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    • File formats supported in Smartcat

    Understand the wide variety of file formats supported by Smartcat for translation, from Microsoft Office and Open Office formats to hypertext, desktop publishing, and localization files. Learn about the upload process, unsupported formats, and security measures for an efficient and secure translation workflow.

    Smartcat supports a wide variety of bilingual and monolingual files. It detects each file’s format automatically.

    Simply drag and drop your files or select them when creating a new translation task or project.

    If your file format isn’t supported the error message will be displayed and the file won’t get uploaded.

    Supported file formats

    Microsoft Office

    • DOC/DOCX

    • XLS/XLSX

    • PPT/PPTX

    • PPS/PPSX

    • POT/POTX

    • PPT

    Please note that Microsoft Office formats are proprietary and complex. While we strive to provide as much compatibility as possible, some post-processing may be required for translated documents.

    Open Office

    • ODT

    • ODP

    Text

    • TXT

    • RTF

    Hypertext, source code

    • HTML

    • XHTML

    • PHP

    Bilingual interchange formats

    • XLIFF (XLF) 1.2 and 2.0

    • SDLXLIFF

    • MQXLIFF

    • SDLXLIFF

    • XLIFF files from Articulate Rise 360

    • PO

    • TTX

    Desktop publishing

    • PDF

    • MIF

    • IDML (Adobe Indesign)

    Technical writing

    • DITA XML

    • HELP+MANUAL XML

    Localization

    • XML

    • Android XML

    • RESX

    • LOCJSON

    • JSON

    • TJSON

    • YML

    • INC

    • INX

    • MIF

    • STRINGS

    • PROPERTIES

    Video file formats

    • mp4

    • mpeg

    • avi

    • mov

    • 3gp

    • 3g2

    • flv

    • m2v

    • m4v

    • mkv

    • mpg

    • ogv

    • qt

    • ts

    • vob

    • wmv

    Audio file formats

    • mp3

    • wa

    • wma

    • mp2

    • ogg

    • aac

    • flac

    • m2a

    Subtitle file formats

    • SRT

    • VTT

    Images (powered by OCR)

    • JPG/JPEG

    • TIF/TIFF

    • BMP

    • PNG

    • GIF

    • DJVU/DJV

    • DCX

    • PCX

    • JP2

    • JPC

    • JFIF

    • JB2

     Packages

    • TTX

    • SDLPPX / SDLRPX

    • ZIP

    • WSXZ

    Unsupported file formats

    • CSV

    • FM

    • AI (Adobe Illustrator)

    • INDD but you can upload an IDML file instead

    • JS

    To help you avoid security risks, certain files, such as executable files and scripts, are also restricted from being uploaded.

    Smartcat blocks files with the following extensions from being uploaded:

    ade, adp, apk, app, appx, appxbundle, asp, aspx, asx, bas, bat, cab, cer, chm, cmd, cnt, com, cpl, crt, csh, der, diagcab, dll, dmg, exe, fxp, gadget, grp, hlp, hpj, hta, htc, inf, ins, iso, isp, its, jar, jnlp, js, jse, ksh, lib, lnk, mad, maf, mag, mam, maq, mar, mas, mat, mau, mav, maw, mcf, mda, mdb, mde, mdt, mdw, mdz, msc, msh, msh1, msh1xml, msh2, msh2xml, mshxml, msi, msix, msixbundle, msp, mst, msu, nsh, ops, osd, pcd, pif, pl, plg, prf, prg, printerexport, ps1, ps1xml, ps2, ps2xml, psc1, psc2, psd1, psdm1, pst, py, pyc, pyo, pyw, pyz, pyzw, reg, scf, scr, sct, sh, shb, shs, sys, theme, tmp, url, vb, vbe, vbp, vbs, vhd, vhdx, vsmacros, vsw, vxd, webpnp, website, ws, wsc, wsf, wsh, xbap, xll, xnk.