Released: Apr 30, 2026

Updates in 12 (Build: 12.0.9616)

Features

• Command Line Enhancements:
  • Create projects from the command line.
  • Reference JSON files.
  • Many more commands available.
• File List Progress Column:
  • See the progress of each file.
  • Shown in percentages.
• Microsoft Translator Region:
  • Select a specific region when using Microsoft Translator.
  • Helps prevent issues with machine translation.
• Pseudo Translate:
  • Pre-translate files with pseudo translate.
  • Helps to see how translations might affect page structure.
• QA Reports Ignore Case:
  • Improve report results by ignoring case.
  • Use for inconsistency in translation of repeated source segments.
  • Also used for repeated target segments with varying source.
• Translation Memory (TM) Suggestion Highlight:
  • Changed content is highlighted when using translation memory.
  • Helps with usability.

Fixes

• Align project does not align the file list upon project creation despite the file names being identical.
• Applying Translation Memory to project is causing Tag errors.
• Changes are not showing in Lingo after a Diff.
• Performing a project update in Git bound Lingo project results in generation of <ph> tags in topics.
• Lingo - Update project (bound to Git) causes files to revert back to untranslated status shown by diffing.
• Conditioned stylesheet classes are not being honored when filtering by target and do a project update.
• Update fails with "'MadCap' is an undeclared prefix." error if updated files are missing MadCap namespace.
• Updated the SQL Server Express download URL.
• Single quotes added around URL in content tag.
• Space is being appended at the beginning of exported segments in this project.
• Parts of a Lingo project are reverting to English after export.
• Translating variables with a comma removes deliminator backslash from exported projects. 
• Lingo Command Line: Re-Exporting with -appendLanguage deletes existing content OR duplicates language code at end of topic.
• Untranslated segments in exported Flare project after merging bundles from translation tools although the segments are translated in Lingo. 
• Missing SVG Images when exporting Lingo project back to Flare.
• Snippets with conditions are imported without honoring topic snippet conditions and exporting conditioned out text when flattened in Lingo.
• Lingo strips everything after the :root in stylesheet when exporting Project.
• Lingo adds a space between image and condition tag in exported project.
• Translated flattened block snippet has extra p tags in the exported project.
• Lingo to support Trademark symbol in file names.
• Spaces between sentences should not be preserved when translating to Japanese.
• Missing Files after Updating the Lingo project.
• Replace all does not work and returns with errors.
• Files referenced in linked tocs aren't getting added for translation when filtering by target.
• Lingo: Conditions applied to variables are lost when flattened.
• Micro Content is not included for translation when filtering by target.
• Language Skin generated in Lingo does not appear when a filter is selected.
• Not able to add a client name when creating project from command line.
• Not able to set a File filter connection when creating project from command line.
• Lingo - not able to set Termbase connection when creating project from command line.
• Title and alt text for buttons are not being parsed for translation.
• Getting unable to parse errors for files that include this svg image.
• Lingo imports files not associated with the TOC when filtering by target — if the target has a template page assigned and that template page includes a FAQ proxy linked to a micro content file containing linked topics.
• Files marked with an exclude condition in the TOC are still imported into Lingo when filtering by target— if the target has a template page assigned and that template page includes a FAQ proxy linked to a micro content file containing linked topics.
• Lingo imports files not associated with the TOC when filtering by Print targets.
• Files marked with excluded condition in the TOC are still imported into lingo when filtering by Print targets.
• Files marked with excluded condition in the TOC are still imported into lingo when filtering by target.
• Lingo imports files not associated with the TOC when filtering by target.
• MadCap | submitQuestionButton does not get registered as a string that needs to be translated.
• Custom stylesheet classes with path to image files are exported wrapped with quotes.
• Getting Unable to parse headerFile.h into Xliff when importing any Flare project in debug mode.
• Not all custom UI Text is listed for translation under the skin file.
• Importing a ZIP is causing exceptions.
• Lingo: Text with "\" in a snippetVariable is not being extracted from a Flare project into Lingo.
• Text between two code elements do not show up as its own text in Lingo.
• When segment includes cross reference followed by hyperlink using variable URL, variable is included as plain text and switched with cross reference.
• "Failed to open startup file: Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: <br> node not supported in xliff 1.2" when topic contains a br tag inside of a conditionalized table within a list and the condition is excluded.
• log4j-core-2.9.0.jar Vulnerability.
• ORE when translating with DeepL or MT caused by specific element structure in Flare project.
• Lingo command line option to create an XLIFF bundle is case-sensitive.
• Sending a topic with snippet conditions shows the conditioned out content when translating the bundle and when it's merged back.
• Generating a Bundle causes System ArgumentOutOfRangeException: "Parameter name: <MadCap:snippetBlock> node not supported in xliff 1.2".
• XLF files are corrupted after creating a bundle and results in extra / incorrect segments.
• Lingo Crashes when generating an Xliff Bundle.
• Lingo 11 r3 QA report links open preview of file.
• If Source XLF doesn't have seg-source elements, Lingo with throw Object Reference Error when running QA Project and translate with MT.
• MadCap Lingo: Spaces are lost when splitting segments in Lingo.
• SRX tool is not getting applied when there's a span wrapping content.
• Unable to save the correct tags to TM causing a mismatch.
• Constraint Failed: "Unique constraint Failed: Markup.segment_id.Markup.Location when uploading a file in this project to a local TM.
• Getting an exception followed by a hard crash when opening a topic that contains text followed by more text styled with a css variable.