Wizard - XLIFF Properties

Use this sheet to specify the properties of the XLIFF file that is written.

Configuration

There are lots of different options for how to write an XLIFF file. Not every tool supports them all. This list lets you quickly select the properties set that is suitable for your tool. Possible values are:

Value	Description
Default	Exported file contains the default properties.
Minimal	Exported file contains only the required properties.
Trados	Exported file contains the properties that are compatible with Trados.

If your tool is not on the list, select Default or Minimal or set the properties manually.

File format

Specifies the character set that the file uses. Possible values are:

Value	Description
ANSI	Code page encoded. Each string uses the default Windows code page for the language of the string.
UTF-8	Unicode, UTF-8 encoded.
UTF-16, little-endian	Unicode, UTF-16 little-endian encoded.
UTF-16, big-endian	Unicode, UTF-16 big-endian encoded.
UTF-32, little-endian	Unicode, UTF-32 little-endian encoded.
UTF-32, big-endian	Unicode, UTF-32 big-endian encoded.
GB18030	Unicode, GB18030 encoded.

UTF-8 is the default value. TMX and TBX support only Unicode formats.

Version

Specifies the XLIFF version that is used when writing the file. Possible values are:

Value	Description
1.0	XLIFF 1.0
1.1	XLIFF 1.1
1.2	XLIFF 1.2
2.0	XLIFF 2.0
2.1	XLIFF 2.1

1.2 is the default value.

Target language

Specifies the target language. This is the language that the XLIFF file uses in the target elements. Only one languages can be the target language. If you have selected several language to be exported, the target language list contains them all. You have to select what is the target language. The other language will be exported as alternative translations.

For example the following XLIFF file use Japanese as target language and German as alternative translation:

<file source-language="en" target-language="ja">
  <trans-unit>
    <source>Car</source>
    <target>車</target>
    <alt-trans>
      <target xml:lang="de">Wagen</target>
    </alt-trans>
  <trans-unit>
  ...

Language id format

Specifies the format of language ids. Right-click to choose a format from a popup menu or click ... to edit settings.

Use full ids

If checked, each id attribute contains a full context id. This is the parent id and the element id combined. If unchecked, each id attribute contains only the element id.
Note! If unchecked, the XLIFF file that Soluling creates is not necessarily strictly valid because some trans-unit elements might have the same id.

Write alt-trans

If checked, other selected languages but target language will be written into alt-trans elements.

Properties checkboxes

The remaining checkboxes let you add some optional and custom properties into the export file. Possible values are:

Value	Description
Data type	If checked, data types are written into the file.
Translation status	If checked, translation statuses are written into the file.
Invalidated	If checked, invalidated flags are written into the file.
Comment	If checked, comment values are written into the file.
Context	If checked, context values are written into the file.
Row status	If checked, row states are written into the file.
Disabled	If checked, disabled flags are written into the file.
Marked	If checked, marked flags are written into the file.
Max characters	If checked, the maximum length in characters values is written into the file.
Max pixels	If checked, the maximum length in pixels values is written into the file.

These are available only when exporting from a project. When exporting from translation memory, these options are not available.

Translation value

Specifies how the translation element is written. Possible values are:

Value	Description
Write empty if no translation value	If there is no translation value, an empty translation element is written.
Write original if no translation value	If there is no translation value, the original value is written into the translation element.
Write always empty	An empty translation element is always written even if there is a translation value.
Write always original	The original value is always written into the translation element, even if there is a translation value.

Write empty if no translation value is the default value.

Sample

Shows a sample file based on the current settings.