Working With HTML
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Translating strings for the Open edX project is more complicated than simply
translating sentences from one language to another. Sometimes, sentences (or
“strings”) will contain HTML markup tags. It is very important to understand how
to deal with HTML markup.
Often, strings in the platform will contain HTML Tags. Tags are usually single
words that are surrounded by angle brackets and may contain a forward slash.
Below are some examples of tags you might see:
.. code::
`` to `` a>`` it will break
the website.
Examples may help you better understand what to do in these situations so we
recommend checking out
:ref:`the HTML Section of the Translators Reference `
.. seealso::
* :ref:`HTML Reference `
* :doc:`working-with-placeholders`