Export texts

The export creates one or more files in a standard format that contain the localised texts to be translated from the project. These files are passed on to the translator(s).

Once all the data has been entered on the File, Languages and Options tabs, the function is triggered with the Export button. A message then displays the success or the errors are listed in detail (see Error display).

Results for the set data are displayed on the Statistics tab.

Setting	Description of the
File type	Defines the file type for the texts to be exported.
Create a file for each target language	Specifies whether a file with all target languages or a file for each target language should be created.
File name	Complete file name for the export file. Click on or double-click on the text box to open a file selection dialogue.
Replace {language} placeholder with	Defines which identifier of the target language is formatted into the file name.
Column naming	Defines the type of column headings for the languages.
Save the hierarchy of text groups flat	The nesting of the text groups is resolved into a flat list.

Supported combinations:

File type	One file per target language	{language} placeholder	Column naming	Store hierarchy flat	Number of languages
ExcelX	x	x	x	²	/
Excel	x	x	x	²	max. 3
Text	x	x	x	²	/
XLIFF	x ¹	x	-	x	/
Clipboard	-	-	x	²	/

x	Is supported
-	Not supported
/	No restriction
¹	Only this format
²	Always this attitude

Setting	Description of the
Source language	Specification of the source/outgoing language.
Target languages	Specify the target languages for which a translation is to be made.
Additional languages	Languages that can be exported to the files in addition to the target languages.
	Moves the selected language to the top. When exporting to a column-based file (Excel/text), the different languages are saved next to each other. The order is: source language, target languages, additional languages.
	Moves the selected language down.
	Selects all languages.
	Deselects all languages.

The four buttons affect the previously clicked list of languages.

Setting	Description of the
Select text groups...	Opens a dialogue in which the text groups to be exported can be selected.
Selected text groups	Displays the selected text groups. The number of groups including subgroups and the number of texts is displayed in brackets.
Only export texts that contain text in the source language	If the text in the developer language is empty, the text definition is ignored when exporting.
Export all texts Only export texts that are empty in the target language	Defines which texts are to be exported.

Setting	Description of the
Number of text groups	Displays the total number and the number of selected text groups.
Number of texts	Displays the total number and the number of texts to be exported for each target language.