XLIFF is the XML Localisation Interchange File Format, standardized in http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/xliff-core/xliff-core.html
xliffer intends to make working with XLIFF files easier, especially converting translations from and to XLIFF.
Imagine an UI with a fair amount of UI-items. One approach to translate these is to assign an unique ID (sometimes called "Message ID") to a "thing" and then map a translation onto it. Some people find it easier to create that initial mapping in a spreadsheet program such as Excel:
$> xliffer from-xlsx -in base-tr.xlsx > base-tr.xlf
This base file will be transmitted to a translation service and comes back as a number of translated files. To create a nice and shiney key-value file JSON-format:
$> xliffer to-json -in app-tr-jp.xlf > app-tr-jp.json
That file can then be used with http://formatjs.io/
xliffer converts to and from XLIFF files
Usage: /home/mg/work/xliffer/xliffer [-h] <converter> [cflags]
Available converters:
from-xlsx - Converts an Excel sheet to XLIFF,JSON
to-json - Converts XLIFF to JSON (key,value)
to-xslx - Converts XLIFF to XLSX (key,note,source,target)
blank-target - Blanks all targets in a XLIFF
copy - Copies SOURCE to TARGET units in a XLIFF
dump - Dumps XLIFF as parsed
merge - Merges two XLIFFs
set-lang - Sets the "lang" attribute of all translation units
of a XLIFF
swap-source-target - Swaps source and target attributes of all
translation units of a XLIFF
Use <converter> -h to get the flags specific for the relevant converter
from-xlsx:
-in="": infile
-key-column=3: column holding the key / msgid
-note-col=0: column holding notes (0 - not used)
-sheet=1: number of the sheet containing the translations
-skip-rows=2: number of rows to skip
-source-col=4: column holding the source for the translation
-source-lang="en": source language
-target-col=5: column holding the target translation
-target-lang="en": target language
to-json:
-in="": infile
-pretty=false: pretty print the resulting json
to-xlsx:
-in="": infile
-append="": xlsx-file to integrate the entries from the .xliff to
-sheet="": sheet in -append where to append entries to
-head-row=0:
-key-column=0: column in which the keys are stored
-key-to="": transform a key according to -key-match
-key-match="": regular expression to which the keys are matched
-target-column=-1: column at which the translated values are stored.
Since xliffer is written in go, you need a go compiler. Consult your OS how to get one or go to http://golang.org/dl.
Once you have a working go compiler:
$> GOPATH=`pwd` go build -v github.com/travelping/xliffer
You should now have the xliffer binary in your working directory.
- Accept OpenDocumentSpreadsheet support
- Convert XLIFF to POT (Portable Object Template) and PO (Portable Object), suitable for gettext
- Currently a subset of XLIFF-1.2 is supported, eg. are not.
- Mathias Gumz mg@travelping.com