FW: [xliff] best practice: should extraction process create targetelemen

Not sure if this came through on the XLIFF list or not. My apologies if this is a repeat.

Regards,

Doug Domeny

Software Analyst

Ektron, Inc.

+1 603 594-0249 x212

http://www.ektron.com

From: Rodolfo M. Raya [mailto:rmraya@heartsome.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:44 PM
To: Doug Domeny
Cc: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [xliff] best practice: should extraction process create targetelements?

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 10:16 -0500, Doug Domeny wrote:
Hi Doug,

Should the extraction process create a target element with a copy of the source in it?

1. No, the extraction process should only create the source tag.

              <trans-unit id="16" datatype="plaintext">
                <source>Hospital Wide</source>
              </trans-unit>

1. Yes, but the target should be empty and the state=”needs-translation”.

              <trans-unit id="16" datatype="plaintext">
                <source>Hospital Wide</source>
                <target state="needs-translation"/>
              </trans-unit>

1. Yes, the target should be a copy of the source and the state=”needs-translation”.

              <trans-unit id="16" datatype="plaintext">
                <source>Hospital Wide</source>
                <target state="needs-translation">Hospital Wide</target>
              </trans-unit>

There are formats that require creating a <target> element with text different from the <source> at conversion time. For example:

· PO files are usually pre-translated. They can carry translations from Gettext or a predefined empty target.

· Trados Tagged RTF files and TTX files present these cases:

· Segments that have fuzzy translation from Trados. The filter has to:

· add the target text from Trados in a <target> element

· set the "state" attribute of the new <target> to a suitable value

· store the match quality somewhere, in a <note> element for example

· Segments that have a 100% match. The filter has to:

· add the target text from Trados in a <target> element

· set the "state" attribute of the new <target> to a suitable value

· optionally, set the "approved" attribute of the <trans-unit> to "yes"

Could you please forward my message to the mailing list? Until yesterday I was unable to post.

Best regards,
Rodolfo

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