TermBase eXchange format¶

Added in version 4.5.

Changed in version 5.12.

TBX is an XML format for the exchange of terminology data.

See also

Supported features¶
File extensions	`.tbx`
Linguality ⓘ	Bilingual
Supports plural ⓘ	`No`
Supports descriptions ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports explanation ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports context ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports location ⓘ	`No`
Supports flags ⓘ	`Yes`
API identifier	`tbx`
Supports read-only strings ⓘ	`No`

Administrative status:: Terms with administrative status forbidden or obsolete in <termNote type="administrativeStatus"> are marked with the forbidden flag (Forbidden translations).,
Translation needed:: Terms with <termNote type="translationNote"> containing no are marked as read-only (Untranslatable terms).,
Usage notes:: Usage notes from <descrip type="Usage note"> tags are displayed in the glossary.,

Note

Explanation: Source string explanation is saved and loaded from the <descrip> tag, translation string explanation from <note from="translator">

Explanations¶

Weblate loads and saves explanation from TBX files to be displayed in Glossary.

Translation explanation is stored as <note from="translator"></note> tag.
Source string explanation is stored as <descrip></descrip> tag.

Example files¶

Example file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE martif PUBLIC "ISO 12200:1999A//DTD MARTIF core (DXFcdV04)//EN" "TBXcdv04.dtd">
<martif type="TBX" xml:lang="en">
    <martifHeader>
        <fileDesc>
            <sourceDesc>
                <p>Translate Toolkit</p>
            </sourceDesc>
        </fileDesc>
    </martifHeader>
    <text>
        <body>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>address bar</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>adresní řádek</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>administrator</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>správce</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>administrate</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>spravovat</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>always on top</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>vždy navrchu</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
        </body>
    </text>
</martif>

Weblate configuration¶

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	`tbx/*.tbx`
Monolingual base language file	Empty
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	TermBase eXchange file