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Is the alt text included in an IDML file? Do you need the remaining text translated also (i.e. the text that isn’t alt text) ?
Most translators can use IDML as an exchange format for their CAT (computer aided translation) tools.

Chris.

Edit: answering my own question – apparently IDML isn’t an option:
I set up a test file, and my alt text didn’t appear in Wordfast Pro (the CAT tool that I use).
Plus, this link :
https://www.proz.com/forum/sdl_trados_support/275228-sdl_trados_studio_2014_cannot_extract_alt_text_in_idml_files.html
appears to suggest that Trados (the most widely-used CAT tool) doesn’t see the text either.