Supported File Types
The file types below are currently supported by Smartling. Click into each file type to learn how to integrate your content with Smartling:
| File Type | Extension | File Size Limit |
| Android XML | .xml | 10MB |
| Comma Separated Values | .csv | 10MB |
| Gettext | .pot (or .po but orignal source should be .pot) | 10MB |
| HTML | .html | 10MB |
| InDesign | .idml | 30MB |
| iOS Strings | .strings, .stringsdict | 10MB |
| iOS Plurals Localization Library | .stringsdict | 10MB |
| Java Property Files | .properties | 10MB |
| JSON | .json | 10MB |
| MadCap Lingo ZIP Package | .zip (containing .xliff) | 20MB |
| Microsoft - Word | .docx | 20MB |
| Microsoft - Excel | .xlsx | 10MB |
| Microsoft - PowerPoint | .pptx | 50MB |
| PDF * | - | |
| Plain Text | .txt | 10MB |
| Qt Linguist | .ts | 10MB |
| RESX | .resx, .resw | 10MB |
| SubRip | .srt | 10MB |
| XLIFF | .xlf, .xliff, .xml | 10MB |
| XML | .xml | 10MB |
| YAML | .yaml, .yml | 10MB |
* You cannot upload and translate PDF files. It's best to acquire the file in its original format, such as one of the supported file types above (most commonly, InDesign or Microsoft Word), and translate that file.