Xcode does not localize specific strings

Question

In my storyboard files, I have several lines that I do not need to localize, their text is filled with values ​​from the server or code at run time (author name, object name, etc.); with the source text filled with something like: "Label", "Author's name". (I want to save these initial values ​​in the storyboards, to preview the interface.)

I use localization with .xliff files.

Is there any way to mark them so that they do not fall into the corresponding .xliff files for localization?

Answer 1

I would recommend using text like "$ Label $" and "$ Author Name $", so it’s obvious on your display that you have a line in which something else needs to be replaced, and this makes it obvious to the translator that it doesn’t should be translated. So far, they can take simple instructions, such as "do not translate lines that begin and end with a dollar sign."

This is especially useful since something like "Author Name" may appear somewhere in your user interface where you really want it to be translated.