Rainbow TKit - XLIFF 2.0

The XLIFF 2.0 package is one of the types of translation packages you can create with the Rainbow Translation Kit Creation Step.

Note: You need the M24 release or above to create XLIFF v2 output.

• To follow the work on XLIFF 2.0, see the TC mailing list.

• You can also provide feedback, ask question, etc. on the Comments mailing list and the Users mailing list.

Trying out Extraction to XLIFF 2.0

To create an XLIFF 2.0 file from your own source documents (e.g. an HTML file, or a DOCX file, or a Properties file, etc.), execute the following instructions:

• Start Rainbow.
• Drop the files to extract in the Input List 1.
• Make sure each input file is associated with its proper filter configuration.
• Make sure the languages and encodings are set properly in the Languages and Encodings tab.
• Select Utilities > Translation Kit Creation.
• Select the Rainbow Translation Kit Creation step.
• In the Package Format tab select XLIFF 2.0.
• When the XLIFF 2.0 option is selected you can click on Options to select additional output options such as what type of representation you want for the inline codes, etc.
• In the Output Location tab select where your package will be created (e.g use {$inputRootDir} to create the package in the same directory as the input files.
• Click Execute.
• When the extraction is done, you should find the XLIFF 2.0 files in the work sub-directory in the directory of the package that was created.

Notes:

• Remember, this output is just experimental. You feedback is welcome (see http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff-comment)
• You can merge back the translations only starting with M25.
• You can use the Segmentation and Leveraging steps to try out segmented output and output with translation candidates. Or you can use an input file that is a segmented XLIFF 1.2 document with some <alt-trans> elements.
• You can validate XLIFF v2 documents online here: http://okapi-lynx.appspot.com/validation
• You can find more information and tools for XLIFF v2 on the Okapi XLIFF 2 Toolkit project.