Difference between revisions of "Translating XLIFF Files in Wordfast Pro"

From Wordfast Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 1: Line 1:
It is easy to translate XLIFF files using Wordfast Pro 5; simply treat a as a normal document. In the following steps, a ''.sdlxliff'' file is used as the source file:
+
[[Wordfast Pro]] supports translation of XLIFF files. The file extension for such files may be '''XLIFF''', '''XLF''', '''SDLXLIFF''' (Trados SDL variant), or '''MQXLIFF''' (MemoQ variant).<ref>The Wordfast Pro internal file type, '''TXLF''', is actually a XLIFF variant, too.</ref>
  
# Create a project and add the ''.sdlxliff'' file as the source file.
+
To translate a XLIFF file, follow the steps as with any other supported file type:
 +
 
 +
# Open or Create a project and add the XLIFF file as the source file.
 
# Translate like you normally do.
 
# Translate like you normally do.
# Upon finishing your translation, click on the '''''Save File As Translated''''' icon to save the file as its native format; in this case, it's the ''.sdlxliff'' file format.
+
# Upon finishing your translation, click on the '''''Save File As Translated''''' icon (or, alternatively, clean up the project) to save the file as its native format.
# Open the translated ''.sdlxliff'' file in the original CAT tool (SDL Trados) to finish the rest of the process.
+
 
 +
The translated file will have the original file name extension (such as .xlf or .sdlxliff) and will be ready to be used in the original XLIFF software.
  
Version: Wordfast Pro 5.7<br>
+
==References==
Operating System: macOS
 
  
--[[User:Byron|Byron]], 21 January 2019
+
[[Category:Wordfast Pro]]

Revision as of 19:52, 14 April 2021

Wordfast Pro supports translation of XLIFF files. The file extension for such files may be XLIFF, XLF, SDLXLIFF (Trados SDL variant), or MQXLIFF (MemoQ variant).[1]

To translate a XLIFF file, follow the steps as with any other supported file type:

  1. Open or Create a project and add the XLIFF file as the source file.
  2. Translate like you normally do.
  3. Upon finishing your translation, click on the Save File As Translated icon (or, alternatively, clean up the project) to save the file as its native format.

The translated file will have the original file name extension (such as .xlf or .sdlxliff) and will be ready to be used in the original XLIFF software.

References

  1. The Wordfast Pro internal file type, TXLF, is actually a XLIFF variant, too.