If you upload an IDML file to Smartcat for translation, you might see segments with too many tags. If this happens, you can change tag settings to reduce their number.
Here is an example of the settings screen that you will see, using a simulation file upload.
Understanding the “Simplify text formatting” options
There are three options to choose from.
Option 1: Off
This is the default option. Choose this mode if you do not want to simplify formatting. It does not merge any CharacterStyleRange tags.
Option 2: Moderate
This option applies the following use thresholds.
- Kerning: [-50..50]
- Tracking: [-50..50]
- Baseline Shift: [-2..2]
Option 3: Aggressive
Use at 2x option two's moderate thresholds.
At CharacterStyleRange processing time, if any of the kerning/tracking/baseline shift parameters are within a selected threshold, they are ignored – considered to be equal to zero. Then the standard logic applies: if there are two or more consecutive CharacterStyleRange elements with the same style, they are merged together.
Understanding the “Ignore empty applied languages” checkbox
This checkbox is switched off by default. It's used to ignore specific attributes around applied languages.
If turned on, two consecutive CharacterStyleRange elements that differ with this attribute will merge together. The first CharacterStyleRange value in the sequence wins.
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