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Inline tags

Inline tags are colored purple by default. These tags manage 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.

Inline tag types

Tag pairs
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
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. They are easy to recognize as they do not have sharp edges like tag pairs. If you have multiple placeholder tags in a segment and you want to insert them from the drop-down menu, you can configure a setting in the Options dialog box so that they all appear together and then place them in the target segment in one go, without having to select them one by one.
Translatable tags
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
Tags containing text that does not require translation are classified as non-translatable. Most tags that contain text are non-translatable.