Working with Inline Tags

Tags are found in many documentation file formats. They are generally used to describe text emphasis marks such as bold, underline, italic or hyperlinked text.

They are referred to as Inline Tags since they are included within the boundaries of a translatable segment.

Inline tags are displayed using graphical symbols such as

and

and they often appear in pairs. For example,

denotes the start of a tag while

denotes the end of the tag.

The text enclosed within these tags is affected by the tag. In this example, any text enclosed within the tag will be displayed in a Strong or bolded font.

In most cases, inline tags are not translated. However, they might need to be repositioned during the translation process to follow the logical change in sentence structure in the newly translated segment.

The Translator Toolbar renders inline tags and XML elements in a graphical format (see above).

Alchemy PUBLISHER has been designed to have the flexibility to enable the tags be modified, deleted, or moved during the translation process.

What Do You Want to Do?

Click and drag an inline tag to move it to a new position in the Translated Text window.

Click on the inline tag and hold down the mouse button;
Drag the inline tag to its new position and release the mouse button to drop it at its new position.

Inline tags can also be dragged and dropped from the Original Text window to the Translated Text window.

Use the mouse to or cursor keys to delete an inline tag in the Translated Text window.

Click on the inline tag or position the cursor on it;
Hit the Backspace or [DEL] key to delete the inline tag.

Selecting the Undo [CTRL+Z] function or drag the inline tag from the Original Text window to the Translated Text window to undo the deletion of a tag. Alternatively, select Insert Inline Tag [CTRL+SPACE].

Some inline tags may have a number of attributes associated with them. In some cases these attributes may also need to be translated. Inline tags that contain attributes have a plus symbol () displayed alongside them. To view or modify these attributes:

Click on the inline tag or position the cursor underneath it.
Right click on it and select Edit Attributes from the menu.

Select the Attribute from the list provided and modify its value in the Translated Text window.

Use the buttons Previous Tag and Next Tag to view other tags that may also need to be translated in the Translated Text window.

Click on the to insert a New inline tags into a segment.
This displays a list of new inline tags that can be inserted into a translated segment.

These additional tags can be deleted by clicking on them and pressing the [Delete] or [Backspace] keys.