# Unreal Engine Gettext PO

> Localization format for Unreal Engine

URL: https://store.crowdin.com/gettext-unreal
Category: File Formats, Gaming
Type: System
Author: Crowdin

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

## File Format Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --------- | ----- |
| File Extension | .po, .pot |
| [API Type](https://developer.crowdin.com/api/v2/#operation/api.projects.files.post) | gettext_unreal |
| Source can be edited in Crowdin | Yes |
| Generating translated files via [Bundles](https://support.crowdin.com/bundles/) | [Search Crowdin Store](https://store.crowdin.com/tags/string-exporter) |
| Supports pluralization | No |
| WYSIWYG Preview in the editor | No |
| Supported types of contextual information | Text comments, Screenshots |
| Custom attributes | No |
| Existing translations import possibility | Key-value mapping |

## Sample File

```auto
# Game English translation.
# 
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: Game\n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-01-01 12:01\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2022-02-01 13:01\n"
"Language-Team: \n"
"Language: en\n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1\n"

#. A comment
msgctxt "System"
msgid "Welcome!"
msgstr "Welcome!"

#. A comment
msgctxt "System"
msgid "Open"
msgstr "Open"

#. A comment
msgctxt "System"
msgid "Close"
msgstr "Close"
```

## Translating Unreal Engine Gettext PO


**Note**: To upload Unreal Engine Gettext PO, use API or CLI specifying the localization type: "gettext_unreal"