po4a-gettextize

Convert a text file to PO format

$ po4a-gettextize --format [text] --master [path/to/master.txt] --po [path/to/result.po]

$ po4a-gettextize --help-format

$ po4a-gettextize --format [text] --master [path/to/master.txt] --localized [path/to/translated.txt] --po [path/to/result.po]

po4a-gettextize [options] -f format -m master -p po

po4a-gettextize extracts translatable strings from a documentation file and creates a PO (Portable Object) file suitable for translation. It is part of the po4a (PO for anything) suite that enables using gettext methodology for documentation translation.
If an existing translation is provided with the -l option, the tool attempts to match translated strings with the original and pre-populate the PO file with existing translations.

-f, --format _format_

Format of the master document (text, pod, man, sgml, xml, etc.)

Path to the original (master) document

Output path for the generated PO file

Existing translation (can be specified multiple times)

List available document formats

Character set of the master document

Character set of the localized document

The output PO file should be reviewed by translators as automatic matching may not be perfect. When providing an existing translation, both documents must have the same structure for proper alignment.

po4a(1), po4a-translate(1), po4a-updatepo(1), msginit(1)