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
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
Adobe InDesign
.idml
Adobe FrameMaker
.mif
YouTube Subtitles
.sbv
WebVTT
.vtt
SubRip
.srt
XAML
.xaml
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 on Organization Plans.
Custom File Formats
Note: File formats which are not officially supported will be recognized as plain text files (if they have text content) or as graphic assets.
Our team can help you modify import/export of most of the custom localization files, so you can easily work with the custom file formats used for your software. This way we’ll make sure that translators will see only translatable texts, not the whole file content. Also, you’ll be able to receive the translations in the expected file format (even if you upload files in another format).
To use custom file import/export configurations in your project – email Crowdin customer success team at support@crowdin.com and we will help you manage custom files effectively.
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