Translating .strings files for iOS apps Thread poster: Valerie Steinier-Vanderstraeten
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Hi,
I've received a .strings file to translate with the extension .strings.txt. Being on a Mac, I can open this file with TextEdit and I can translate the appropriate content, but can I just translate then save the file and send it back to the client as .txt file and be sure that he'll have no problems reintegrating it in the app?
Also, how can we analyze these .strings file in SDL Trados to get a correct wordcount? Is it possible to use Trados to access the translatable conte... See more Hi,
I've received a .strings file to translate with the extension .strings.txt. Being on a Mac, I can open this file with TextEdit and I can translate the appropriate content, but can I just translate then save the file and send it back to the client as .txt file and be sure that he'll have no problems reintegrating it in the app?
Also, how can we analyze these .strings file in SDL Trados to get a correct wordcount? Is it possible to use Trados to access the translatable content only?
Thanks for your insight,
Valerie ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Made for Apple strings | Dec 14, 2012 |
Use the Localization Suite - http://www.loc-suite.org - and forget about Trados.
Hans (from iPad, short reply, sorry)
| | | | Shiya Luo 
Local time: 13:15
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| A bit more info needed | Dec 14, 2012 |
Does it come in the form of this:
"string1" = "Hello";
"string2" = "Good Bye";
If so, all you need to translate is the Hello and Good Bye.
I think Trados lets you import the file and will extract the Hello and Good Bye as source strings.
When you export the translation, it should look like.
"string1" = "Hola";
"string2" = "Adios";
You should be able to use Trados to do the word count. A... See more Does it come in the form of this:
"string1" = "Hello";
"string2" = "Good Bye";
If so, all you need to translate is the Hello and Good Bye.
I think Trados lets you import the file and will extract the Hello and Good Bye as source strings.
When you export the translation, it should look like.
"string1" = "Hola";
"string2" = "Adios";
You should be able to use Trados to do the word count. Any other good CAT tool should give you the convenience too. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | RE: A bit more info needed | Dec 14, 2012 |
Thanks Shiya,
Here is the structure of the .strings file:
"Manager" = "Manager"; // Label if a player is a manager or not.
"Non-Member" = "Non-Member";
"Non-Members" = "Non-Members";
"Non-Player" = "Non-Player"; // Label if a player is an actual player (vs Parent, assistant maneger, etc)
"Non-Players" = "Non-Players";
"Contacts" = "Contacts"; // Other people to contact reguarding this player/member
"Add to %@ Contacts" = "Add to %@ C... See more Thanks Shiya,
Here is the structure of the .strings file:
"Manager" = "Manager"; // Label if a player is a manager or not.
"Non-Member" = "Non-Member";
"Non-Members" = "Non-Members";
"Non-Player" = "Non-Player"; // Label if a player is an actual player (vs Parent, assistant maneger, etc)
"Non-Players" = "Non-Players";
"Contacts" = "Contacts"; // Other people to contact reguarding this player/member
"Add to %@ Contacts" = "Add to %@ Contacts"; // Add to DEVICENAME contacts
"No Entries" = "No Entries"; //Displayed when there are no players/members to display
"Choose Player" = "Choose Player";
Where the translatable content is after the = sign in quotes, with the content after the // is a comment or explanation of the string content.
This is the format used for mobile apps.
I want to be able to do a wordcount on the translatable content only, translate the files using a CAT tool and TMs and be certain to export in a format that the client can easily integrate in his mobile app project.
I hope this makes sense,
Thanks,
Valerie ▲ Collapse
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Shiya Luo
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| Localizing .strings files, you'll have to do it the long way with Trados | Dec 15, 2012 |
Trados doesn't recognize .strings files, so one of the ways to do what you want is to convert it manually into a.properties java resources file, something that Trados recognizes natively.
.properties file is very similar to .strings, but it looks like this:
Manager = Manager
#Label if a player is a manager or not.
So you have get rid of all the quotation marks and use different indicators for comments manually. Luckily we have Microsoft Word's find and replace function....
To get a .strings file ready for Trados, step by step instructions:
1. copy all the content into Microsoft Word
2. find and replace quotation mark ["] (copy and paste what's in [ ] from now on) with nothing (just don't type anything in the replace field)
3. find and replace [; //] with [^p#]
4. find and replace [;] with nothing
5. copy and paste everything to Notepad
6. change the file extension from .txt to .properties
Here's how your code should look like after the maneuvers.
Manager = Manager
# Label if a player is a manager or not.
Non-Member = Non-Member;
Non-Members = Non-Members;
Non-Player = Non-Player
# Label if a player is an actual player (vs Parent, assistant maneger, etc)
Non-Players = Non-Players;
Contacts = Contacts
# Other people to contact reguarding this player/member
Add to %@ Contacts = Add to %@ Contacts
# Add to DEVICENAME contacts
No Entries = No Entries
#Displayed when there are no players/members to display
Choose Player = Choose Player;
Now your file looks like a java .properties file and is ready for translation. Just import into Trados and it should recognize immediately. You will be able to do your word count at this point.
When you are done with translation, save target as a .properties file. For the point of demonstration, I will translate everything as "abcd". Your file should look like this:
Manager = abcd
# Label if a player is a manager or not.
Non-Member = abcd
Non-Members = abcd
Non-Player = abcd
# Label if a player is an actual player (vs Parent, assistant maneger, etc)
Non-Players = abcd
Contacts = abcd
# Other people to contact reguarding this player/member
Add to %@ Contacts = abcd
# Add to DEVICENAME contacts
No Entries = abcd
#Displayed when there are no players/members to display
Choose Player = abcd
Now you need to convert it back into a .strings file.
1. Again, put all the content in Microsoft Word.
2. find and replace [^p#] with [" //]
3. find and replace [^p] with [^p"]
4. find and replace [ = ] (copy the space before and after the equal sign, too) with [" = "]
5. check the beginning and end of the code to see if everything looks right
6. copy and paste everything into a notepad
7. change the extension of .txt into .strings
Your code is ready for delivery! It should look like this:
“Manager” = “abcd”; // Label if a player is a manager or not.”
“Non-Member” = “abcd”
“Non-Members” = “abcd”
“Non-Player” = “abcd”; // Label if a player is an actual player (vs Parent, assistant maneger, etc)”
“Non-Players” = “abcd”
“Contacts” = “abcd”; // Other people to contact reguarding this player/member”
“Add to %@ Contacts” = “abcd”; // Add to DEVICENAME contacts”
“No Entries” = “abcd”; //Displayed when there are no players/members to display”
“Choose Player” = “abcd”
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I hope it wasn't too confusing. It might look very difficult at first, but once you go through with it, you can easily handle all .strings file for your future clients.
There are other ways around this, but this is the most straight forward one for me. Let me know if you have any difficulty executing any of the steps or other questions.
| | | | Xenoglossy
Local time: 22:15
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I would use Passolo and the Text File Parser.
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AGV wrote:
I would use Passolo and the Text File Parser.
But then again, you're not "on a Mac". And that makes all the difference. In all circumstances...
Cheers,
Hans
| | | | | translate software strings with POEditor | Dec 20, 2012 |
If you just want to access the translatable content of the .strings file you need to localize, you could create an account on http://poeditor.com/ and upload your file there.
You also have integrated word count in the stats section.
After you're done translating, just download back in .strings and send it to your client.
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