Crowdin supports a wide range of localization formats including but not limited to files for mobile, software, documents, subtitles and graphic assets. The list of supported file formats, sorted by category and details about custom file formats are listed below.
Mobile
Localize mobile applications across different devices.
Android
iOS
Windows Phone
Firefox OS
Software
Localize web & desktop software.
Microsoft .NET
Java
GNU GetText
Ruby on Rails & YAML
PHP
Generic JSON
Generic XML
Generic INI
Windows
Qt
Joomla Localization File
Google Chrome Extension
XUL
DKLang
Flex
NSIS Installer
WiX Installer
Steamworks Localization
Application Resource Bundle
XLIFF
CSV
Documents, Subtitles
Localize your help documentation and video subtitles.
XLIFF
HTML
HAML
Plain Text
CSV
Markdown
Jekyll Markdown & HTML
MadCap Flare
MediaWiki
OpenDocument
Microsoft Office
Adobe InDesign
Adobe FrameMaker
Youtube Subtitiles
WebVTT
SubRip
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