Check out Using XLIFF Files for Translation? Three Common Corruption Issues and How to Solve Them by Carl Christensen. Here is an excerpt:
XLIFF (which stands for XML Localization Interchange File Format) is the standardized file format used to ensure portability and interoperability between translation tools. If you’re using MadCap Lingo, you may have seen this file format, as Lingo generates and uses XLIFF (.xlf) files…
The full article is available here.
