| Term | Explanation | Synonym, Older Term, or Related Concept |
|---|
| SDL File Type Support Framework |
SDL Trados SDL File Type Support Framework 2 API
| Trados>Filter Framework 1.0 |
| Source |
Refers to the source language, i.e. the language the
localizable material is translated from
| Original |
| Target |
Refers to a target language, i.e. one of the languages that
is translated into.
| Translated |
| Native |
Content in a single language (source or target), normally
before or after it is being localized.
| monolingual; original file type |
| Bilingual |
Content as it is being processed during localization,
normally in source and target language pairs.
| TRADOStag, XLIFF, Workbench RTF |
| Text | Localizable text content. | |
| Tag |
Content that must not be changed during localization. Tags
are protected from accidental modification while editing
localizable content in tools such as TagEditor or SDLEdit.
| |
| Inline Tag |
A tag that appears inside localizable content and that may need to
be placed in a different location as part of the localization
effort. Examples of elements that are represented as inline tags
include links, local formatting overrides, embedded graphics,
etc.
| Internal Tag, tw4winInternal |
| Structure Tag |
A tag that appears outside of the localizable content. These
tags typically represent structural information (thus the
name) in the document, such as paragraphs, tables, headers,
footers, etc.
| External Tag, tw4winExternal |
| (Inline) Placeholder Tag |
An inline tag that can be treated as a stand-alone element. Examples
include index markers, inline graphics, etc.
| |
| (Inline) Start Tag |
An inline tag that together with a corresponding end tag
enclose a localizable string.
| |
| (Inline) End Tag |
An inline tag that together with a corresponding start tag
enclose a localizable string.
| |
| Paragraph Unit |
A piece of bilingual content that can be translated as one
continous content unit during localization. This is typically a single
paragraph, heading, table cell, etc. It may have both a source and
a target language component (or only a source component before it has been translated).
|
(no real equivalent in TRADOS or SDLX); trans-unit in
XLIFF
|
| Segment |
A piece of source or target language content inside a
paragraph unit that can be treated as one unit when
being processed with a localization tool such as a translation memory.
A segment is in most cases a sentence.
|
Comparable to the source or target segment of a translation
unit.
|
| Extract |
The process of extracting localizable content from native
source language files, typically to produce bilingual files for
translation.
| Convert, Forward Convert, to Filter |
| Generate |
The process of converting translated bilingual files into
native target language files.
| Back-convert, Save Target As, Clean-up |
| Semi-WYSIWYG Formatting |
Display properties of the text that help translators
to better visualize the layout of the document that is being
translated. The semi-WYSIWYG formatting information is purely
informational, it carries no actual formatting that would affect the
translated files. The formatting information that applies to the
actual document in its native format is only contained in the tags.
|
<df> elements in TRADOStag, formatting in
TagEditor
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