Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: How to create sdl xliff from TM/TMX?
Poster: Dominique Pivard
Post title: Purpose of SDLXLIFF?
You should ask your client what they need the SDLXLIFF files for. If they want them in order to be able to update their TMs, you can send them your translated TXML files. Just in case (if they are ignorant), tell them TXML is a supported file format in SDL Trados Studio. They will be able to import your TXML files and send all your translations to their TM.
AFAIK, no tool (whether Wordfast, Xbench or even Trados) has a "Save as SDLXLIFF" option. You may be able to convert your TXML to XLIFF (= plain XLIFF, not the SDL variant) with Xbench, but why bother? Plain XLIFF offers no particular advantage over TXML for a Trados user.
If an SDLXLIFF files are an absolute must, they should be supplied to you by your client prior to performing the translation. You can then translate them in Wordfast Pro (which can open SDLXLIFF files), save the translated file (as SDLXLIFF) and send the translated SDLXLIFF back to your client.
Topic: How to create sdl xliff from TM/TMX?
Poster: Dominique Pivard
Post title: Purpose of SDLXLIFF?
You should ask your client what they need the SDLXLIFF files for. If they want them in order to be able to update their TMs, you can send them your translated TXML files. Just in case (if they are ignorant), tell them TXML is a supported file format in SDL Trados Studio. They will be able to import your TXML files and send all your translations to their TM.
AFAIK, no tool (whether Wordfast, Xbench or even Trados) has a "Save as SDLXLIFF" option. You may be able to convert your TXML to XLIFF (= plain XLIFF, not the SDL variant) with Xbench, but why bother? Plain XLIFF offers no particular advantage over TXML for a Trados user.
If an SDLXLIFF files are an absolute must, they should be supplied to you by your client prior to performing the translation. You can then translate them in Wordfast Pro (which can open SDLXLIFF files), save the translated file (as SDLXLIFF) and send the translated SDLXLIFF back to your client.