File formats supported in Smartcat
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
JS
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
INDD
IDML (Adobe Indesign)
CSV
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
wav
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
AI (Adobe Illustrator)
Packages
TTX
SDLPPX / SDLRPX
ZIP
WSXZ
Unsupported file formats
FM
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.