OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TC

[xliff] Phase name attribute use

  • 1.  [xliff] Phase name attribute use

    Posted 12-04-2002 15:49
    Hi all, I've been looking at the phase-name attribute issue and also have discussed it with my coleague Milan Karasek who participated in XLIFF before. The result of my observation is: phase-name attribute is used for in <target> and <trans-unit> elements (and also in phase, bin-unit and bin-target elements) We use <source> and <target> elements inside the <trans-unit> element to keep the current translation. There are two cases: 1. there is no <target> element - i.e. the unit hasn't been translated yet hence we don't need to store any information about phase 2. there is <target> element containing phase-name attribute which says in which phase the translation unit occurs Since the current phase information can be retrieved from the <target> attribute I think we don't need phase-name attribute in the <trans-unit> element and my proposal is to remove it from there. Concerning alt-trans element and use of phase-name, following Yves' observation, I've found we can use it 1. to identify a different suggestion from a TM 2. to capture the evolution of translation during the translation process 3. to identify rejected translations ad 1) As Yves observered the different suggestion from the TM should always have quality-match attribute but no phase-name attribute until it wasn't used. ad 2) The evolution of translation during the translation process is fully covered by the phase-name attribute used in the <target> element that resides inside the <alt-trans> element. Only the <target> elements with phase-name attribute keep the text used during the process and the phase-name attribute defines which phase it was used in. ad 3) I'm not sure what exactly is meant by "rejected translations" a) if rejected translation is the translation that was used in the process and later it was corrected e.g. by proofreader then it is included in the case 2) and we can simply find what and when was changed b) if rejected translation is the suggestion from any other source than TM that has never been used then it should be stored in the <alt-trans> element without any phase-name and quality-match attributes Taking into account the observation above - my proposal is to remove phase-name atttribute from <trans-unit> element and to describe the use of the <alt-trans> element in the specification in more details to avoid any confusion. Similarly it would be removed from <bin-unit> element. I'm looking forward to your response. Best regards, Mirek PS: Milan is considering re-joining the XLIFF TC. Miroslav Driml SW Group Manager ============================= Moravia IT, a.s. Hilleho 4, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic Phone: + 420-545-552-173 Fax: + 420-545-552-233 E-mail: mailto:mirekd@moravia-it.com WWW: http://www.moravia-it.com ============================= News and latest developments at: http://www.moravia-it.com/news/