> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yves Savourel [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:00 PM
> To: 'Rodolfo M. Raya'; 'Pål Eivind J Nes'
> Cc: 'Josep Condal';
> Subject: RE: [xliff-comment] XLIFF 2.0 Core finished?
>
> > If a user does not want to translate a segment, then user can leave
> > the segment with just <source> and no <target>. There is nothing wrong
> > with that.
>
> There is nothing in 1.2 that say how to interpret <trans-unit> with no
> <target>. Therefore leaving it missing has no predictable behavior. That's
> IMO not a good thing. E.g some merger may use the source, other may use
> an empty string.
That's a tool choice, not a specification problem.
> I think we have already some text for this in 2.0. If not we should (especially
> because of <ignorable>).
XLIFF 2.0 defines what is to be considered translated but doesn't say how to process untranslated segments.
Regards,
Rodolfo
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Rodolfo M. Raya
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