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How to Translate .po Files (gettext) Correctly

In a .po file the msgid is an identifier, not a sentence. Editing it detaches the string from the code that requests it as well almost everywhere.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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What a .pot File Is and How to Translate It

A .pot is a template with empty translations. Translating it directly is the mistake — you generate .po files from it, one per language in practice.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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How to Translate a .potm Template With Macros

A .potm combines the advantage of a template with the fragility of a macro file. Both properties matter and they pull in opposite directions as well.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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How to Translate a .potx PowerPoint Template

A template is not a deck. Translating it changes every future presentation built from it, which makes it the highest-advantage file in the set as well.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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How to Translate a .pptm File Without Losing Macros

A .pptm is a PowerPoint with macros attached. The macros are code, they can contain user-facing strings, and they survive or they do not as well.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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How to Translate QuarkXPress XTG Files for Print

XTG is Quark's tagged text format. Every formatting instruction is inline with the words, which is exactly what makes it fragile almost everywhere.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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How to Translate .resx Files in a .NET Project

Resx files hold strings, images and files in one XML schema. Translating the wrong node type is what corrupts them as well across the whole state.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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How to Translate Text Inside an Image

A PNG or JPG has no text to edit, only pixels. How the translation is done, what the background reconstruction gets wrong, and when to find the source.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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What a TTX File Is and How to Translate One

TTX is a legacy Trados bilingual format. If you have been sent one, somebody is on an old toolchain and there are specific things not to break as well.

Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026

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