Symptoms:
The Update TM stage fails for SDLXLIFF-based Content Types when trying to update a Translation Memory (TM) with an empty target segment (empty translation).

Explanation:
If an empty translation is submitted to the Update TM stage, the task is sent to Recovery because updating a TM with an empty translation is not supported for SDLXLIFF-based Content Types. ITD-based Content Types are not affected by this issue as the empty translation gets ignored.

Resolution:
Empty translations are now also ignored at the Update TM stage for SDLXLIFF-base Content Types. The Update TM stage continues processing without errors. For technical reasons, this hotfix requires the below prerequisites to be installed:

1. SDLTMS 2011 SP5 CU1
2. SDLTMS 2011 SP5 CU1 - Hotfix for 36302, 36478, 36483 and 36484
3. SDLTMS 2011 SP5 CU1 - Hotfix for 36470

SDL-hosted customers should contact SDL Support to arrange for a hotfix to be deployed.

Customers who host TMS themselves should download the installer for SDLTMS2011SP5CU1 Hotfix for 36494.exe from the following FTP site: ftp://sdlpatches:5dlpatch35@ftp-emea.sdlproducts.com/SDL TMS/2011 SP5/CU1/Hotfix.