Text-based files
Please see below a list of the most recurrent file formats we deal with:
File Format | Supported File Extensions | File Details |
Adobe FrameMaker | .mif | Translate all Framemaker versions starting at v8 and using Unicode fonts (.mif). |
Adobe InCopy | .icml | From CS4 to latest version. |
Adobe InDesign | .indd, .idml | IDML & INDD CC – There is a Preview function available. |
Adobe Photoshop | .psd | Extracts both text and formatting information. With the current version translations are exported as either Excel, Html or Ods. |
ASP.NET Web Pages | .aspx, .ascx, .master | Localization of web pages (.aspx), controls (.asmx) and resource files (.resx). |
Code Files | .cs, .inc, .js, .css, .jfs, .cls, .asax, .asa, .c, .cpp, .h, .ddl, .mk | Localization of source code files such as javascript, css, c, java or c# code. |
CSV Files | .csv | Character-Separated Values. The separator can be either a comma, a semicolon, a tabulation… |
Data Files | .dat | This type is a data file that typically accompanies other files to support programs or applications. DAT files contain binary text, and programs that use this data often automatically create these files. |
Dita Files | .dita, .ditamap | Translate Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). It is an XML data model for authoring. |
Email Messages | .msg, .eml, .oft | These file formats are a syntax for storing a single Message object, such as an email, an appointment, a contact, a task, and so on, in a file. |
InCopy Files | .inca | From CS4 to latest version. |
INI Files | .ini, .conf, .cfg | Software configuration files. INI files are simple text files with a basic structure composed of sections, properties, and values. |
iOS Strings Files | .strings | iOS resources files (.string). |
Java Properties | .properties | Translate (.properties) localization nodes according to user’s configuration. |
JSON Files | .json | JSON node localization according to user’s configuration. |
Microsoft Excel | .xls, .xlt, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsb | All versions from 97. Handles embedded graphics and charts. |
Microsoft Powerpoint | .ppt, .pot, .pps, .pptx, .pptm, .potx, .potm, .ppsx, .ppsm | All versions from 97. Handles embedded graphics and charts. |
Microsoft Visio | .vsd | All versions from 97 to 2010. |
Microsoft Word | .doc, .docx, .dot, .dotx, .docm, .dotm | All versions from 97. Handles embedded graphics and charts. |
Mirosoft.NET Resources | .resx | This is a file format commonly utilised by . NET applications for storing localisable resources. It is an XML-based file format that comes with a pre-defined syntax for keeping resources organised and easy to access. |
OpenOffice Format | .odt, .ods, .odp | Translate Open Document Text files (.odt). |
PDF Files | Wordbee handles editable PDFs. Scanned documents saved as PDFs, where the text is embedded in an image of the document, require OCR and an alternative workflow. | |
Plain Text | .txt, .utxt, .utf8, .text | Any kind of text files, such as .txt or .utf8. The filter is highly customizable with regular expressions, exclusion patterns and more. The filter can auto-detect encoding. |
PO/POT Files | .po, .pot | Used by many CMS systems such as Drupal. |
RTF Files | .rtf | Translate classic rich text files. |
SVG | .svg | Translate .svg vector graphics files. |
Subtitle Files | .srt, .stlu, .stl | Both the segments and the time code are imported into the Wordbee CAT tool. Preview function available. |
TSV Files | .tsv | Tab-separated values (TSV) is a simple, text-based file format for storing tabular data. |
Text Files | .txt, .utf8 | New flat text files, such as .txt or .utf8. |
Transit language files | .deu, .eng, .fra, .* | Make you compatible with Star Transit TS. |
Trados bilingual files | .bak | Translate Trados uncleaned bilingual files (.bak). |
TTX Files | .ttx | TTX node and attribute localization according to user’s configuration. |
Web Pages | .htm, .html, .xhtml, . htmls, .php, .php2, .php3, .php4, .php5, .php6, .phtml, .cfm, .jsp, .ahtm, .ahtml | The web pages configuration allows users to define translatable attributes and parent tags that should be extracted for translation. |
XLIFF Files | .xlf, .sdlxliff, .xliff, .xlif, .txlf | We support XLIFF version 1 and 2. |
XML Files | .xml | XML node and attribute localization according to user’s configuration. |
XSL Files | .xsl, .xslt | XSL is a language for expressing style sheets. It describes how to display an XML document of a given type. |
XSL Stylesheets | .xslt | XSL is a language for expressing style sheets. An XSL style sheet is, like with CSS, a file that describes how to display an XML document of a given type. |
YAML files | .yaml, .yml | Translate .yaml and .yml strings. This file type is commonly used for configuration files and in application where data is stored and transmitted. |
WebVTT | .vtt | WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks) is a W3C standard for displaying timed text in connection with the HTML5 element. |
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