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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:
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[[Wordfast Pro]] supports translation of XLIFF files. The file extension for such files may be '''XLIFF''', '''XLF''', '''SDLXLIFF'''<ref>See some [[Translating SDL Trados packages|details about SDLXLIFF files]].</ref> (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.
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To translate a XLIFF file, follow the steps as with any other supported file type:
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# 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.
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# 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.
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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.
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==Supported Versions==
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Currently (version 6.5), Wordfast Pro does not support XLIFF version 2.0 files. If you try to add an XLIFF v. 2.0 file to your project, Wordfast Pro fill fail to add it but no error message will be displayed.
  
Version: Wordfast Pro 5.7<br>
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==References==
Operating System: macOS
 
  
--[[User:Byron|Byron]], 21 January 2019
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[[Category:Wordfast Pro]]

Latest revision as of 11:35, 12 October 2021

Wordfast Pro supports translation of XLIFF files. The file extension for such files may be XLIFF, XLF, SDLXLIFF[1] (Trados SDL variant), or MQXLIFF (MemoQ variant).[2]

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.

Supported Versions

Currently (version 6.5), Wordfast Pro does not support XLIFF version 2.0 files. If you try to add an XLIFF v. 2.0 file to your project, Wordfast Pro fill fail to add it but no error message will be displayed.

References

  1. See some details about SDLXLIFF files.
  2. The Wordfast Pro internal file type, TXLF, is actually a XLIFF variant, too.