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Strings to Xcstrings

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Apple Strings is a file format widely used in Apple's development ecosystem for storing localization data. It is a text-based file format that has a simple structure based on key-value pairs, where each key is a string identifier, and the corresponding value is the actual text (translation).

Apple String Catalog is a file format introduced with Xcode 15 for storing localization data of Apple platform apps. It is a JSON-based format that keeps every language of an app in a single .xcstrings file, along with comments, plural forms, device variations and the translation state of each string.

Convert Apple Strings to Other Formats

How can I convert Apple Strings to Apple String Catalog?

Converting your localization files is quite easy. First, select Apple String Catalog as the format you would like to convert to. Then, choose the Apple Strings file and drop it into the designated area. That's all.

A String Catalog keeps every language of an app in one file, so the converted catalog is written for the language you enter next to the file format, which becomes its source language.

What file formats does this localization file converter support?

This localization file converter supports nearly all well-known localization file formats. Below is a list of the supported file formats:

Is this localization file converter free to use?

Yes, this localization file converter is entirely free to use, with no restrictions on the number of translation files you can convert.

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