[xliff-tools] The Fuzzy Flag

[Rodolfo M. Raya]

Hi Bruno,


> 1.4.1.4.1 Fuzzy
> 
> This flag also occurs as side effect from msgmerge. I would therefore
> not use the <target> element in this case, and instead give
> <alt-trans><source>...</source> <target>...</target></alt-trans>

There is a subtle problem with this approach.

The <source> element of the <trans-unit>  and the <source> inside the
<alt-trans> elements will have exactly the same content as both are
extracted from "msgid". This implicitly means a 100% match.

XLIFF editors need to measure the differences between the <source> in
<trans-unit> and the <source> included in an <alt-trans> element. The
difference is used for sorting the different <alt-trans> elements
according to relevance and to automatically accept good matches
extracted from TM database.

> (The XLIFF translation editors are expected to give an easy way to
copy
> the contents of an <alt-trans> element into the <trans-unit> that
contains
> it.)

If an <alt-trans> element has a 100% of similarity, an XLIFF editor
could accept the entry as good and automatically copy the target from
the <alt-trans> to the <trans-unit>. That would be wrong, but it
wouldn't
be the editor's fault.

Regards,
Rodolfo
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