Localize multi platform projects - Consolidate string-files

Question

In our multi-platform projects, we have multiple localization files with different notation and file format (iOS .string, Android .xml, etc.). Now we want to localize them i

Answer 1

I've worked on an iOS/Android project with 20 translations, and we used an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the translatable strings. The *.strings files for XCode and the *.xml files for Eclipse are then automagically generated using my custom VBA macro.

I've put an example Excel spreadsheet with VBA macro here: http://members.home.nl/bas.de.reuver/files/multilanguage.zip

You can convert your existing .strings or .xml files to spreadsheet format (key value pairs, tab separated) with the tool below. Then you can send the spreadsheet to your translators, they fill in a column of translated values, send it back and you can simply generate your new translation files.

http://members.home.nl/bas.de.reuver/files/stringsconvert.html