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xliff2po and po2xliff

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
-iINPUT, --input=INPUT read from INPUT in xliff format
-xEXCLUDE, --exclude=EXCLUDE exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths
-oOUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats
--psyco=MODE use psyco to speed up the operation, modes: none, full, profile
-P, --pot output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po)

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
-iINPUT, --input=INPUT read from INPUT in po, pot formats
-xEXCLUDE, --exclude=EXCLUDE exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths
-oOUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT write to OUTPUT in xliff format
-tTEMPLATE, --template=TEMPLATE read from TEMPLATE in xliff format
--psyco=MODE use psyco to speed up the operation, modes: none, full, profile
-P, --pot output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po)

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.