There are a variety of file formats available for storing and using translations, and Firetongue should support more of them.

This checklist is based on the list of file formats available for export from POEditor.com, an online localization platform.

[X] Comma-separated values (.csv)

"flag","content",
"$HELLO_WORLD","Hello, World!",
"$TEST_STRING","My mom took the elevator to the defense department.",

[X] Tab-separated values (.tsv)

flag    content
$HELLO_WORLD    Hello, World!
$TEST_STRING    My mom took the elevator to the defense department.

[ ] Android String Resources (.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="hello-world">"Hello, world!"</string>
<string name="test-string">"My mom took the elevator to the defense department."</string>
</resources>

[ ] Key-Value JSON (.json)

{
"hello-world": "Hello, world!",
"test-string": "My mom took the elevator to the defense department."
}

[ ] Term JSON (.json)

[
{
    "term": "hello-world",
    "definition": "Hello, world!",
    "context": "",
    "term_plural": "",
    "reference": "",
    "comment": ""
},
{
    "term": "test-string",
    "definition": "My mom took the elevator to the defense department.",
    "context": "",
    "term_plural": "",
    "reference": "",
    "comment": ""
}
]

[ ] GNU gettext (.po, .pot, .mo)


msgid ""
msgstr ""
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
"X-Generator: POEditor.com\n"
"Project-Id-Version: Test2\n"
"Language: en\n"

:

msgid "hello-world" msgstr "Hello, world!"

:

msgid "test-string" msgstr "My mom took the elevator to the defense department."

- [ ] YAML (.yml)
```yaml
hello-world: Hello, world!
test-string: My mom took the elevator to the defense department.

[ ] Apple Strings (.strings)

"hello-world" = "Hello, world!";
"test-string" = "My mom took the elevator to the defense department.";

[ ] Microsoft Resource (.resx)

<root>
<!-- HEADER HERE -->
<data name="hello-world" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Hello, world!</value>
</data>
<data name="test-string" xml:space="preserve">
<value>My mom took the elevator to the defense department.</value>
</data>
</root>

larsiusprime / firetongue

Enhancement: Additional file formats for localizations #46

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