Fluent format¶

Added in version 4.8.

Fluent is a monolingual text format that focuses on asymmetric localization: a simple string in one language can map to a complex multi-variant translation in another language.

See also

Project Fluent website

Example file:

hello = Ahoj "světe"!\n
orangutan = Orangutan má %d banán.\n
try = Zkus Weblate na <https://demo.weblate.org/>!\n
thanks = Děkujeme za použití Weblate.

Supported features¶
File extensions	`.ftl`
Linguality ⓘ	Monolingual
Supports plural ⓘ	`No`
Supports descriptions ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports explanation ⓘ	`No`
Supports context ⓘ	`No`
Supports location ⓘ	`No`
Supports flags ⓘ	`No`
API identifier	`fluent`
Supports read-only strings ⓘ	`No`
Supports removing obsolete strings ⓘ	`No`
Check flags added by this format ⓘ	Fluent source syntax, Fluent translation syntax, Fluent parts, Fluent references, Fluent source inner HTML, Fluent translation inner HTML, `ignore-xml-tags`, `ignore-xml-invalid`

Weblate configuration¶

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	`locales/*/messages.ftl`
Monolingual base language file	`locales/en/messages.ftl`
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	Fluent file