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I am having the same issue. My CAT tool gives me an error message when I try to upload the xlf file the client gave me because the file header only contains the source language. I investigated the issue with Wordfast and they found:
An XLIFF file intended to be translated in a CAT tool should specify both source and target languages. This one only specify source language, which is en-US (i.e. US English). It does not include any target language information.
I tried to open it in an en-US > fr-FR project (hoping it would generate the target segments at the same time) in both Wordfast Pro and memoQ, and both rejected the file with error messages related to its structure (see enclosed screenshots). I also tried to open it in SDL Trados Studio, which also rejected the file as invalid (screenshot of error message also included).
I’m afraid you will have to ask your client to supply valid XLIFF files. It cannot be a coincidence three of the major CAT tools on the market all rejected it in its current form.
I need to solve this issue urgently, as it affects two of my main clients.
Help please??