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Grinarn
Grinarn

Reputation: 127

Localize multi platform projects - Consolidate string-files

In our multi-platform projects, we have multiple localization files with different notation and file format (iOS .string, Android .xml, etc.). Now we want to localize them in many languages, but in the different files, there are many equal strings. so anybody knows of a good way to consolidate these strings-files to one big localization file, hand this to the translation agency and then splut them back up into the different files?

Anybody knows a good approach?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2527

Answers (2)

BdR
BdR

Reputation: 3048

I've worked on an iOS/Android project with 20 translations, and we used an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the translatable strings. The *.strings files for XCode and the *.xml files for Eclipse are then automagically generated using my custom VBA macro.

I've put an example Excel spreadsheet with VBA macro here: http://members.home.nl/bas.de.reuver/files/multilanguage.zip

You can convert your existing .strings or .xml files to spreadsheet format (key value pairs, tab separated) with the tool below. Then you can send the spreadsheet to your translators, they fill in a column of translated values, send it back and you can simply generate your new translation files.

http://members.home.nl/bas.de.reuver/files/stringsconvert.html

EDIT in 2021
The homepage is offline now, but I've added the Excel/spreadsheet example on github: https://github.com/BdR76/Manage-translations

Upvotes: 6

jvnbt
jvnbt

Reputation: 2505

Was in the same situation with my app about a month ago.

If you use SmoothLocalize for your localization (which I would recommend as they are really easy and super cheap), you don't have to pay for repeat strings on the 2nd order. So you would pay the full 4c/word for your iOS localization, then just paste in your order number for the Android localization and you don't have to pay to translate them again.

Also if they are EXACTLY the same, they will convert a .strings to a .xml for you so you would only have to do one order, just email them.

Upvotes: 0

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