Searching for a translation tool that works with RH XLIFFs

[Authorgirl2]

Hello, has anyone found a translation tool that can work with XLIFFs exported from RH?

We want to export content from RH, then import it into an online translation tool so that our in-house translator can manually translate it, then export it out of the tool and import it back into RH.

I had a demo with Localazy to test out the process but their software can't read the XLIFFs from RH 2020.8.0. Apparently the files contain too much info in addition to the content. The guy doing the demo said he'd never seen anything like it before.

Has anyone done this successfully and be happy to share who they use?

[Stefan Gentz · Accepted solution]

You might want to have a look at one of the CAT tools that professional translators are using. All of them support XLIFF on a professional level and can work perfectly fine with the XLIFF from RoboHelp (e.g., Trados Studio, memoQ, memsource, XTM). Note, that a translation tool needs to support presegmented XLIFF – which requires some more advanced XLIFF handling which not every translation tool is able to do. The ones I mentioned do, but as professional tools they come at a certain price.

[Authorgirl2]

Thanks Stefan, this is super helpful info!