.. _po2wordfast:

po2wordfast
***********

Convert Gettext PO files to a :doc:`/formats/wordfast` translation memory file.

:wp:`Wordfast` is a popular Windows based computer-assisted translation tool.

.. _po2wordfast#usage:

Usage
=====

::

  po2wordfast [options] --language <target> <po> <wordfast>

Where:

+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| <po>        | a PO file or directory              |
+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| <wordfast>  | a Wordfast translation memory file  |
+-------------+-------------------------------------+

Options:

--version            show program's version number and exit
-h, --help           show this help message and exit
--manpage            output a manpage based on the help
--progress=PROGRESS    show progress as: :doc:`dots, none, bar, names, verbose <option_progress>`
--errorlevel=ERRORLEVEL
                      show errorlevel as: :doc:`none, message, exception,
                      traceback <option_errorlevel>`
-i INPUT, --input=INPUT   read from INPUT in po, pot formats
-x EXCLUDE, --exclude=EXCLUDE  exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths
-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT     write to OUTPUT in tmx format
-S, --timestamp      skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp
-l LANG, --language=LANG  set target language code (e.g. af-ZA) [required]
--source-language=LANG   set source language code (default: en)

.. _po2wordfast#examples:

Examples
========

::

  po2wordfast -l xh-ZA browser.po browser.txt

Use the Xhosa (*xh-ZA*) translations in the PO file *browser.po* to create a
Wordfast translation memory file called *browser.txt*