HTML
| Extension | .html |
| Smartling Identifier | html |
| Example File | |
| Resources | HTML5 Standards |
By default Smartling will create a single String for each block element in the HTML document. Additionally the value of alt and title attributes are captured as a single string. Smartling does not capture the values of any other attributes.
HTML-like template files, such as those used by Angular, Ember, Backbone, EJS, Handlebars, etc, are not officially supported by Smartling and should not be uploaded as HTML files. See Localizing Templated Applications for more information.
Standard Placeholder Format
See Placeholders in Resource Files for more on placeholders.
Directive
Format
| <!-- smartling.[directive_name] = [value] --> |
placeholder_format
| Values | NONE; C; IOS; PYTHON; JAVA; YAML; QT; RESX; standalone_html |
| Description | Used to specify a standard placeholder format. |
| Examples |
<!-- smartling.placeholder_format = IOS --> Specifies iOS-style placeholders for the file. |
placeholder_format_custom
| Values | 1) Custom Java compatible regular expression. 2) NONE - disables any current custom placeholders |
| Description | Specifies a custom placeholder format. Any text in your file matching the regular expression you provide will be captured as a placeholder. |
| Examples |
<!-- smartling.placeholder_format_custom=\{([^}]+)\} --> Any characters surrounded by curly brackets, e.g., {first name}, will be treated as a placeholder. |
See Placeholders in Resource Files for more on placeholders.
force_inline_for_tags
| Values | Comma-separated html tag list |
| Description | This parameter forces the html parser to treat the listed tags as inline. The difference between block and inline tags is that block tags are used to split html into strings, whereas inline tags are included in strings. |
| Examples | <!-- smartling.force_inline_for_tags = external_link,reference -->
Any <external_link> or <reference> tags will be parsed as inline tags. Smartling will not create separate strings for content in these tags. |
force_block_for_tags
| Values | Comma-separated html tag list |
| Description |
This parameter forces the html parser to treat the listed tags as string separators. The difference between block and inline tags is that block tags are used to split html into strings, whereas inline tags are included in strings. Note: If any tag is pointed in both smartling.force_block_for_tags and smartling.force_inline_for_tags, the force_block_for_tags directive prevails. |
| Examples | <!-- smartling.force_block_for_tags=br -->
Enables string separation by <br> tags |
include_translatable_attributes
| Values | Comma-separated list of HTML attributes |
| Description | Instructs Smartling to capture the text of a list of HTML attributes for translation. For example, this can be used to capture the title attribute of a button. |
| Examples | <!-- smartling.include_translatable_attributes = title, alt, class, description -->
Will capture text in title, description, class, and alt attributes of any element as a translatable string |
exclude_translatable_attributes
| Values | Comma-separated list of HTML attributes |
| Description |
Instructs Smartling to exclude the text of a list of HTML attributes for translation. For example, this can be used to exclude the title attribute of a button. This directive takes precedence over the include_translatable_attributes directive. |
| Examples |
<!-- smartling.exclude_translatable_attributes = title, alt --> Will exclude text in title and alt attributes of any element as a translatable string |
collapse_html_whitespace
| Values | on|yes|true|off|no|false (case-insensitive) |
| Description |
Disables or enables the HTML whitespace collapsing. By default, this is enabled, so the HTML parser turns all new lines into spaces and collapses a sequence of spaces into one space. |
| Examples |
<!-- smartling.collapse_html_whitespace = off --> Disables whitespace collapsing |
pseudo_inflation
| Values | Integer - Accepted values are 0 - 100 |
| Description | Sets the percentage by which original strings are inflated when downloading pseudo translations. If this directive is not set, pseudo translations are 30 percent longer than the original strings. |
| Examples | <!-- smartling.pseudo_inflation = 80 -->
Downloaded pseudo translations will increase the length of original strings by 80 percent. |
Mark Content as Not Translatable
Content inline in an HTML file can be marked as not translatable through attributes on tags:
<a href="" class="notranslate">
<a href="" translate="no"">
<a href="" translate="no"">
<a href="" data-sl-notranslate="no">
<a href="" class="notranslate">
<a href="" translate="no"">
<a href="" translate="no"">
<a href="" data-sl-notranslate="no">
Variants
HTML files uploaded via our API supports the data-sl-variant attribute, similar to our Global Delivery Network (GDN). See an example here.
