# 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. #### SEE ALSO * [Qt Linguist manual](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtlinguist-index.html) * [Qt .ts](https://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/formats/ts.html) * [Bilingual and monolingual formats](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#bimono) ## 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 UTF-8 Hello, world! Ahoj svete! Orangutan has %d banana(s). Second Try Weblate at <https://demo.weblate.org/>! Thank you for using Weblate. Thanks Obsolete Thanks ``` #### Supported features | File extensions | `.ts` | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| | Linguality [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#bimono) | Both monolingual and bilingual | | Supports plural [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-plurals) | `Yes` | | Supports descriptions [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-description) | `Yes` | | Supports explanation [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-explanation) | `No` | | Supports context [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-context) | `Yes` | | Supports location [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-location) | `Yes` | | Supports flags [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-flags) | `Yes` | | Additional states [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-states) | `Needs editing` | | API identifier | `ts` | | Supports read-only strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#read-only-strings) | `No` | | Supports removing obsolete strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#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 [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#bimono) | Both monolingual and bilingual | | Supports plural [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-plurals) | `No` | | Supports descriptions [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-description) | `No` | | Supports explanation [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-explanation) | `No` | | Supports context [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-context) | `Yes` | | Supports location [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-location) | `No` | | Supports flags [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-flags) | `No` | | Additional states [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#format-states) | `Needs editing` | | API identifier | `ts1` | | Supports read-only strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#read-only-strings) | `No` | | Supports removing obsolete strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.md#obsolete-strings) | `No` | ## Weblate configuration | | Typical Weblate [Component configuration](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/projects.md#component) 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](https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/projects.md#component) 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.