po2wordfast¶

Convert Gettext PO files to a Wordfast Translation Memory translation memory file.

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

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: 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 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 -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