by Stefan Gentz

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So, you got those freaky tagged documents from your client. With many words in it (great!). Unfortunately also with a lot of tags in it (not so great!). Now what? Ask the client for a, ehem, – how embarrassing! – “Word Document”? Fat chance! You’re not only a rock-star level translator. You’re also an XML spiderman and extreme translator. Of course you can deliver a professional translation of professional XML documents. And we will show you how to do that. In this three-hour masterclass Stefan Gentz, XML and CAT tool expert with more than 15 years of experience, will make you an XML translation “capacity”. You will never again feel uncomfortable about translating XML.

In the first block we will start at zero, so this is where you should check in, when you have absolutely not the slightest idea what this XML thing is. Stefan will explain everything you need to know about brackets, tags, well-formedness, validity, DTD, Schema, XPATH and XSLT. We will create a first simple XML document from the scratch and play around with it. We will write a small DTD (yes, that’s this thing you were told to ask the client for). And we will get through the rules of XML. What can you do and what not?

In the second block, we will have a deeper look at the inner structure of XML file and discuss block and inline level concepts as well as ambiguous element roles. This is extremely important for the next step: Customizing your translation tool for your client’s XML. Stefan will show how to customize SDL Trados Studio for customer specific XML. The process is similar in other CAT tools, so if you have understood what this is all about, you’re pretty much good to go for about every CAT tool.

The third block is about real word XML scenarios. Stefan will show you examples of the wide variety of XML files he got over the last ten years. From Good to Evil. He will focus especially on the bad XML and how to deal with it. He will give advice on how to identify “bad” XML and sonder possibilities to process them with a CAT tool or discuss possible solutions with your client on a professional level.

Attendees should bring their own laptop and, if possible an XML editor or a simple text editor like “Notepad++” to participate and get maximum benefit.