio update this will be fixed. Until then, the only workaround would be to remove the XML comments from the source file.

Paul · Answer

Bodo Tiegel 
 Do you want to do this to be able to translate it or just manage it in some way? I ask because comments in XML are not normally intended for translation as they are intended to be processing instructions. They're usually meant for developers, translators, or systems as notes, explanations, or debugging hints. The XML specification also clarifies this point stating the following: 
 "An XML processor MAY, but need not, make it possible for an application to retrieve the text of comments." 
 Trados Studio has taken the approach not to extract the comments for translation. So if you want to extract for translation you'd have to do some pre-processing and content the comment markup into proper tags so you can expose the content for translation, then post process to remove them and add the comment markup back again. 
 If you just want to be able to see them you can hover over the comments as they are "tagged" as a placeholder automatically by the XML filetype: 
 
 Or... you could even use a stylesheet to show them in the preview: 
 
 Here's a couple of files to test in case it's helpful: xml_xsl.zip

Paul · Answer

Bodo Tiegel Patrik Mazanek would know better, but I think I'd agree with you. Like this:

darf nur an eine Hauptstromversorgung mit integriertem Schutzleiter angeschlossen werden, das den Anforderungen eines Krankenhauses entspricht.

We see this: If I add a char 'X' anywhere as translatable text before the comment we see both inline tags: or... In all cases the tag prior to the comment is set as: Translate = Yes Tag Type = Inline Segmentation Hint = Include The typical behaviour of Studio is so remove inline tags that appear at the start of the segment because it tries to keep the segment clean and considers you won't need the tags at the start. In this case the comment (automatically tagged) and the inline tag seem to be linked together as one and both get excluded. My personal opinion of this is the behaviour is wrong because I should be able to specify how I wish the tags to be controlled and not have Trados Studio do this for me despite the rule I applied. But hopefully Patrik Mazanek can advise if this is a bug we need to report, or explain the error of our ways :-)

Paul · Answer

Bodo Tiegel We will be pleased to help you with this problem so have logged a support case on your behalf. We do prioritise customers who have a support contract so please keep in mind it could take up to 48 hours, especially over a weekend, but rest assured we will contact you as soon as we can. You will be contacted at the email address used for this Community. Support Case Id : CS0010847.

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How to set an XML comment either as segment separator or inline element

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