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Subject: FW: The translate attribute and "partial" translations
Hello All! I received this post, originally on the dita users list. Let me know what you think about his request. We can take this up at the next meeting. I'm attending the PTC/Users conference (Arbortext Editor) on June 2. So, I'd like to hold the next meeting on 16 June. Please mark your calendars for that date. In the meantime, please review Kara's and Andrzej's changes/additions to the acronym best practice. I sent those last week with the meeting invitation. We had very few people at the meeting last week, so we're still working on the same topics: two best practices (acronym and multi-language) that need to be completed and one best practice (glossary) that needs to be drafted. Best wishes, JoAnn JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD President Comtech Services, Inc. 710 Kipling Street, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80215 303-232-7586 joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com joannhackos Skype www.comtech-serv.com -----Original Message----- From: steve.anderson@gmail.com [mailto:steve.anderson@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Steve Anderson Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:44 AM To: JoAnn Hackos Subject: Re: The translate attribute and "partial" translations Hi Joann, here's my original post. Steve =========== Many elements in DITA include a translate attribute. It has a value of yes or no. We've been using it in a way similar to the filterable attributes (platform, audience, otherprops, etc.). Before sending our files out for translation, we remove all the content that is marked as translate="no". As an aside, I'm surprised that the translate attribute isn't filterable like audience. Anyway, translate yes/no is good for simple situations, but for more complex situations it fails. For example, if you have a topic that is translated into some, but not all languages (a "partial" translation), you can't set translate="no" on it, since, in some cases, it should be translated. Does anyone have a good method for marking up their content for this kind of need? I'm sure I'm not the only one with this use case. I know there is a subcommittee devoted to localization, but I'm not sure what their progress has been. Links to that information would be very helpful, too. Steve
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