Hi David,
Your example has a terrible problem. According to it, <source> can be a child of both <unit> and <segment>. This means that <source> and <target> would be jumping around from <unit> to <segment> and perhaps we could end with a duplicated <source> (one version inside <unit> and the other in a <segment>).
I think it is a very bad idea.
Regards,
Rodolfo
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Rodolfo M. Raya
Maxprograms http://www.maxprograms.com
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 example files for segmentation
From: David Walters <>
Date: Wed, November 09, 2011 5:52 pm
To:
It is easier for me to understand the situation if I have an example to reference.
Here is a simple Java PropertyResourceBundle file to be used as the original source file.
string1=First sentence.\nSecond sentence.\nThird\nsentence.
string2=The user <b>{0}</b> deleted file {1}. File {1} cannot be recovered.
A product developer might create an extraction program to create this XLIFF 2.0 file.
Note: I included a "segment" attribute to document how the <source> text was "segmented".
Without <segment>.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="2.0" segment="block">
<file srclang="en" original="test.properties">
<unit id="string1">
<source>First sentence.
Second sentence.
Third
sentence.</source>
</unit>
<unit id="string2">
<source>The user <pc id="1><ph id="2"/></pc> deleted file <ph id="3"/>. File <ph id="3"/> cannot be recovered.</source>
</unit>
</file>
</xliff>
With <segment>.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="2.0" segment="block">
<file srclang="en" original="test.properties">
<unit id="string1">
<segment id="1">
<source>First sentence.
Second sentence.
Third
sentence.</source>
</segment>
</unit>
<unit id="string2">
<segment id="1">
<source>The user <pc id="1><ph id="2"/></pc> deleted file <ph id="3"/>. File <ph id="3"/> cannot be recovered.</source>
</segment>
</unit>
</file>
</xliff>
A translation tool may modify the file to segment the text based on sentences. The translated file might be the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="2.0" segment="sentence">
<file srclang="en" tgtlang="es" original="test.properties">
<unit id="string1">
<segment id="1">
<source>First sentence.</source>
<target>Primera frase.</target>
</segment>
<ignorable id="2">
<source>
</source>
<target>
</target>
</ignorable>
<segment id="3">
<source>Second sentence.</source>
<target>La segunda frase.</target>
</segment>
<ignorable id="4">
<source>
</source>
<target>
</target>
</ignorable>
<segment id="5">
<source>Third
sentence.</source>
<target>La tercera
frase.</target>
</segment>
</unit>
<unit id="string2">
<segment id="1">
<source>The user <pc id="1"><ph id="2"/></pc> deleted file <ph id="3"/>.</source>
<target>El <pc id="1"><ph id="2"/></pc> usuario eliminado <ph id="3"/> archivo.</target>
</segment>
<ignorable id="2">
<source> </source>
<target> </target>
</ignorable>
<segment id="3">
<source>File <ph id="3"/> cannot be recovered.</source>
<target><ph id="3"/> archivo no se puede recuperar.</target>
</segment>
</unit>
</file>
</xliff>
The product developer would expect to get this translated file back after translation, which maps to the version of the XLIFF file which he sent out for translation.
Without <segment>.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="2.0" segment="block">
<file srclang="en" tgtlang="es" original="test.properties">
<unit id="string1">
<source>First sentence.
Second sentence.
Third
sentence.</source>
<target>Primera frase.
La segunda frase.
La tercera
frase.</target>
</unit>
<unit id="string2">
<source>The user <pc id="1><ph id="2"/></pc> deleted file <ph id="3"/>. File <ph id="3"/> cannot be recovered.</source>
<target>El <pc id="1"><ph id="2"/></pc> usuario eliminado <ph id="3"/> archivo. <ph id="3"/> archivo no se puede recuperar.</target>
</unit>
</file>
</xliff>
With <segment>.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="2.0" segment="block">
<file srclang="en" tgtlang="es" original="test.properties">
<unit id="string1">
<segment id="1">
<source>First sentence.
Second sentence.
Third
sentence.</source>
<target>Primera frase.
La segunda frase.
La tercera
frase.</target>
</segment>
</unit>
<unit id="string2">
<segment id="1">
<source>The user <pc id="1><ph id="2"/></pc> deleted file <ph id="3"/>. File <ph id="3"/> cannot be recovered.</source>
<target>El <pc id="1"><ph id="2"/></pc> usuario eliminado <ph id="3"/> archivo. <ph id="3"/> archivo no se puede recuperar.</target>
</segment>
</unit>
</file>
</xliff>
Are these realistic examples?
David
Corporate Globalization Tool Development
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