<s>
Open	B-Language
Language	I-Language
Tools	I-Language
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
project	O
released	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
Sun	O
’s	O
CDDL	B-Application
(	O
a	O
GPL-incompatible	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Language
Language	I-Language
Tools	I-Language
are	O
intended	O
for	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
involved	O
in	O
translation	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
documentation	O
into	O
different	O
natural	O
languages	O
(	O
localisation	O
engineers	O
,	O
translators	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
based	O
around	O
common	O
localisation	O
industry	O
standard	O
file	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
XLIFF	O
and	O
TMX	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Language
Language	I-Language
Tools	I-Language
consist	O
of	O
the	O
XLIFF	O
Filters	O
designed	O
to	O
convert	O
different	O
source	O
file	O
formats	O
to	O
XLIFF	O
and	O
the	O
XLIFF	O
Translation	O
Editor	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
edit	O
XLIFF	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
long	O
as	O
Java	B-Language
J2RE	O
(	O
at	O
least	O
1.4.2	O
)	O
is	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
XLIFF	O
format	O
itself	O
is	O
quite	O
complex	O
and	O
not	O
very	O
user	O
friendly	O
(	O
especially	O
to	O
people	O
not	O
familiar	O
with	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
XLIFF	O
Translation	O
Editor	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
translation	O
and	O
editing	O
much	O
more	O
feasible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
mechanism	O
to	O
display	O
notes	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
documents	O
(	O
typically	O
from	O
formats	O
like	O
.po	B-Application
files	I-Application
or	O
from	O
other	O
translators	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
XLIFF	O
file	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
translation	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
(	O
TMX	B-Language
)	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
later	O
used	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
central	O
translation	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
