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About Inline tags

Inline tags are colored purple by default. These tags may represent formatting information (such as bold), surround hyperlinks or other markers, and may appear inside the text. Most inline tags can be moved around inside the sentence to suit the translation. Depending on the file format, some inline tags can be added or deleted as required.

About this task

Most inline tags can be classified as tag pairs (opening and closing tags) or stand-alone tags, depending on how they work.

Inline tags can be moved around with the mouse, using drag and drop. To move an inline tag around:

Procedure

  1. Place the mouse cursor over the tag and press and hold down the mouse button.
  2. Move the mouse to a different location in the document and release the mouse button.

Inline Tag Types

Tag Pairs

About this task

Tag pairs are inline start and end tags that belong together and form a unit. They are usually used to represent formatting of some kind. The opening tag indicates the start of a character format or structural element such as a heading. The closing tag marks the end of the formatting or structural element.

Placeholder Tags

About this task

Placeholder tags are also known as stand-alone tags, as they work independently. They indicate the presence of non-translatable information in a segment. They can include inline graphic images, footnotes, index markers, cross-reference anchors, book marks, product name placeholders and other characters, such as the n dash, , for example. They are easy to recognize as they do not have sharp edges like tag pairs.

Translatable/Non-translatable Tags

About this task

When tags contain text other than structural or formatting information, the text content is classed as translatable or non-translatable.

Translatable Tags

About this task

When tags contain text that requires translation, the part of the tag that can be translated is available for translation in a separate paragraph unit that is referenced from the tag.

Non-translatable Tags

About this task

Tags containing text that does not require translation are classified as non-translatable. Most tags that contain text are non-translatable.