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xliff2po and po2xliff

Converts XLIFF localization files to Gettext PO files. XLIFF is the XML Localization Interchange File Format developed by LISA (The Localization Industry Standards Authority) to allow translation work to be standardised no matter what the source format and to allow the work to be freely moved from tool to tool.

Usage

po2xliff [options] <po> <xliff>
xliff2po [options] <xliff> <po>

Where:

<po> is a PO file or direcotory of PO files
<xliff> is an XLIFF file or directory of XLIFF files

Options:

--version show program’s version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--manpage output a manpage based on the help
--progress=PROGRESS show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose
--errorlevel=ERRORLEVEL show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback
-iINPUT, --input=INPUT read from INPUT in xliff format
-xEXCLUDE, --exclude=EXCLUDE exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths
-oOUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats
--psyco=MODE use psyco to speed up the operation, modes: none, full, profile
-P, --pot output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po)

Examples

FIXME create some usage exanmples

Bugs

The convertor has been bug fixed quite a bit by the Transolution team but we expect to see bugs unearthed as more people begin using the format