Add-In for XML Files
The Add-In for XML files is an internal Add-In, available in all the editions of SDL Passolo except the Translator Edition.
With XML it is possible to describe texts that are more like continuous body texts, or data formats based on identifiers. Whereas continuous body text is a domain of translation memory systems, ID based XML documents, such as XLIFF format, can be processed extremely well using PASSOLO's XML Add-In.
To enable processing of XML files, Passolo has to be set up to recognize the structure of the XML file. For each XML document type, you can define rules that contain information about the data elements and attributes to be displayed or localized.
In addition to the extraction of text segments for translation and the integration of the translated text into the target document, the XML Add-In also offers the option of editing metadata. The metadata may include attributes or comments that provide additional information relevant to the localization. Combined with PASSOLO's macro functions, the configuration options for the XML Add-In allow a high level of automation and a tight integration with XML based localization workflows.