RE: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 Core

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Rodolfo M. Raya <>
Date
2011-04-08T12:42:22+00:00
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RE: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 Core
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yves Savourel [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 9:11 AM
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> Subject: RE: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 Core

Hi Yves,


> > It is my understanding that XLIFF can be used in these situations:
> > 1. A format that product development can create to provide
> > translatable text to be translated.
> > 2. A format that can be used within a tool set to manage the
> > translation of the content.
> > 3. A format that one tool set can export which would then be
> > imported into another set of tools.
> 
> I'm not sure #2 applies. If they keep their data within a unique toolset there
> is little advantage in using anything but some proprietary format it would
> seems. They only reason would if they want to be ready for #3.

I use XLIFF format to keep the data used by my translation tools. That's case #2 in David's list.

By using XLIFF as internal data format, there is no need to export/import anything for exchanging data with another tool (case #3), the data is ready to use.

Regards,
Rodolfo
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