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Keys and files
Translation keys, platforms, keys advanced features, translation files, and supported files formats.
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44 articles in this collection
Written by
Nick Ustinov,
Arthur,
Fedya
and 3 others
Translation keys
Keys and platforms
Learn how to properly set up and use keys and platforms in Lokalise.
Written by
Nick Ustinov
Updated this week
Key editor and key actions
Learn how to manage your translation keys in the editor, link keys to platforms and screenshots, modify their names and other attributes.
Written by
Ilya
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
Plurals
Lokalise automatically handles plural forms for all languages. Learn how to use plurals.
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 over a week ago
Filter
Use the predefined filters or customize them to any level of complexity.
Written by
Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago
Duplicate translations
Often the same strings appear at different places in your app. Learn how to use key linking and merging to avoid duplicates.
Written by
Ilya
Updated over a week ago
Key referencing
Key referencing allows linking one key to another at translation level. Never again translate same strings twice.
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
Ilya
Updated over a week ago
Custom key attributes
Use key custom attributes to set format-specific options.
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 filenames and different approaches to file naming with CLI import/export examples.
Written by
Nick Ustinov
Updated over a week ago
Uploading translation files
Learn how to upload your translation files to Lokalise.
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 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