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Version 3.4.5 - Not released yet

  • New:
    • Improved support for XML catalogs
    • Improved support for empty <xref/> elements in DITA

Version 3.4.4 - July 31, 2019

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed access permissions creating XLIFF from Generic XML on Windows.
    • Fixed handling accented characters in Azure Machine Translation.

Version 3.4.3 - June 30, 2019

  • New:
    • Updated libraries.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bilingual term extraction in Anchovy.

Version 3.4-2 - June 8, 2019

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed conversion to original format of XLIFF files with merged/split segments.

Version 3.4-1 - May 30, 2019

  • New:
  • Fixes:
    • Re-enabled trial requests.

Version 3.4-0 - April 30, 2019

  • New:
    • Added graphical representation to translation status analysis.
    • Implemented support for V3 of Microsoft Azure Translation API.
    • Switched to OpenXLIFF Filters for file processing and faster XML support.
    • Removed TTX Exchange.
    • Removed support for RTF, Tagged RTF, TTX and PHP Arrays.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed conversion to/from XLIFF 2.0.

Version 3.3-24 - January 19, 2019

  • New:
    • Migrated to Java 11.
    • Added option to accept all Machine Translations.
    • Preserved Machine Translations when applying TM to all segments.
    • Added option to remove a match from Internal databases.

Version 3.3-23 - August 29, 2018

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug on TMX import.

Version 3.3-22 - August 25, 2018

  • New:
    • Improved support for Hunspell dictionaries.
    • Added option to convert XLIFF 2.0 to XLIFF 1.2 and back.
  • Fixes:
    • Changed encoding of Russian dictionary (ru_RU.zip) to UTF-8.

Version 3.3-21 - July 13, 2018

  • New:
    • Improved IDML filter, reducing tags by merging fragments with similar styles.
    • Completely new installer for Windows that allows full OS integration.
    • Simplified installation on macOS.

Version 3.3-20 - May 14, 2018

  • New:
    • Updated license terms.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed paragraph segmentation for XML files.
    • Changed DITA filter to use @href as fallback mechanism when the key referenced by @keyref doesn't exist.

Version 3.3-19 - April 19, 2018

  • New:
    • Migrated to Java 10
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed translation preview on Windows 10.

Version 3.3-18 - April 1, 2018

  • Fixes:
    • Improved filtering of DITA resources marked with @translate="no".
    • Fixed duplicated entries when exporting databases as TMX.

Version 3.3-17 - February 27. 2018

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed entities handling in ignored XML elements.
    • Fixed bilingual term extraction in Anchovy for macOS.

Version 3.3-16 - December 31, 2017

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed support for Visio files.
    • Fixed language matching in Terminology Consistency Analysis.
    • Fixed export options in Anchovy.

Version 3.3-15 - December 6, 2017

  • New:
    • Migrated to Java 9.
    • Improved display of untranslatable text in preview of XLIFF 1.2.

Version 3.3-14 - August 1, 2017

  • New:
    • Added option to store translations in TM database when converting XLIFF to original format using CLI (Command Line Interface).
    • Added new CLI options for creating and removing Internal databases.
    • Added option to export databases as TMX using CLI.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed handling of nested inline XML elements marked with translate="no" that contain XML entities in the text.

Version 3.3-13 - May 19, 2017

  • New:
    • Added support for DITA files exported from SDL CMS.
    • Added support for PHP arrays.

Version 3.3-12 - April 27, 2017

  • New:
    • Replaced Microsoft's Bing Translator MT engine with the new Azure based Microsoft Translator.
    • Improved handling of <mrk> tags.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed handling of translatable attributes in XML inline elements.
    • Fixed handling of untranslatable @keyref nested inside untranslatable @conref in DITA files.

Version 3.3-11 - March 17, 2017

  • New:
    • Improved support for XLIFF files from WordBee with embedded HTML markup.
    • Improved generation of <ph> tags from XML files for better matching.
  • Fixes:
    • Corrected bug in IDML filter that affected layout of translated files.
    • Fixed regression error with empty content in elements with @conkeyref attribute in DITA files.

Version 3.3-10 - March 7, 2017

  • New:
    • Added "ICE" matches count to Translation Status History
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed count of "New" words in Translation Status History
    • Fixed support for conref-push and emptied content of elements with @conkeyref attribute in DITA files.

Version 3.3-9 - January 22, 2017

  • New:
    • Improved handling of tags in XML filter to support tag reordering.
    • Added support for locked text marked with <mrk mtyp="protected">...<mrk>
    • Adopted translation configuration for the 600+ DITA elements defined in Appendix B.6 of DITA 1.3 All-Inclusive Edition.
    • Implemented automatic configuration of elements defined in custom DITA specializations.
    • Implemented support for @translate="no" in inline DITA elements.
    • Added count of not translatable words to translation status analysis.
  • Fixes:
    • Restored support for @translate="no" at block level in DITA files.

Version 3.3-8 - December 13, 2016

  • New:
    • Added option to mark all segments as untranslatable at once.
    • Added option to remove all matches from current segment.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed handling of URLs in footnotes of Word documents.
    • Fixed comparisson of spaces when retrieving TM matches where space preservation is required.

Version 3.3-7 - November 4, 2016

  • New:
    • Updated DITA 1.3 grammars to Version 1.3 Errata 01.
    • Improved handling of undefined keys in DITA filter.
  • Fixes:
    • Closed splash screen before displaying database related errors.
    • Fixed selection of "nextCatalog" in XML catalog manager.
    • Fixed preview of XLIFF files generated by Okapi Framework.
    • Fixed conversion of TMX to GlossML in Anchovy for files with non-ASCII characters in their names.
    • Fixed plugins configuration on Linux

Version 3.3-6 - October 19, 2016

  • New:
    • Removed requirement to open port 9080 in firewalls for registering licenses.
    • Added link to this Release History in Help menu.
  • Fixes:
    • Converted XML entities returned by Google Machine Translation to regular characters.
    • Fixed display of data origin in matches panel.

Version 3.3-5 - October 6, 2016

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed support for format="html" and scope="external" when harvesting keys in DITA filter.
    • Restored support for @conref resolution in DITA files with multiple topic elements.

Version 3.3-4 - September 26, 2016

  • New:
    • Implemented option to add current translation status to history using CLI (Command Line Interface).
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed word counts for Chinese.
    • Avoided infinite loops when parsing relationship tables in DITA files.
    • Fixed support for "nextCatalog" in XML catalog manager.
    • Fixed support for "book" files in DocBook XML filter.

Version 3.3-3 - July 11, 2016

  • New:
    • Improved support for DITA projects that contain files in multiple character sets.
    • Improved configuration files for DITA.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug in case insensitive TM searches.
    • Corrected criteria for counting ICE matches in Translation Status Analysis report.
    • Stopped jumping to next unapproved/untranslated segment on approving targets with spelling errors.

Version 3.3-2 - April 19, 2016

  • New:
    • Automatically removed extra markup added by SDL Trados Studio to XLIFF files from Swordfish.
    • Added support for extracting context text from <topicmeta> elements when @keyref is used in an empty DITA element.
    • Implemented support for tracked changes in IDML files.
    • Added support for MIF 2015 (FrameMaker 13).
  • Fixes:
    • Preserved content of elements with @conref or @conkeyref attributes when importing translated XLIFF from DITA files.
    • Fixed handling of <url> elements when parsing DITA files.
    • Fixed harvesting of keys from secondary DITA maps.
    • Fixed handling of @href in <chapter> elements of DITA maps.

Version 3.3-1 - March 7, 2016

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug in "Approve All Translations" that may place wrong translation in a previously visited segment.

Version 3.3-0 - February 26, 2016

  • New:
    • Updated GUI design.
    • Improved performance of word count generation and other processes.
    • Improved support for DITA 1.2.
    • Implemented support for push replace in DITA filter.
    • Added official DITA 1.3 grammar to the catalog.
    • Implemented optional auto-disable/auto-register for Site Licenses.
    • Implemented leveraging ICE matches using CLI (Command Line Interface).
    • Implemented marking repeated segments as untranslatable using CLI (Command Line Interface).
    • Implemented marking all segments as translatable using CLI (Command Line Interface).
    • Upgraded Java to version 1.8_74 in all installers.
    • Updated HTML preview stylesheets.
    • Switched to 64 bit architecture.
    • Moved validation plugins to separate packages.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed conversion using CLI (Command Line Interface) on Windows.
    • Fixed bug in IDML filter that resulted in invalid empty XLIFF files.
    • Fixed error on Mac OS X when approving all segments with a write-enabled database.

Version 3.2-6 - September 11, 2015

  • New:
    • Implemented support for custom DITA attributes from Astoria CMS.
    • Improved tooltip display on mouse over.
    • Upgraded Java to version 1.8_60 in all installers.
    • Modified Find/Replace dialog to ignore tag content when searching.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed Find/Replace dialog to support dotted/undotted "i" character in case insensitive searches on Turkish and Azerbaijani.
    • Fixed content references resolution in DITA filter.

Version 3.2-5 - July 15, 2015

  • New:
    • Upgraded Java to version 1.8_51 in all installers.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed connection to Google Machine Translation Engine.

Version 3.2-4 - July 3, 2015

  • New:
    • New filter for DITA maps with focus on DITA 1.2.
    • Switched to DITA 1.2 catalog as default for DITA maps.
    • Added support for SubjectScheme.
    • Implemented support for displaying @conkeyref text in extracted segments.
    • Added support for DITA Troubleshooting (DITA 1.3).
    • Upgraded Java to version 1.8_45 in all installers.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug in auto-save routine that could overwrite files not created with Swordfish.
    • Fixed resource leak that could trigger a "No more handles" error on Windows 7.

Version 3.2-3 - June 12, 2015

  • New:
    • Enabled preview for MQXLIFF files.
    • Added support for Adobe LiveCycle .xdp files.
    • Added support for XLIFF files from Fluenta.
    • Added support for "navtitle" attribute in <chapter> element of DITA maps.
    • Enabled license registration from command line interface
  • Fixes:
    • Remembered size and location of the program.
    • Fixed handling of '&' in XML attributes that contain URLs.

Version 3.2-2 - March 13, 2015

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed terminology searches and automatic term display.

Version 3.2-1 - March 4, 2015

  • New:
    • Included Java 8 in all installers.
    • Added support for XLIFF files with text in CDATA sections.
    • Implemented extraction of text from CDATA sections in XML files.
    • Moved shell script for command line processing out of Swordfish.app on Mac OS X.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed display of BiDi languages on Mac OS X.
    • Fixed XSL transformations of files with spaces in their names.

Version 3.2-0 - June 27, 2014

  • New:
    • Improved Internal database engine speed and reliability.
    • Simplified XLIFF conversion dialog.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed term extraction with Anchovy on Windows.
    • Fixed dictionary downloads on Windows.

Version 3.1-2 - February 17, 2014

  • New:
    • Implemented preview for third party XLIFF files with proprietary extensions.
  • Fixes:
    • Restored command line scripts on Windows and Mac OS X
    • Fixed TM matching issues on Windows.

Version 3.1-1 - February 12, 2014

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed retrieval of TM matches from Internal databases.

Version 3.1-0 - February 9, 2014

  • New:
    • Improved support for third party XLIFF files with proprietary extensions.
    • New TM engine with improved performance.
    • Upgraded XLIFFChecker to version 1.0-9
    • Separate installers for 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows.
    • Implemented file drag & drop in conversion to XLIFF dialog.

Version 3.0-15 - June 30, 2013

  • New:
    • Implemented support for Yandex.Translate v1.5
    • Added new command line options: export XLIFF file as TMX, import TMX file and generate translation status analysis.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed glossary creation in Anchovy.

Version 3.0-14c - March 21, 2013

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed concordance search.

Version 3.0-14b - March 18, 2013

  • Fixes:
    • Restored automatic language selection when adding terms to a database.

Version 3.0-14 - March 15, 2013

  • New:
    • Changed language codes support from ISO codes to BCP47 standard.
    • Improved protection of preferences file.
    • Removed closing delay for Internal databases.
    • Added option to filter segments with and without TM matches.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed import of CSV files with less than 3 columns.
    • Fixed handling of multiple translatable attributes in DITA elements.
    • Restored Change Case functionality.
    • Fixed segmentation bug when using command line.

Version 3.0-13 - October 24, 2012

  • New:
    • Improved import of CSV files.
    • Upgraded Anchovy to version 1.0-6.
    • Added support for TXML files with revision information.
    • Improved support for XLIFF files from Sawtooth.
    • Added support for "Yandex.Translate" machine translation engine.
    • Added option for applying MT to all unapproved segments.
    • Added command line option for applying MT to an XLIFF file.
    • Removed content of DITA elements with "conref" attribute when converting to original format.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed encoding support in JavaScript filter.
    • Fixed handling of attributes containing HTML links with "&" signs in XML files.

Version 3.0-12 - July 20, 2012

  • New:
    • Improved compatibility with XLIFF files generated by XTM.
    • Approved segments are now saved to write-enabled database in background.
    • Added support for some non-standard PO files.
    • Implemented new OAuth-based authentication in Microsoft Bing Translator.
    • Upgraded XLIFFChecker to version 1.0-8
    • Upgraded TMXValidator to version 1.0-9
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export of XLIFF <g> tags to TMX.
    • Fixed conversion of IDML files with tables.

Version 3.0-11 - March 9, 2012

  • New:
    • Reduced memory requirements for large Internal databases.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed reverse conversion of Word files with translatable text in embedded drawings.
    • Fixed registration problems with some versions of Windows.
    • Fixed handling of tags with broken XML entities in MS Office documents.

Version 3.0-10 - January 26, 2012

  • New:
    • Implemented bilingual term extraction from TMX documents in Anchovy.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug on applying translations from TM when converting documents to XLIFF.
    • Fixed reverse conversion of ResX files.

Version 3.0-9 - January 8, 2012

  • New:
    • Added option in Anchovy for converting TMX files to GlossML format.
    • Improved support for SDLXLIFF files.
  • Fixes:
    • Restored caching of RemoteTM databases.

Version 3.0-8 - December 19, 2011

  • New:
    • Implemented support for Bing Translator.
    • Updated Java to version 7.2 in Windows installers.
  • Fixes:
    • Enabled support for MS SQL Server with Java 7.
    • Fixed Anchovy launcher in Mac OS X 64 bit version
    • Fixed registration in some non-English Windows systems.

Version 3.0-7 - November 23, 2011

  • New:
    • Improved license registration.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed crash when closing a browser window using ESC key.

Version 3.0-6 - October 31, 2011

  • New:
    • Improved export of Internal databases, discarding damaged entries.
    • Implemented support for Google Translation API V2.
    • Added XSL stylesheet for converting TMX files to GlossML format.
    • Ignored segments containing only numbers in Office 2007 files.
    • Enabled support for Java 7.

Version 3.0-5 - August 7, 2011

  • New:
    • Updated installers to support Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
    • Improved support for soft breaks in IDML files.
    • Improved segmentation of OpenOffice files.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug on closing terminology databases at program exit.
    • Fixed problem with Oracle databases disconnecting after saving a segment.
    • Fixed bug in translation status report.

Version 3.0-4 - July 17, 2011

  • New:
    • Upgraded XLIFFChecker to version 1.0-6
    • Applied current filter to HTML preview.
    • Improved support for third party XLIFF files.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed problem with segment number text box in Mac OS X.

Version 3.0-3 - July 3, 2011

  • New:
    • Added full screen mode.
    • Improved support for tables in IDML files.
  • Fixes:
    • Remembered language pair when storing terms or individual segments in Internal databases.
    • Restored the fix for handling of images in DITA in Windows installers.
    • Fixed conversion to original format of XLIFF files from DITA Maps with embedded skeletons.
    • Fixed bug in tags analysis.
    • Fixed display of concordance search results on Linux.

Version 3.0-2 - June 16, 2011

  • New:
    • Enabled support for RemoteTM LAN Server.
    • Implemented additional data integrity checking when closing databases in Internal database engine.
    • Skipped untranslatable segments when spell checking document.

Version 3.0-1 - June 2, 2011

  • New:
    • Added support for partially segmented XLIFF files from Okapi.
    • Improved support for untranslated SDLXLIFF files.
  • Fixes:
    • Discarded segments with only one language when importing TMX files.
    • Fixed import of TBX files.
    • Preserved properties when importing TMX files.
    • Fixed freezing on Linux when using file filters.
    • Normalized languages in XLIFF files created from TTX documents.
    • Fixed export of GlossML files as CSV in Anchovy.
    • Fixed shortcuts conflict in Windows and Linux.

Version 3.0-0a - May 24, 2011

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed display of bookmarks on Linux.
    • Fixed saving segments to SQL based databases.

Swordfish III - May 21, 2011

  • New:
    • New Internal database engine.
    • Improved TMX import option.
    • New panel for displaying and filtering project files.
    • New option to bookmark segments.
    • Implemented collapsible panels for TM Matches, Auto-Translation and Terminology.
    • New option for pseudo-translating all untranslated segments.
    • Added option to clean invalid XML characters when importing TMX files.
    • Added display of write-enabled databases on main user interface.
  • Fixes:
    • Added MemoQ and Trados Studio custom XLIFF extensions to the XML catalog to suport validating their XLIFF files.
    • Fixed handling of images in DITA configuration files.
    • Fixed handling of links in HTML configuration files.
    • Fixed display of term searches on MySQL databases.

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