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  • 1.  Re: [xliff] Language for bilingual

    Posted 04-24-2003 13:44 
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    Subject: Re: [xliff] Language for bilingual <file>
    







    



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Hi all:

    
Doug's and John's proposed language looks great to me.

    
I'll be updating the spec with Doug's submission today and generating a revised
spec tomorrow,  so this is your last chance to suggest changes to the language...

    
Regards,
    
Tony

    
John Reid wrote:
    

      
  
 
  
 
  
    Doug,
    
 
  
    Your wording is less convoluted ... I like it. 
    
 
  
    thanks,
    
 
  
    john

    
>>> "Doug Domeny" <ddomeny@ektron.com> 4/22/03  10:42:18 AM
>>>
    
  
    
 
  
     
  
    John,
    
 
  
     
    
 
  
    Nicely done. The <target> children
of  <alt-trans>, however, may also be of a different  language.
    
 
  
     
    
 
  
    How about this...?
    
 
  
     
    
 
  
    Recommendation: It is strongly recommended that content within the <file> element  be uniformly
bilingual. In other words, each <source> and <target> element that is a child of <trans-unit> is of the same language as the  source-language and target-language  attributes of the
  <file>  element, respectively. The xml:lang  attribute should not be used in those elements. The
 exception is that <source>
and  <target> elements that are children of <alt-trans> may contain an xml:lang attribute of a
different  language than that of the source-language and  target-language
  attributes  of the <file> element.
    
 
  
     
    
 
  
    Example,
    
 
  
     
    
 
  
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    
<xliff  xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.1" version="1.1">
    
 <file  original="hello.txt" source-language="en" target-language="fr"
 datatype="plaintext">
    
  <body>
    
   <trans-unit  id="hi">
    
    <source>hello  world</source>      
    
    <target>bonjour  monde</target>   
    
    <alt-trans>
    
     <target  xml:lang="es">hola mundo</target>  
    
    </alt-trans>
    
   </trans-unit>
    
  </body>
    
 </file>
    
</xliff>
    
  
    
 
  
    Regards,

    
Doug Domeny
    
Software Analyst

    
Ektron, Inc.
    
+1 603  594-0249 x212
    
  http://www.ektron.com

    
  
    
 
  
       
    
    -----Original
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    From: John Reid    [mailto:JREID@novell.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:13    PM
    To: >
    Subject: [xliff] Language for bilingual    <file>

    
   
    
    Hi Enda & Tony,
    
   
    
     
    
   
    
    Is the following sufficient? Too verbose? Understandable? If not,
please    feel free to edit.
    
   
    
     
    
   
    
    "Recommendation: It is strongly recommended that this is a uniformly
   bilingual file. In other words: each <source> element child of  
 <trans-unit> are of the same language as the source-language    attribute
of <file>; that the xml:lang attribute of <source> is    not
used in those elements; that only <source> children of    <alt-trans>
can contain an xml:lang attribute of a different language    than that of
the source-language attribute of <file>."
    
   
    
     
    
   
    
     
    
   
    
    cheers,
    
   
    
    john
    
  
    
  
    


    

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Tony Jewtushenko					mailto:tony.jewtushenko@oracle.com
Principal Product Manager				direct tel: +353.1.8039080
ST Tools Technology Team
Oracle Corporation, Ireland

    







    







    


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