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Localization tool | Something about .string files

Diego Donati — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:13:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: Diego Donati
Post title: Something about .string files

There is an interesting link regarding the extension .strings that is used in localization:

[url removed]

where you can read this:

"About Strings Files"

Resource files that contain localizable strings are referred to as strings files (with the deliberate extra 's' in the word "strings") because of their filename extension, which is .strings. You can create strings files manually or programmatically depending on your needs. The standard strings file format consists of one or more key-value pairs along with optional comments. The key and value in a given pair are strings of text enclosed in double quotation marks, separated by an equal sign, and terminated by a semicolon. (You can also use a property list format for strings files. In such a case, the top-level node is a dictionary and each key-value pair of that dictionary is a string entry.) Although the inclusion of comments is optional, they do provide a useful way to communicate contextual information to the translator about how each string is used. Listing 1 shows a simple strings file with two non-localized entries for the default language.

[Edited at 2009-07-11 12:15 GMT]

Regards,

Diego

[Edited at 2009-07-11 12:20 GMT]

Localization tool | Perfect!

Diego Donati — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: Diego Donati
Post title: Perfect!

I am glad it works!
Have a nice day!
Diego

Localization tool | It Works!

radruz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:03:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: radruz
Post title: It Works!

Hey Diego!

Thanks you very much for sending me the link, it works perfectly!!! :)

Kind regards

Rafa

Localization tool | There is no .string file type

Yossi Rozenman — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:41:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: Yossi Rozenman
Post title: There is no .string file type

Probably this is a text file which for some internal reason its extension was changed to "string".

If you want, you can send me one file ( [email removed] ) and I'll check it.

Localization tool | Why don't you try to create a filter

Diego Donati — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:22:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: Diego Donati
Post title: Why don't you try to create a filter

In the link I pasted, there is a demonstration that teaches you how to create a .scripts filter in OmegaT.
OmegaT doesn't naturally open .scripts files, but text files, so you could try to create a filter yourself.

[Edited at 2009-07-11 11:22 GMT]

Localization tool | I already tried with OmegaT

radruz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:14:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: radruz
Post title: I already tried with OmegaT

Hi Diego!

thanks a lot! I have just tried with OmegaT but it doesn't support .string files.

Once again thanks a lot!

Localization tool | Link to a previous post regarding the translation of .strings files using OmegaT

Diego Donati — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:09:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: Diego Donati
Post title: Link to a previous post regarding the translation of .strings files using OmegaT

Here is the link of a previous discussion regarding the translation of .strings files with OmegaT

[url removed]

Regards,

Diego

Localization tool | OmegaT

Diego Donati — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:53:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: Diego Donati
Post title: OmegaT

You could use OmegaT.

Have a look here:

[url removed]

It is the best Open Source CAT tool

Regards,

Diego

Localization tool | .string

radruz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:50:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: radruz
Post title: .string

sorry, the files are .string files, not .txt files.

Localization tool

radruz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:46:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Localization tool
Poster: radruz

Hi there!

I hope you will be able to help me. I need to translate some strings and I have received them in a TXT file. They are a bit messy and I really need to be careful with the code. I was wondering if you could recommend me a freeware tool to translate these strings.

Thanks a lot for your help!