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I'm localizing my Flash application. Flash keeps localization data in XLIFF format, this is an XML dialect.
Several users from different countries want to help me with translation. But it's hard for regular people to edit XML files. I'm looking for a free editor, since I don't want to buy the editor for each user.
Which free XLIFF editor would you recommend?
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To open XLIFF files, you can use any text editor that supports the format (such as Notepad, Sublime Text, or Notepad++), use online services, or Localazy - the online translation management system explicitly made for working with translation file formats.
After you have processed an XLIFF file, double-click an error. If you want to edit an XLIFF file without processing it first, load it in QA Distiller and then click Settings > X-Editor > Load. X-Editor opens automatically. You want to undo an edit.
A . xlf file is a special type of XML file (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLIFF). You should be able to open it using Notepad.
So far I've found Transolution and there are a few more listed on the XLIFF Tools page.
Transolution seems to be supported on Windows and it uses Python. I don't know what OS solution you're looking for, but it there is hope on the XLIFF Tools Software list.
Interesting question, I'd like to see what is the best free XLIFF editor.
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Transolution works great on a PC, but it crashes sometimes and our translators have to save often.
On the Mac, if you don't have Snow Leopard, LocFactory Editor is a nice option, but not upgrading to Snow Leopard wasn't an option, so we've stopped using it.
We're currently using Open Language Tools, which works great on Linux and a Mac and recommend it to all our translators. It also has some nice XLIFF validation.
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