CSV translation with Crowdin

CSV is a natively supported file format, you can use it without an additional installation. Just upload it to your projects and start the localization.

Files uploaded via alignment automatically add labels to the context when sent for alignment. This improves translation matching accuracy when importing files into Crowdin. However, labels and context do not affect the export process.

For files without a defined structure, translation uploads are handled by an experimental machine learning technology.

File Format Details

Attribute	Value
File Extension	.csv, .tsv
API Type	csv
Source can be edited in Crowdin	Yes
Generating translated files via Bundles	Search Crowdin Store
Supports pluralization	No
WYSIWYG Preview in the editor	No
Supported types of contextual information	Text comments, Screenshots, In-Context
Custom attributes	Yes
Existing translations import possibility	Key-value mapping

Sample File

"String ID","Source text","Translation","Context","Max.length","Labels"
"1","String for translation 1","Chaîne pour la traduction 1","Context for string 1","40","mobile_app"
"2","String for translation 2","Chaîne pour la traduction 2","Context for string 2","40","website"
"3","String for translation 3","Chaîne pour la traduction 3","Context for string 3","40","emails"

CSV Multilingual

"String ID","Source text","French","German","Italian","Context","Max.length","Labels"
"1","String for translation 1","Chaîne pour la traduction 1","Zeichenfolge für die übersetzung 1","Stringa per la traduzione 1","Context for string 1","40","mobile_app"
"2","String for translation 2","Chaîne pour la traduction 2","Zeichenfolge für die übersetzung 2","Stringa per la traduzione 2","Context for string 2","40","website"
"3","String for translation 3","Chaîne pour la traduction 3","Zeichenfolge für die übersetzung 3","Stringa per la traduzione 3","Context for string 3","40","emails"

Translating CSV

Custom Attributes

Max. Length for the translated string could be set as a number in a dedicated column (e.g., "Max.length"):


"String ID","Source text","Translation","Context","Max.length","Labels"

"1","String for translation 1","Chaîne pour la traduction 1","Context for string 1","40","mobile_app"

Labels for the string could be added in a dedicated column (e.g., "Labels"):


"String ID","Source text","Translation","Context","Max.length","Labels"

"1","String for translation 1","Chaîne pour la traduction 1","Context for string 1","40","mobile_app"

Comments

Comments for the string could be added in a dedicated column (e.g., "Context"):


"String ID","Source text","Translation","Context","Max.length","Labels"

"1","String for translation 1","Chaîne pour la traduction 1","Context for string 1","40","mobile_app"

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