When opening the SDLXLIFF file in the Editor view, or running a Batch Task, you get the error message:

SDL XLIFF validation error at line 123 offset 123: The key sequence '123' in 'urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2:U_tu_segsrc_mid' Keyref fails to refer to some key

 

Workaround 1:

1. Close the SDLXLIFF file from the Editor view in Trados Studio
2. Go to File > Options (if you will reopen the SDLXLIFF as single file) or to Project Settings (if you will use the same project ) - > File Types > SDLXLIFF > General
3. Untick the option Validate SDL XLIFF documents before reading
4. Re-open the SDLXLIFF file in the Editor view

The error message should no longer appear and the batch tasks should be possible.

Workaround 2 for Microsoft Office file types (DOCX, PPTX, XLSX):

Remove all comments in the source file, if they exist.

1. Open the source document in the appropriate Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, etc.)
2. Delete all comments via Review > Comments > Delete > Delete All Comments in document
3. Save the changes made and use this document for translation in Trados Studio

Workaround 3 for all file types:

Remove the offending element from the target language SDLXLIFF.

1. Close Trados Studio
2. Copy the target SDLXLIFF from the project target language folder to a different location - to make sure any modification doesn't corrupt the file further.
3. Open the target SDLXLIFF in a text editor (i.e. Notepad, Wordpad, Notepad++, etc.)
4. Search for the key sequence mentioned in the error message, and remove the XML element this sequence occurs in.

For example, if the error message names 3ee08f67-90e8-46d5-8df1-eaf74000bf97 as the key sequence then delete the element the key is contained in:
<mrk mtype="x-sdl-location" mid="3ee08f67-90e8-46d5-8df1-eaf74000bf97" />

5. Save the changes made, and open the file directly in Trados Studio to check if there are any other errors. 
If no other errors are present, replace the SDLXLIFF back in the target folder.

Workaround 4 for server-based projects:

If your SDLXLIFF cannot be finalized in Trados Studio, try to do the same steps in the WebUI, in the browser. 
The issue might be with the local SDLXLIFF file, but the server version might not have the same issues and the completion of the file or Finalization can be carried out without issues.
 

The error occurs due to comments in the source Microsoft Office file (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, etc.), or may be caused by merging segments or splitting segments, regardless of file type.
This issue was reported to our Development team.

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