Both <elementdef> and <attributedef> allow @translate, with a default value of "no" in the DTD and XSD. This seems appropriate and was intentional. In the spec, both are listed with the normal definition of @translate (no default given). Unless otherwise directed by the TC, I'm updating the spec to show the default value of "no". Thanks Robert D Anderson IBM Authoring Tools Development Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (
http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/ )