Stringsdict format

Added in version 4.8.

XML based format used by Apple which is able to store plural forms of a string.

See also

• Apple iOS strings

• Stringsdict File Format

Example file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>hello</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSStringLocalizedFormatKey</key>
            <string>Hello, world!
</string>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</plist>

Supported features

File extensions	.stringsdict
Linguality ⓘ	Both monolingual and bilingual
Supports plural ⓘ	Yes
Supports descriptions ⓘ	No
Supports explanation ⓘ	No
Supports context ⓘ	No
Supports location ⓘ	No
Supports flags ⓘ	No
API identifier	stringsdict
Supports read-only strings ⓘ	No
Supports removing obsolete strings ⓘ	No
Check flags added by this format ⓘ	Objective-C format

Weblate configuration

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	Resources/*.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict
Monolingual base language file	Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict or Resources/Base.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	Stringsdict file