File Tagging

Lingo supports file tags from Flare projects and Contributor documents. Authors can use file tags for many different purposes, such as assigning authors or milestones to topics. If a Flare project or Contributor document contains file tags, you will see them in the File List window in Lingo. You can even right-click a file with a tag and change its value. See File List Window Pane and Properties Dialog.

Example

An author sends you a Flare project for translation, and this particular project contains two kinds of file tags—author and status. When you open the File List window pane and expand it, you will see columns for these tags.

Perhaps you are already using the built-in status feature (on the Translation tab of the Properties dialog—see Setting the Translated Status of Files). This feature has to do solely with the translation status of files. On the other hand, the status file tags from the author probably have to do with the overall creation of each file (e.g., produce first draft, send for review, send to translator). The author may ask you to edit these status file tags when you complete the translation of each file. Therefore, you can right-click on files, select Properties, choose the File Tags tab, and adjust the status.