Documentation Center

SDLXLIFF File Format

SDLXLIFF is an XML-based file format specially developed for use in SDL Trados Studio. It is compliant with version 1.2 of the *.xliff standard. *.sdlxliff stands for SDL XML-based Localization Interchange File Format.

*.sdlxliff files are bilingual files-they contain both the source document text and the translation text.

When you start a new translation in Trados Studio, the content of the source language document is placed in an *.sdlxliff file for translation. The *.sdlxliff file is placed in the same folder as the source language document.