[xliff-tools] Approved attribute

[Rodolfo M. Raya]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:33:40 +0200
Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp.org> wrote:

> F Wolff wrote:
> > I'd like to discuss the section on the fuzzy flag, 5.6.1
> 
> Me too. The "Guide", section 5.6.1., wants a <target> element with
> attribute approved="no". 

Hi,

The official guide produced by the XLIFF TC says:

  The fuzzy flag in PO maps to the approved attribute of a  <trans-unit>
  element in XLIFF. The approved  attribute is set to no if the fuzzy
  flag is present, and is set to yes if the flag is absent.

Notice that only the <trans-unit> element contains an "approved"
attribute. The element <target> does not have this attribute.


> But this is IMO not the right thing:
> The XLIFF specification says "approved" indicates
>    "whether a translation is final or has passed its final review".
> So this is meant to apply to a translation team that has a two-phase
> translation process: initial translation and review. 

The "state" attribute of the <target> element is used for controlling
the status of a translation. 

The "approved" attribute is used to indicate whether the translation
present in the <target> can be used or not for generating a translated
document. This is independent of the status of a translation. 

It may be necessary to generate a translated document for proofreading,
so you can have "approved" set to "yes" and "state" set to
"needs-review-translation" to generate a translation draft for review.

> Now, in a PO
> file, fuzzies are put by msgmerge, and often are not even remotely
> related to the <source> string. So in these cases, both the initial
> translation and the review have to be performed, not just the
> review.  The right way to express this in XLIFF is through an
> <alt-trans> element. No?

No, that's not the right way. You can't use an <alt-trans> element
because you don't know what to put in the <source> element. 

In an <alt-trans> element the content of the <target> element must be a
translation of the corresponding <source>. The original source of a 
translation marked as fuzzy in a PO file is unknown.

Best regards,
Rodolfo M. Raya
Heartsome
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