Tags are signified by grey highlighting. Smartling inserts formatting tags as pairs (opening and closing tag) to preserve code. You can insert these as you go along, or you can highlight the bit of the target that should go between the tags and then enter them. Using the Insert Next Tag shortcut will toggle through the available tags. You can also insert all tags and add your translation between them.

You can choose to view short tags (numbers only) or long tags (full tag). This can be done from Settings > Preferences and switching Show tag values on. You can also toggle this on or off a string level by using this button:

Below you can see an example of long and short tags in the same string:

An insertable is a formatting marker such as a non-breaking space (NBSP) or line break (BR). You can click the insertable in the source to populate it in the target segment, or click the desired insertable on the editor toolbar. Alternatively, you can simply start typing and the tool will provide a suggestion (eg. n > nbsp). Click enter to add the suggestion to the target.

In the Smartling dashboard, placeholders are used to mark parts of a string that do not need to be translated. The content contained within the placeholder will usually be populated dynamically in the application. In Smartling, placeholders are always represented by a number or a set of characters highlighted in grey and/or contained within curly brackets. You can see an example of this below.

On occasion you might see a string that requires a translation in both singular and plural forms. There will be an orange information bar detailing which form is required for the selected segment: