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Validate the format of .po files
Thread poster: ya7_translation
ya7_translation
ya7_translation
Japan
Local time: 01:40
Japanese to English
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May 22, 2011

Hello,

I am manually modifying a .po/.strings file using a text editor and as you can imagine, I am destroying the format.

I have heard that poedit has a file format validation tool (e.g. detecting a missing double quotations and invalid characters), but cannot find it.

I am wondering if there is any format validation function in poedit. Or, should I use poedit for translation instead of a text editor?

As I am not familiar with this type of loc... See more
Hello,

I am manually modifying a .po/.strings file using a text editor and as you can imagine, I am destroying the format.

I have heard that poedit has a file format validation tool (e.g. detecting a missing double quotations and invalid characters), but cannot find it.

I am wondering if there is any format validation function in poedit. Or, should I use poedit for translation instead of a text editor?

As I am not familiar with this type of localization, I would appreciate it if you give me suggestion.

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

Best regards,
Yukari Ando ▲ Collapse
 
Yigit Ati
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Türkiye
Local time: 19:40
English to Turkish
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PO edit May 22, 2011

Simply use PO Edit. I deal with PO files very often and never have this kind of trouble thanks to PO Edit.
 


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