RE: [xliff] Language for bilingual <file>

John,

Nicely done. The <target> children of <alt-trans>, however, may also be of a different language.

How about this...?

Recommendation: It is strongly recommended that content within the <file> element be uniformly bilingual. In other words, each <source> and <target> element that is a child of <trans-unit> is of the same language as the source-language and target-language attributes of the <file> element, respectively. The xml:lang attribute should not be used in those elements. The exception is that <source> and <target> elements that are children of <alt-trans> may contain an xml:lang attribute of a different language than that of the source-language and target-language attributes of the <file> element.

Example,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xliff xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.1" version="1.1">
<file original="hello.txt" source-language="en" target-language="fr" datatype="plaintext">
  <body>
   <trans-unit id="hi">
    <source>hello world</source>
    <target>bonjour monde</target>
    <alt-trans>
     <target xml:lang="es">hola mundo</target>
    </alt-trans>
   </trans-unit>
  </body>
</file>
</xliff>

Regards,

Doug Domeny
Software Analyst

Ektron, Inc.
+1 603 594-0249 x212
http://www.ektron.com

-----Original Message-----
From: John Reid [mailto:JREID@novell.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:13 PM
To: >
Subject: [xliff] Language for bilingual <file>

Hi Enda & Tony,

Is the following sufficient? Too verbose? Understandable? If not, please feel free to edit.

"Recommendation: It is strongly recommended that this is a uniformly bilingual file. In other words: each <source> element child of <trans-unit> are of the same language as the source-language attribute of <file>; that the xml:lang attribute of <source> is not used in those elements; that only <source> children of <alt-trans> can contain an xml:lang attribute of a different language than that of the source-language attribute of <file>."

cheers,

john

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