[TYPO3-mvc] Migration of static Tanslations from 4.6 to 6.3

[g4-lisz at tonarchiv.ch]

On 08/12/2014 02:57 PM, Stefan Neufeind wrote:
> On 08/12/2014 02:52 PM, g4-lisz at tonarchiv.ch wrote:
>> Hi there
>>
>> We wrote a quite large Extbase extension a few years ago. It's heavily
>> using XML translation files in EXTDIR/Private/Resources/Language and
>> typo3conf/l10n/LANG/EXTNAME.
>>
>> Our client was using LL-XML in the backend for maintaining the translations.
>>
>> What is the way to go for a smooth transition from 4.6 to 6.3 LTS? Most
>> of the work is already done (EXT is up and running), but we didn't
>> change anything concerning the XML files. Is there a need to change
>> them, and if yes, why?
>>
>> Is there a replacement for LL-XML in 6.3 LTS?
> You mean 6.2 LTS.
>
> XML is still supported, though the recommended way (and what is used in
> the core etc.) nowadays is XLIFF. You might have come across .xlf-files.
> Basically that also just XML, with a slightly different notation. XLIFF
> as a standard in translation is more widespread in the industry afaik.
>
> You might be able to create a small converter-job for your specific
> case. Or you can use EXT:extdeveval which offers an XML-to-XLF-converter
> from the backend. (But then you'll need to click for each file to be
> converted - depend
Hi Stefan,

thanks a lot for the info.

Of course you're right: It's 6.2 LTS

So you think it's worth the hassle of converting to XLF? Will there be
an extension to mantain the translations in the new format?

Cheers,
T.