Using HTML element's ID attribute as segment ID property

Manuel Souto Pico

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Jul 28, 2021, 7:12:35 PM7/28/21

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Hi there,

When I use the HTML filter from the Okapi plugin in OmegaT, text units get a generic ID such as tu1_0, tu2_0, etc.

Assuming all the elements containing translatable text units in my source HTML have an ID (as HTML attribute), would it be possible to use this ID as the segment ID?

Maybe with some option in the filter configuration?

If there's no such option, would this be a feasible enhancement?

Thanks.

Cheers, Manuel

Mihai Nita

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Jul 29, 2021, 11:17:39 PM7/29/21

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The id in html is used to generate the trans-unit resname, not the ID

That seems like correct behavior for xliff.

It is pretty rare that all elements in an html have IDs, so we would end up with a mixture of generated + from-the-html IDs

And generating IDs can't be avoided because certain items in HTML can't have IDs.

For example the attributes (area, alt, label, prompt, title, summary) are all localizable, generate separate text units, and don't have IDs.

I didn't play much (if at all) with OmegaT, but resname should also be visible there, no?

It is a pretty important xliff attribute.

Mihai

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Manuel Souto Pico

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Jul 30, 2021, 3:01:49 AM7/30/21

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Hi Mihai,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm not using XLIFF, I'm importing the HTML file directly in OmegaT, using Okapi's HTML filter (provided by the Okapi filters plugin for OmegaT).

How can I map the <div>'s id to the text unit's resname? Is that an option in the filter configuration file? I don't see it captured by default.

I understand what you mean about the HTML attributes. My HTML file is created specifically for the purpose of translation, something like this:

<body>

plus some CSS and some Javascript to enhance the preview. The client sends this HTML content in an Excel file, I convert it to HTML so as to be able to use the right HTML filter.

The translator need to see the <div>'s id in OmegaT, that's why I would like to have it displayed.

Cheers, Manuel

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