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OmegaT not displaying source segments in bilingual XLIFF file
Thread poster: Gregory Lassale
Gregory Lassale
Gregory Lassale  Identity Verified
United States
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English to French
Jul 28, 2019

I am trying to open a SDLXLIFF file from a client to do a revision of a document already translated, however OmegaT is only showing the target segments, and is using displaying as source. The actual source segments are nowhere to be found.

Am I missing something? I've never tried OmegaT for a revision before.

Thanks
 
Samuel Murray
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@Gregory Jul 29, 2019

Gregory Lassale wrote:
OmegaT is only showing the target segments, and is using displaying as source.


I'm not sure if it is wise to use OmegaT for revision of an SDLXLIFF file, but: what you describe is what happens if you're using OmegaT's built-in XLIFF filter instead of the Okapi plugin's filter. OmegaT's own XLIFF filter is a monolingual filter (it works only if your XLIFF file conforms to certain specifications).

You need to:
1. Install the Okapi filters.
2. In OmegaT, go to Options > File Filters > disable "XLIFF" (near the top), and make sure "SDL-XLIFF files (Okapi)" is enabled (near the bottom). Also, select the filter and click the "Options" button to see what options you have:

okapi filters

The Okapi filters are here:
https://okapiframework.org/wiki/index.php/Okapi_Filters_Plugin_for_OmegaT (page)
https://bintray.com/okapi/Distribution/OmegaT_Plugin (download page)
https://bintray.com/okapi/Distribution/download_file?file_path=okapiFiltersForOmegaT-1.5-m36-dist.zip (download link)

Installing plugins in OmegaT is tricky: you have to copy the .jar file into the C:\Program Files\OmegaT\plugins folder (or similar), and you may have trouble doing this if your computer's security settings want to prevent you from doing so.


[Edited at 2019-07-29 07:01 GMT]
 
Gregory Lassale
Gregory Lassale  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 20:17
English to French
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@Samuel Jul 29, 2019

Done. Thanks for the help.

Precision for Mac users: The folder path to install plugins of macOS is actually OmegaT>Contents>Java>Plugins.

Thanks again.
 


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