It’s common to encounter escaped HTML entities, especially when dealing with content intended for web publication. These entities, such as & for "&", < for "<", and > for ">", represent characters that have specific functions in HTML.
Here's a list of frequently encountered HTML entities and their literal representations:
- & for & (ampersand).
- < for < (less-than sign).
- > for > (greater-than sign).
- " for " (double quotes).
- ' for ' (single quote).
What you are expected to see in your tasks:
If HTML elements are present in the source, you should always preserve them in translation as they are. Do not remove them or convert them to their literal representation. If you do so, the translation may not remain functional.
Moreover, it's important to remain vigilant for any additional white spaces surrounding the tags in the target text. These spaces may not be present in the source text and should be promptly removed.
* In order to spot them, you will need to activate the “SHOW WHITESPACES'' option, otherwise, you will not be able to see some potentially extra whitespaces, this way being susceptible to leaving some of them out.