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<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>users-found-plural</key>
<dict>
<key>NSStringLocalizedFormatKey</key>
<string>%#@value@</string>
<key>value</key>
<dict>
<key>NSStringFormatSpecTypeKey</key>
<string>NSStringPluralRuleType</string>
<key>NSStringFormatValueTypeKey</key>
<string>d</string>
<key>zero</key>
<string>No users found</string>
<key>one</key>
<string>One user found</string>
<key>other</key>
<string>%d users found</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>What is the iOS .stringsdict format?
A property list that holds plural rules for Apple platforms. Each key defines variants such as one, few, many and other, matching the CLDR plural categories of the language.
It is used by iOS, macOS. SimpleLocalize reads and writes it natively, so you keep your existing project structure. Format value for the CLI and API: localizable-strings-dict. Read the format documentation.
How to translate iOS .stringsdict files
- Create a free account and a project. The Community plan covers small apps with no credit card.
- Import your .stringsdict file in the web editor, or push it from the terminal with the CLI.
- Add target languages and run auto-translation. Use DeepL or Google Translate for speed, or OpenAI, Claude and Gemini with your own API key for context-aware translations.
- Review in the editor with QA checks, glossary and screenshots, then download the iOS .stringsdict files or publish them to the translation hosting CDN.
Sync iOS .stringsdict files from CI
Add a simplelocalize.yml to the repository and run simplelocalize upload and simplelocalize download in your pipeline or GitHub Action:
# simplelocalize.yml
apiKey: YOUR_PROJECT_API_KEY
uploadFormat: localizable-strings-dict
uploadPath: ./locales/{lang}.stringsdict
downloadFormat: localizable-strings-dict
downloadPath: ./locales/{lang}.stringsdictConvert iOS .stringsdict to other formats
The same project can export translations in more than 30 formats, and the free online converter works without an account:
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to JSON
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to Multi-language JSON
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to YAML
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to CSV
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to TSV
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to Excel
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to XLIFF 1.2
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to XLIFF 2.0
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to Android XML
- Convert iOS .stringsdict to iOS .strings
Start translating iOS .stringsdict files
- Native iOS .stringsdict import and export
- Auto-translation with DeepL, Google, OpenAI, Claude and Gemini
- Translation editor, QA checks, CLI and CDN on the free plan