Sdlxliff is an XLIFF format, compliant with XLIFF version 1.2.
SDL has added some standards compliant proprietary extensions.
When you add a translatable item to a project in SDL Trados Studio, SDL Trados Studio converts the item into an sdlxliff format file, and preforms all subsequent translation work on the sdlxliff file. For example, when you use a Translation Editor, you edit an sdlxliff file, and you save the result also as an sdlxliff file. The sdlxliff file has the same name as the source item but with an added file extension .sdlxliff.
At the end of the project, or when the user generates a final format for review, the translated text is extracted and converted to the destination file format. Usually, the sdlxliff working file is kept intact.
Topic: Published: 27-Jun-2012