Suppose you have a file containing 1,000 segments in XTM Cloud. You want to split the project between two different translators to make the deadline, with Translate and Correct steps. Segments 0 to 499 are assigned to Translator 1 and segments 500 to 1000 are assigned to Translator 2 (the same Corrector will work on the two split batches).

Translator 1 works in XTM Cloud, but Translator 2 wants to work offline and asks for an offline XLIFF file.

The question you might ask is, “What is the optimal way to split the work for a single file between simultaneous online and offline work?”.

There is a simple yet effective scenario that you can apply for this type of workflow, which will enable you to achieve the desirable goal and ensure that the overall end translation stays consistent.

Take the following steps:

1. In the XTM Cloud project, divide a source into two bundles.

2. In the first bundle, assign Translator 1 to the Translate step.

3. In the second bundle, assign Translator 2 to the Translate step. Translator 1 translates the first bundle (the Translate step) in XTM Workbench and finishes the task.

4. Now, generate an XLIFF file for this source file [for details ,see How to translate offline (use of XLIFF files)].

5. Translator 2 translates their part of the file offline.

6. Once the offline translation is complete, edit in the XLIFF file: remove translations from the segments translated by Translator 1 (use <target/>)

7. Upload the XLIFF file back to XTM Cloud.

8. That is it! You have successfully performed an online/offline project roundtrip.

Expected behavior:

• If changes have already been made in the Correct step, in the split batch that contains segments 0 to 499, by the Corrector, these changes are NOT replaced by empty strings.

• Segments 500 to 1000 are translated offline, by Translator 2, and the Corrector can review them in the Correct step.