Keys and files

Translation keys, keys advanced features, translation files, and supported files formats.

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45 articles in this collection
Written by Nick Ustinov, Arthur, Fedya and 4 others

Translation keys

Keys and platforms

Learn how to properly set up and use keys and platforms in Lokalise.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Key editor

Learn how to manage your translation keys in the editor.

Written by Dmitry
Updated over a week ago

Plurals

Lokalise automatically handles plural forms for all languages. Learn how to use plurals.

Written by Dmitry
Updated over a week ago

Screenshots

Give your translators and team members more context by uploading screenshots of your app or website.

Written by Dmitry
Updated over a week ago

Tags

Use tags to group keys.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Keys advanced features

Bulk actions

You can apply various bulk actions to the selected keys.

Written by Dmitry
Updated this week

Custom key attributes

Use key custom attributes to set format specific options.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Character limit

Learn how to restrict the maximum number of characters in the key translation.

Written by Oleg
Updated over a week ago

Filter

Use the predefined filters or customize them to any level of complexity, yes really.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Key referencing

Key referencing allows linking one key to another at translation level. Never again translate same stuff twice.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Duplicate translations

Often the same strings appear at different places in your website or app. Learn how to avoid translating duplicate strings over and over.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Merging existing iOS and Android keys

Learn how to eliminate duplicates in your localization projects when you have the same app for multiple platforms.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Translation files

Filenames

Learn about different approaches to file naming with CLI import/export examples.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Uploading files

Learn how Lokalise handles filenames and language codes in uploaded files.

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

Downloading translation files

Learn how to download translation data to your PC and customize the process.

Written by Ilya
Updated this week

Downloading files and using webhooks

You can download (export) your project strings to any format supported by Lokalise. Alternatively, you can initiate the export via an API.

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Supported file formats

Android Resources (.xml)

Written by Arthur
Updated over a week ago

Apple Strings (.strings)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Apple Stringsdict (.stringsdict)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Apple XLIFF (.xliff)

Written by Fedya
Updated over a week ago

Application Resource Bundle (.arb)

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

Comma-separated values (.csv)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

DOCX

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

Excel (.xls, .xlsx)

Upload your translations in Excel format!

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

Gettext (.po, .pot)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

HTML

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

InDesign (.idml)

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

Java Properties (.properties)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

JavaScript Object (.js)

Written by Arthur
Updated over a week ago

JSON flat (.json)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

JSON nested (.json)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Structured JSON

Written by Ansis Blodnieks
Updated over a week ago

.NET resources (resx)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Objective-C/Cocoa Properties (.plist)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

PHP Arrays (.php)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

PHP Laravel language files (.php)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

PHP INI (.ini)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

PowerPoint (.pptx)

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

Qt Linguist (.ts)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

React Native (i18n, .js)

Written by Fedya
Updated over a week ago

Salesforce Translation (.stf)

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

SubRip (.srt)

Translate subtitles for your videos.

Written by Ilya
Updated over a week ago

YAML

Written by Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago

Xcode Localization Catalog (XCLOC)

Written by Fedya
Updated over a week ago

XLIFF (.xlf, .xliff)

Written by Dmitry
Updated over a week ago