Hello @rfc2822,
Thank you for your question.
Regarding the issues you mentioned, please check my comments/answers below:
#1: when CDATA is used in the original string, force it for translations, too”
Answer: In order to ensure that such sections are preserved, Transifex offers the ability to set up custom translation checks. This means that if such text is not preserved in the translation, then the translation check is triggered raising an error or warning indicating that the condition has been violated. You can check our documentation guide here: https://docs.transifex.com/translation-checks/setting-translation-checks#section-custom-variables in order to find more information about this. Hope it helps.
#2. correctly handle CDATA and escaping”
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will investigate it further and let you know when new information arises. More information about the escaping behavior of our Android parser can be found in our documentation guide here: https://docs.transifex.com/formats/android-xml#escape-behavior