Dedicated localization editor. Use to easily edit translated strings. Get translations and suggestions quickly via the integrated Microsoft Language Portal and the Microsoft Translator services (requires an active Internet connection). You can also quickly edit data stored in XLIFF files by adjusting pseudo and actual translations. Translation Workspace XLIFF Editor is developed by Lionbridge, Inc. And is used by 4 users of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5. The name of the program executable file is xliffeditor.exe. The product will soon be reviewed by our informers.
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Original author(s) | Sun Microsystems |
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Developer(s) | Sun Microsystems |
Initial release | September 11, 2006 |
Stable release | |
Preview release | 1.4.0 / June 23, 2010; 10 years ago |
Repository | |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Platform | Java |
Size | 30MB |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Computer-assisted translation |
License | CDDL |
Website | open-language-tools.java.net |
Open Language Tools is a Java project released by Sun Microsystems under the terms of Sun’s CDDL (a GPL-incompatible free software license).[1]
Open Language Tools are intended for people who are involved in translation of software and documentation into different natural languages (localisation engineers, translators, etc.). They are based around common localisation industry standard file formats such as XLIFF and TMX.
Open Language Tools consist of the XLIFF Filters designed to convert different source file formats to XLIFF and the XLIFF Translation Editor which is designed to read and edit XLIFF files. They are written in Java and run on Windows, Mac OS, or Linux as long as Java J2RE (at least 1.4.2) is installed.
Workflow[edit]
XLIFF Filters[edit]
This is an application designed to convert different source file formats to an XLIFF format. It is currently based around the XLIFF 1.0 specification. The conversion is simple. Launch the filters, drag and drop a source file on the application, and the file will be converted to a .xlz file in the same directory as the source file. What basically happens is that the filter:
- reads and parses the source file,
- separates the translatable portions of the text from the non-translatable portions by breaking the file into blocks
- further segments the translatable blocks into smaller sections, typically sentences, and
- writes the XLIFF file (.xlf) and the skeleton file (.skl) which are further bundled within a zip archive with the .xlz extension.
Translation Workspace Xliff Editor
XLIFF Translation Editor[edit]
This is an application which is made for translating the contents of XLIFF files. As the XLIFF format itself is quite complex and not very user friendly (especially to people not familiar with XML), XLIFF Translation Editor was developed to make the translation and editing much more feasible. Upon opening it shows the user two major panes with the source and target language. The text is segmented and marked – whether it is translated or untranslated, whether it has any 100% matches or fuzzy translations suggested from other applications that may have processed the XLIFF file in the past. The source and target segments are shown in order to give the translator the full context and they are directly editable.
Initially, the translator creates a Project into which either an .xlf or .xlz files are inserted. The central part of the editor is the “Mini-TM”, a simple file-based database with all source and target segments from the current project, which is being automatically updated. As soon as the translator starts translating a segment which has already been translated, the target segment is automatically inserted based on the Mini-TM. Similarly, the Mini-TM suggests fuzzy matches. Segments can be marked as approved, reviewed, unreviewed, problematic, Mini-TM translations or user translations. There is also a mechanism to display notes from the source documents (typically from formats like .po files or from other translators).
There is a back-conversion tool integrated into the editor which converts the XLIFF files to their original format. For each XLIFF file, it is possible to create a translation memory (TMX) file, which can be later used to update the central translation database.
Supported files[edit]
Documentation file types[edit]
- DocBook SGML
- XML (generic - needs a configuration file for each XML type)
- OpenOffice.org: sxw, sxc, sxi
- Open Document Format: odw, odc, odi
Software file types[edit]
- Msg/tmsg (catgets)
- Mozilla .DTD resource files
Xliff Editor
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Free Software FoundationArchived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine List of GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses
External links[edit]
Xliff Editor Download
- Open Language Tools - Official Open Language Tools website
- Open Language Tools download – Download Open Language Tools
- Free Language Tools – Free Language tools of Websites
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The Multilingual App Toolkit includes an extension for Visual Studio that helps create simpler translation workflows by focusing on the following areas:
Xliff File
- Integration with Visual Studio IDE. Add and manage translation files within a project solution using standard Visual Studio menus and dialogs.
- Pseudo language integration. Test localized apps 'in-house' by identifying localization issues during development. These issues can include hard-coded, concatenated, or truncated strings, and visual issues that arise when working with different languages. Pseudo translations are stored in the localization industry standard XLIFF file format, and you can edit them just like any other language translation. This gives you granular control over pseudo translation testing.
- Microsoft Language Portal integration. Get terminology and UI translations from actual Microsoft products through the Microsoft Terminology Service API (requires an active Internet connection).
- Machine Translator integration. Get suggestions via integrated Microsoft Translator services (requires an active Internet connection). Integration with Microsoft Translator services gives you instant visualization and testing across multiple languages without the assistance of a human translator.
- Translation file export and import roundtrip. Send and receive resources with individuals or a translator service via XLIFF files.
- Dedicated localization editor. Use to easily edit translated strings. Get translations and suggestions quickly via the integrated Microsoft Language Portal and the Microsoft Translator services (requires an active Internet connection). You can also quickly edit data stored in XLIFF files by adjusting pseudo and actual translations.