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This page explains how to '''translate off-line'''. If you're interested in this, you probably already know what [[w:en:Gettext|Gettext PO]] files are. For this reason, we'll only discuss how to use them in a wiki with the Translate extension here. Otherwise, you're probably more interested in the "[[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Translation example|How to translate]]" tutorial for online translation.

(contracted; show full)#. [Wiki] “Excel” is the name of a program; do not translate it unless Microsoft has translated the program’s name into your language (e.g., 엑셀 in Korean).
msgctxt "s_excel_export"
msgid "Excel Export"
msgstr ""</pre></small>

== Import ==

There is no need to 
completely translate the file completely. Uploading partially translated message groups is perfectly fine. There are two ways to import these files. <br />⏎
The users with correct user rights can use Special:ImportTranslations to upload and import the translations. The special page processes the file, shows the changes and lets the user import them. For large files with lots of changes the importing might take multiple steps, as the processing time is limited.

Importing can also be done using a command line script in <code>Translate/script/poimport.php</code>. It's less flexible but can import everything in one go. It also needs intervention from someone with shell access to the server.

The way how imports of off-line translations are handled (or not) depends on your wiki.

== Gettext Editors ==

Here are some tools you can use to edit the files off-line.

; [http://www.poedit.net/ POedit] : Available for all platforms supporting the [http://www.wxwidgets.org/ wxWidgets toolkit], tested on Unix with GTK+ and Windows.<br />'''WARNING:''' make sure you are using  version 1.4.2 or above, otherwise "<code>msgctxt</code>" lines isare dropped and your work cannot be processed.
; [http://projects.gnome.org/gtranslator/ gtranslator] : Can be used in the [http://gmnome.org GNOME] desktop environment on Unix and Linux platforms.
; [http://www.gted.org gted] : To be used as plugin in the Eclipse IDE on Linux, Windows and MAC OS X, has various tools integrated.
; [http://www.kde.org/applications/development/lokalize/ Lokalize] : Uses the [http://www.kde.org/ KDE 4] Desktop Environment aon all platforms supporting it. Has a [http://userbase.kde.org/Lokalize user wiki] and online [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdesdk/lokalize/index.html handbook]
; [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/index Translate Toolkit] : Toolkit written in the [http://python.org python] programming language which it needsmust be installed as well, usable on all platforms. Supports several other file formats as well.
; [http://omegat.org OmegaT] : Free tool for professional translators written in Java, requires Java installed,; available on all platforms, s. Supports a variety of other file formats, glosssaries, fuzzy matching, and translation memories.
; [http://gorm.po.dk/ Gorm PO file editor] : Small program, runs on Windows, no installation required.
; [http://betterpoeditor.sourceforge.net Better PO Editor] : Available for Windows, BSD, Unix, Linux, Mac OS X. Includes spell checker and Google Translate suggestions.

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