XLIFF and Translation File Formats — Vocabulary
5 exercises — 5 exercises practising XLIFF structure, .po file syntax, CAT tool vocabulary, and translation segment terminology for localization engineers.
A localization engineer explains the XLIFF format to a developer. Which description of a trans-unit in XLIFF 1.2 is most accurate?
Example XLIFF 1.2 snippet: <trans-unit id="btn.submit" resname="btn.submit"><source>Submit</source><target state="translated">Enviar</target></trans-unit>. Key attributes: id (unique within the file), resname (the string key in your app), translate="yes/no" (mark non-translatable segments). The state attribute on <target> tracks workflow: new → needs-translation → translated → final. CAT tools and TMS platforms use this state to drive the translation workflow.
Key vocabulary:
• trans-unit — XLIFF element pairing source string with target translation; the basic unit of localization
• resname — attribute on trans-unit identifying the string key in the source application
• translate="no" — marks non-translatable segments (brand names, code snippets, placeholders)
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