File formats and features

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Chart of the various file formats and their supported features.

Notes to translators: Adding a phrase "comment" will appear as a note to translators on the web platform

Plural support: Will support pluralization (one, many, other, etc.)

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File Standard Name Notes to Translators Plural Support Fallback to Source Language
.strings (iOS/MacOS) IOS_STRINGS ✓   Select .strings (iOS/MacOS with base language fallback) option during export
.stringsdict (IOS StringsDict) IOS_STRINGSDICT_XML   ✓ ✓
.plist (Apple Property List in XML) PLIST_XML     ✓
.xliff (XML Localisation Interchange File Format) XLIFF ✓    
.xml (Android XML) ANDROID_XML ✓ ✓  
.json HIERARCHICAL_JSON   ✓ ✓
.resw (Microsoft Resources File) RESW ✓    
.resx (Microsoft Resources File) RESX ✓    
.resjson (Windows JavaScript Resources) RESJSON ✓    
.php (PHP array) PHP      
.php (PHP Variables) PHP_VARIABLES      
.yml (Rails YAML) RUBY_YML   ✓   ✓
.po (GNU Gettext Portable Object) GNU_PO ✓ ✓  
.pot (GNU Gettext Portable Object Template) GNU_POT ✓ ✓  
.yml (Symfony YAML) YML   ✓  ✓
.yaml (Symfony YAML) YAML   ✓  ✓
.xliff (Symfony) XLIFF_Symfony ✓    
.xlf (Symfony) XLF_SYMFONY ✓    
.l10n (Java l10n) L10N ✓    
.xml (iDempiere XML) IDEMPIERE_XML      
.xml (ADempiere XML) ADEMPIERE_XML      
.xml (Flash XML) FLASH_XML      
.properties (Java Properties) JAVA_PROPERTIES ✓    
.lang (JAVA lang) JAVA_LANG ✓    
.htm (HTML) HTML      
.html (HTML) HTML      
.ini (Configuration File) INI ✓    
.js (RequireJS i18n) JAVASCRIPT ✓    
.json (i18next - multilingual) HIERARCHICAL_JSON   ✓ ✓
.json (i18next - single language) HIERARCHICAL_JSON   ✓ ✓
.rrc (BlackBerry Resource Content File) RRC      
.txt (Plain Text) TXT      
.csv (Comma Separated Values) CSV ✓    
.xls (Microsoft Excel 97-2003) XLS ✓    
.xlsx (Microsoft Excel 2007) XLSX ✓    
.doc (Microsoft Word 97-2003) DOC      
.docx (Microsoft Word 2007) DOCX      
.pptx (Microsoft Powerpoint 2007) PPTX      
.odt (Open Document Text) ODT      
.txt (Plain Text) TXT      

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    File Format Compression Lossless Metadata Multi-channel Sample Rate Bit Depth
    MP3 Lossy No Limited No Up to 48 kHz 16-bit
    FLAC Lossless Yes Extensive Yes Up to 384 kHz Up to 32-bit
    WAV Uncompressed Yes Limited Yes Up to 384 kHz Up to 32-bit
    AAC Lossy No Limited Yes Up to 96 kHz Up to 24-bit

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    		 Lossless Yes Extensive Yes Up to 384 kHz

    Up to 32-bit
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    Jennie Fitz (Edited )

    File formats serve various purposes and come with distinct features. Text formats like TXT are plain and unformatted, while DOC/DOCX allows rich formatting and embedding of images. PDFs preserve formatting across devices, making them ideal for official documents.
















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