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XLIFF 1.2 (en → es)

An OASIS XLIFF 1.2 file with English source and Spanish target trans-units and notes — the classic interchange format between authoring tools and translation-management systems.

Localization catalogs Internationalization Editor testing

Preview — first 43 linesxlf

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xliff version="1.2" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
  <file source-language="en" target-language="es" datatype="plaintext" original="app.js">
    <body>
      <trans-unit id="greeting">
        <source>Hello</source>
        <target>Hola</target>
        <note>Greeting shown on the home screen</note>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="welcome">
        <source>Welcome, {name}</source>
        <target>Bienvenido, {name}</target>
        <note>Welcome message with the user's name</note>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="save">
        <source>Save</source>
        <target>Guardar</target>
        <note>Save button label</note>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="cancel">
        <source>Cancel</source>
        <target>Cancelar</target>
        <note>Cancel button label</note>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="search">
        <source>Search</source>
        <target>Buscar</target>
        <note>Search field placeholder</note>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="settings">
        <source>Settings</source>
        <target>Configuración</target>
        <note>Settings menu item</note>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="logout">
        <source>Log out</source>
        <target>Cerrar sesión</target>
        <note>Log out menu item</note>
      </trans-unit>
    </body>
  </file>
</xliff>

Specifications

Format: XLIFF 1.2 (OASIS)
Source Language: en
Target Language: es
Trans Units: 7

What is a .xlf file?

.xlf is a common file extension for XLIFF, the OASIS XML Localization Interchange File Format — identical in content to .xliff. It carries translatable source and target segments with metadata for exchange between localization tools, and is frequently the extension emitted by Angular and Symfony toolchains.

How to use this file

Use an example .xlf file to test XLIFF parsers, Angular/Symfony i18n pipelines, and CAT tools, or as input for XLIFF version conversion and catalog migration.

How to use this file for testing

“XLIFF 1.2 (en → es)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Localization catalogs, Internationalization, Editor testing. Gettext PO/POT, XLIFF, Apple .strings, Flutter .arb, Android strings.xml, .NET .resx, and i18next JSON — with RTL and CJK variants — for testing localization pipelines, translation-memory tools, and catalog converters.

Documented properties for this file: XLIFF 1.2 (OASIS). Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Translation-catalog fixtures carry the same message set across formats, each with its native placeholder syntax. Test your i18n loader, catalog converter, or translation-memory tool, and use the RTL and CJK variants to check bidirectional text and Unicode handling.

Load the catalog with your i18n framework and verify placeholder interpolation and plural handling; the RTL and CJK variants exercise bidirectional text and font fallback.

Code examples

from translate.storage.xliff import xlifffile  # pip install translate-toolkit

store = xlifffile.parsefile("example-1.2.xlf")
for unit in store.units[:5]:
    print(unit.source, "->", unit.target)

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