Supported Formats
Crowdin supports a wide range of localization formats including but not limited to files for mobile, software, documents, subtitles and graphic assets. Supported file formats, sorted by category are listed below as well as details about custom file formats.
Mobile
Localize mobile applications across different devices.
Android
.xml
iOS
.strings, .stringsdict
Windows Phone
.resx
Software
Localize web & desktop software.
Microsoft .NET
.resx
Java
.properties
GNU GetText
.po, .pot
Ruby on Rails & YAML
.yml
PHP
.php
Generic JSON
.json
Generic XML
.xml
Generic INI
.ini
Windows
.rc, .resw, .resjson
Qt
.ts
Joomla Localization File
.ini
Google Chrome Extension
.json
XUL
.dtd
Flex
.properties
NSIS Installer
.nsh
WiX Installer
.wxl
Steamworks Localization
.vdf
Application Resource Bundle
.arb
XLIFF
.xliff, .xml
CSV
.csv
Angular
.xlf
Mac OS
.plist
Salesforce
.stf
DITA
.dita, .ditamap
JavaScript
.js
Documents, Subtitles
Localize your help documentation and video subtitles.
XLIFF
.xliff, .xml
HTML
.htm, .html, .xhtml, .xht
HAML
.haml
Plain Text
.txt
CSV
.csv
Markdown
.md
Jekyll Markdown & HTML
.md, .html
MadCap Flare
.flsnp, .flpgl, .fltoc
MediaWiki
.wiki, .wikitext, .mediawiki
OpenDocument
.odt, .ods, .odg, .odp
Microsoft Office
.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .doc, .ppt, .xls, .rtf
Adobe InDesign
.idml
Adobe FrameMaker
.mif
YouTube Subtitles
.sbv
WebVTT
.vtt
SubRip
.srt
XAML
.xaml
DITA
.dita, .ditamap
.pdf
Graphics and Assets
Localize images associated with your product to improve your product’s user experience.
- Upload graphics to Crowdin.
- Add all the necessary references for a translator to understand how these graphics should be handled.
- Wait for translators to upload localized files.
- Download the localized graphics and use them in production.
Custom Services
Note: Custom services are available only for Organization Plans. Check all pricing options available to choose the most suitable.
Custom File Formats
File formats that are not officially supported will be recognized as plain text files (if they have text content) or as graphic assets.
Our team can add special code to support your original file formats and make sure that translators see only translatable texts instead of the whole file content. With this approach, you can manage custom file formats more effectively.
Email Crowdin customer success team at support@crowdin.com to start working with custom file formats in your project.
Custom File Export
By default, we export the translations in the same format as the source files. For example, if you upload XML file to Crowdin you’ll have XML file exported.
Our developers can make a special processor if you want to configure custom settings for your file export. Some use cases:
- You manage both iOS and Android applications. With our help, you can upload just one file format (e.g. XML) to Crowdin and then have 2 separate file types (.xml for Android and .strings for iOS) on export.
- You upload a key-value file (e.g. JSON) and want to modify it in Crowdin directly. We can temporarily convert your file to CSV file format to allow you adding strings online. The exported file will remain in the original format.
Get in touch with our support team at support@crowdin.com and we’ll gladly help you with setting custom export options based on your needs.
Custom Placeholders
Crowdin supports all the placeholders typical for the supported file formats. They are all automatically highlighted in the Editor, so translators know that they shouldn’t be translated. Even if translator attempts to save translation with some modified or missing placeholder, enabled QA checks will notify translator about the mistake.
As various file formats allow the creation of custom placeholders, we can also add a support of the custom ones you use in your project. To request the support of your custom placeholders – email Crowdin customer success team at support@crowdin.com