Accepting Suggested Translations In XLIFF

["Matthew Lovatt" <matthew.lovatt@oracle.com>]

When I generate XLIFF Files for translation, I may include 1 or more alt-trans elements containing suggested translations

 

Translators may use one of these suggestions, or they may translate from scratch

 

Typically, a Translation Tool will present all available alt-trans elements with their parent trans-unit, allowing translators to select and optionally modify one of these suggestions

 

I am looking for some mechanism to mark an alt-trans element to indicate that a translation tool has accepted the alt-trans as the required translation.

 

A post processing tool can identify an accepted suggestion, and compare the target with the alt-trans to see if further modifications have been made to the target after accepting the suggestion

 

There seem to be several possible ways to do this

1) By preference, I would like to add a new attribute to alt-trans, to indicate that the alt-trans has been accepted

 

2) Or I could use a note element

 

3) I could also use context group, if there was a relevant allowed value within context-type

 

4) I could also use tool etc, but this will not be standard

 

If we agree that this is something that other users may require, can we pick a method and include it in the recommendations list

 

Mat