Text style changes when importing xliff
Jun 16, 2017
Hi all,
Our team is using Storyline 3 and we have a lot of (short) projects (over 50 modules) that we will have to translate to several languages soon. As we will be working with professional translation companies, it is important that we can work with xliff files.
But when we tested the workflow, we had a problem importing the xliff files. The translation worked fine but all the text styles (font size, color, etc.) changed (to a kind of random style).
In a text editor we compared the exported xliff with the newly created one that we import and they look the same regarding style definitions.
(id="8" ctype="x-<Style FontSize="25.6640625" FontIsBold="False" FontIsItalic="False" FontIsUnderline="False" FontIsStrikeout="False" ForegroundColor="#595959")
So, I really do not understand what’s going wrong.
I’ve also tried the word file export/import and this is working fine: translation and text styles are good. But for our project the word files are not feasible and I would be really grateful if somebody could help me.
Thank you!!
6 Replies
Hello Caroline and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
I've seen an issue where the import came back blank, but not one for what you are reporting here.
Would you be able to share your .story file with our team here so that we can take a look?
Thank you, Leslie, I'll do this.
Thanks Caroline. I see where you have reached out to our team (01090498) and you should be hearing from someone soon.
I'm working with the xliff file as well and our import came back in blank. What's the solution when that happens?
Hi JP! I have not seen an issue with blank xliff files in a long time (like 4 years ago) and they were file specific. You are welcome to work directly with our support team here so that we can take a look.
Hi, Caroline.
We find that using the .doc export preserves the formatting better for our clients and for us as we reimport the translations back into the Storyline projects.
If the .xliff gives you more trouble, give that a try.
Let us know if you need any help.
Dave
daveh@inwhatlanguage.com
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