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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TS>
<TS version="2.1" language="pl">
<context>
<name>AboutPage</name>
<message>
<source>Author</source>
<translation>Autor</translation>
</message>
<message>
<source>Website</source>
<translation>Strona WWW</translation>
</message>
<message>
<source>Version</source>
<translation>Wersja</translation>
</message>
<message>
<source>Found %n files</source>
<translation>
<numerusform>Znaleziono %n plik</numerusform>
<numerusform>Znaleziono %n pliki</numerusform>
<numerusform>Znaleziono %n plików</numerusform>
</translation>
</message>
</context>
</TS>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TS>
<TS version="2.1" language="pl">
<context>
<name>AboutPage</name>
<message>
<source>Author</source>
<translation>Autor</translation>
</message>
<message>
<source>Website</source>
<translation>Strona WWW</translation>
</message>
<message>
<source>Version</source>
<translation>Wersja</translation>
</message>
<message>
<source>Found %n files</source>
<translation>
<numerusform>Znaleziono %n plik</numerusform>
<numerusform>Znaleziono %n pliki</numerusform>
<numerusform>Znaleziono %n plików</numerusform>
</translation>
</message>
</context>
</TS>What is the Qt Linguist .ts format?
XML translation sources used by Qt Linguist and lrelease. Messages are grouped by context and compiled to binary .qm files at build time.
It is used by Qt, QML, C++. SimpleLocalize reads and writes it natively, so you keep your existing project structure. Format value for the CLI and API: qt-linguist. Read the format documentation.
How to translate Qt Linguist .ts files
- Create a free account and a project. The Community plan covers small apps with no credit card.
- Import your .ts 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 Qt Linguist files or publish them to the translation hosting CDN.
Sync Qt Linguist 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: qt-linguist
uploadPath: ./locales/{lang}.ts
downloadFormat: qt-linguist
downloadPath: ./locales/{lang}.ts
# simplelocalize.yml
apiKey: YOUR_PROJECT_API_KEY
uploadFormat: qt-linguist
uploadPath: ./locales/{lang}.ts
downloadFormat: qt-linguist
downloadPath: ./locales/{lang}.tsConvert Qt Linguist to other formats
The same project can export translations in more than 30 formats, and the free online converter works without an account:
- Convert Qt Linguist to JSON
- Convert Qt Linguist to Multi-language JSON
- Convert Qt Linguist to YAML
- Convert Qt Linguist to CSV
- Convert Qt Linguist to TSV
- Convert Qt Linguist to Excel
- Convert Qt Linguist to XLIFF 1.2
- Convert Qt Linguist to XLIFF 2.0
- Convert Qt Linguist to Android XML
- Convert Qt Linguist to iOS .strings
Start translating Qt Linguist files
- Native Qt Linguist .ts import and export
- Auto-translation with DeepL, Google, OpenAI, Claude and Gemini
- Translation editor, QA checks, CLI and CDN on the free plan
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