xliff2po

Converts XLIFF localization files to Gettext PO files. XLIFF is the XML Localization Interchange File Format developed by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) to allow translation work to be standardised no matter what the source format and to allow the work to be freely moved from tool to tool.

Usage

po2xliff [options] <po> <xliff>
xliff2po [options] <xliff> <po>

Where:

<po>

is a PO file or directory of PO files

<xliff>

is an XLIFF file or directory of XLIFF files

Options (xliff2po):

--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: dots, none, bar, names, verbose

--errorlevel=ERRORLEVEL

show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback

-i INPUT, --input=INPUT

read from INPUT in xliff format

-x EXCLUDE, --exclude=EXCLUDE

exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths

-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT

write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats

-S, --timestamp

skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp

-P, --pot

output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po)

--duplicates=DUPLICATESTYLE

what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): merge, msgctxt (default: ‘msgctxt’)

Options (po2xliff):

--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: dots, none, bar, names, verbose

--errorlevel=ERRORLEVEL

show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback

-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 xliff format

-t TEMPLATE, --template=TEMPLATE

read from TEMPLATE in xliff format

-S, --timestamp

skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp

Examples

xliff2po -P xliff pot

Create POT files from the XLIFF files found in directory xliff and output them to the directory pot

po2xliff xh xh-xlf

Convert the Xhosa PO files in xh to XLIFF and place them in xh-xlf

Bugs

This filter is not yet extensively used… expect bugs. See XLIFF to see how well our implementation conforms to the standard.

The PO plural implementation is still very new and needs active testing.