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# Text files

#### Versionadded
Added in version 4.6.

The translatable content is extracted from the plain text files and offered for
the translation. Each paragraph is translated as a separate string.

There are several flavors of this format:

* Plain text file
* DokuWiki text file
* MediaWiki text file
* [Markdown files](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats/markdown.md#markdown)
* [MDX files](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats/mdx.md#mdx)

#### NOTE
Unlike most other formats, the changes in the translation files will not be
imported to Weblate because it can not be done reliably. The source of truth
for the translations is Weblate not the translated file.

#### SEE ALSO
[Simple Text Documents](https://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/formats/text.html)

Example file:

```default
Hello, world!

Orangutan has %d banana.

Try Weblate at http://demo.weblate.org/!

Thank you for using Weblate.
```

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#### Supported features

| File extensions                                                                                      | `.dw`, `.mw`, `.txt`           |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Linguality [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#bimono)                                   | Monolingual                    |
| Supports plural [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#format-plurals)                      | `No`                           |
| Supports descriptions [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#format-description)            | `No`                           |
| Supports explanation [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#format-explanation)             | `No`                           |
| Supports context [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#format-context)                     | `No`                           |
| Supports location [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#format-location)                   | `No`                           |
| Supports flags [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#format-flags)                         | `No`                           |
| API identifier                                                                                       | `dokuwiki`, `mediawiki`, `txt` |
| Supports read-only strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#read-only-strings)        | `No`                           |
| Supports removing obsolete strings [ⓘ](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/formats.md#obsolete-strings) | `No`                           |
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## Weblate configuration

|                                | Typical Weblate [Component configuration](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/admin/projects.md#component)   |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| File mask                      | `path/*.txt`                                                                                       |
| Monolingual base language file | `path/en.txt`                                                                                      |
| Template for new translations  | `path/en.txt`                                                                                      |
| File format                    | Plain text file                                                                                    |
| File format parameters         | `txt_merge_duplicates=True`                                                                        |

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## Handling duplicate strings

By default, Weblate treats each paragraph as a separate translation unit to
provide line-based context. This can be problematic in text files where
paragraphs are frequently reordered, as it changes the context and can lead
to translation loss.

To consolidate identical strings into a single translation unit, enable
Deduplicate identical strings in the
[File format parameters](https://docs.weblate.org/en/weblate-2026.10.1/admin/projects.md#component-file-format-params).

#### NOTE
This parameter is shared with **DokuWiki** and **MediaWiki** formats.
Enabling this option disables line-based context for the merged units.