Qt Linguist .ts¶

Translation format used in Qt based applications.

Qt Linguist files are used as both bilingual and monolingual translations. Weblate supports both the current version 2 format and the legacy version 1 format. Select the file format matching the version produced by your application.

Version 2¶

This is the default format for .ts files and supports the full set of Qt Linguist features available in Weblate.

Example file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TS>
<TS version="2.0" language="cs">
<defaultcodec>UTF-8</defaultcodec>
<context>
    <name></name>
    <message weblate-flags="c-format, max-length:100">
        <source>Hello, world!
</source>
        <translation>Ahoj svete!
</translation>
    </message>
    <message numerus="yes">
        <source>Orangutan has %d banana(s).
</source>
        <translation type="unfinished">
            <numerusform />
            <numerusform />
            <numerusform />
        </translation>
    </message>
</context>
<context>
    <name>Second</name>
    <message>
        <source>Try Weblate at &lt;https://demo.weblate.org/&gt;!</source>
        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
    </message>
    <message>
        <source>Thank you for using Weblate.</source>
        <translation type="unfinished">Thanks</translation>
    </message>
    <message>
        <source>Obsolete</source>
        <translation type="obsolete">Thanks</translation>
    </message>
</context>
</TS>

Supported features¶
File extensions	`.ts`
Linguality ⓘ	Both monolingual and bilingual
Supports plural ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports descriptions ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports explanation ⓘ	`No`
Supports context ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports location ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports flags ⓘ	`Yes`
Additional states ⓘ	`Needs editing`
API identifier	`ts`
Supports read-only strings ⓘ	`No`
Supports removing obsolete strings ⓘ	`No`

Version 1¶

The legacy format supports messages, contexts and the unfinished state. It does not support plurals, locations, descriptions or Weblate flags.

Supported features¶
File extensions	`.ts`
Linguality ⓘ	Both monolingual and bilingual
Supports plural ⓘ	`No`
Supports descriptions ⓘ	`No`
Supports explanation ⓘ	`No`
Supports context ⓘ	`Yes`
Supports location ⓘ	`No`
Supports flags ⓘ	`No`
Additional states ⓘ	`Needs editing`
API identifier	`ts1`
Supports read-only strings ⓘ	`No`
Supports removing obsolete strings ⓘ	`No`

Weblate configuration¶

Typical Weblate Component configuration when using as bilingual
File mask	`i18n/app.*.ts`
Monolingual base language file	Empty
Template for new translations	`i18n/app.de.ts`
File format	Qt Linguist translation file (version 2)

Typical Weblate Component configuration when using as monolingual
File mask	`i18n/app.*.ts`
Monolingual base language file	`i18n/app.en.ts`
Template for new translations	`i18n/app.en.ts`
File format	Qt Linguist translation file (version 2)

For version 1 files, use the same configuration and select Qt Linguist translation file (version 1) as the file format.