RE: [xliff-comment] XLIFF 2.0 Core finished?

["Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pål Eivind J Nes [mailto:pal.nes@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:13 PM
> To: Rodolfo M. Raya
> Cc: Josep Condal; xliff-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [xliff-comment] XLIFF 2.0 Core finished?
> 
> > I did not expect that there would be a need for defining what translation is,
> but XLIFF 2.0 will probably need to include a definition.
> 
> An original text is always initial. How else could one start?

Start with original (or "initial") text stored in <source> elements. Put translations in <target> elements.
 
> Any tool processing XLIFF should treat missing and empty target-elements
> the same as above. There is no information, so we should default to giving
> none.
> 
> Feel free to set me straight. :)

Any tool that sees that a <target> element is missing can offer to insert a <target> element in the XLIFF file as a container for the translation of the sibling <source> element. Notice that a <target> element is a container for a translation, not a container for a copy of <source>. There are, of course, cases in which the source text and its translations are the same, like when the source text is a brand name. These cases are exceptions, not the rule.

Regards,
Rodolfo
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