RE: [xliff] Accepting Suggested Translations In XLIFF

["Yves Savourel" <ysavourel@translate.com>]

Hi Mat,
 
> 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

If I understand this correct (and generalize) this sound like you want some
change tracking mechanisms.

I was thinking <alt-trans> itself would be used for this. We had some talk
long ago about how to make the difference between an <alt-trans> meant to be
a translation proposition and an <alt-trans> meant to be an "older" version
of the translation. But I don't think we worked out a solution.

Talk to you soon.
-yves
 

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From: Matthew Lovatt [mailto:matthew.lovatt@oracle.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 9:35 AM
To: xliff
Subject: [xliff] Accepting Suggested Translations In XLIFF


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