Best File Formats for Translations

[jacobe]

Hi All,

Check out this blog post on the best file formats to submit to translation agencies:

What File Formats Should You Send Us for a Better Translation?

Cheers!

[analaura]

thanks Jacobe
it's a simple explanation so that most people reading the article can have a better idea of the scope of a project.

[trsstrans]

That mostly people reading the article so it can have a better and simple idea for explanation.

[Salvadorm]

I learned that if you can turn anything into XML, translate it and convert back, you can work without any problems.

[Salvadorm]

For images you have not any CAT Tool, your only choice is translate it in a text file and make some DTP.

[johnlena112]

These are the different storage formats for translations and files associated with translations that are supported by the toolkit. See also Standards conformance for standards conformance.

The Translate Toolkit implements a set of classes for handling translation files which allows for a uniform API which covers other issues such as quoting and escaping of text.