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Subject: Re: [xliff-tools] Approved attribute
Hi folks, On 4/5/07, Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote: > > F Wolff wrote: > > I'd like to discuss the section on the fuzzy flag, 5.6.1 > > Me too. The "Guide", section 5.6.1., wants a <target> element with > attribute > approved="no". But this is IMO not the right thing: > The XLIFF specification says "approved" indicates > "whether a translation is final or has passed its final review". > So this is meant to apply to a translation team that has a two-phase > translation process: initial translation and review. Now, in a PO file, > fuzzies are put by msgmerge, and often are not even remotely related to > the <source> string. So in these cases, both the initial translation > and the review have to be performed, not just the review. The right way > to express this in XLIFF is through an <alt-trans> element. No? I think it is somewhat useful to note that the fuzzy flag is really being used widely for two purposes: 1) In msgmerge, to indicate that a fuzzy match has taken place 2) In the translation process, to indicate that the message needs some form of review or further translation. When dealing with msgmerge-based fuzzies, I think it makes perfect sense to use a alt-trans element, especially with the added "#| " directive, which can then map directly to the <source> in the alt-trans, as Bruno described earlier: #, fuzzy #| msgid "too many arguments" msgid "too few arguments" msgstr "trop d'arguments" <trans-unit ...> <source xml:lang="en">too few arguments</source> <alt-trans xml:space="preserve" ...> <source xml:lang="en">too many arguments</source> <target xml:lang="fr">trop d'arguments</target> </alt-trans> </trans-unit> However, when dealing with the second form of fuzzy-usage, the approved-attribute could be used. Both options are perfectly valid in terms of the intended use, and could be implemented as options in the xliff-converter tools? cheers, asgeir -- Asgeir Frimannsson PhD Candidate School of Software Engineering and Data Communications Queensland University of Technology 126 Margaret Street, Level 3 Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia Phone: (+61) 7 3138 9332 Mob: (+61) 405 412 696 Email: asgeirf@gmail.com
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