# Gettext .po String Exporter

> Export Gettext .po from your Crowdin project

URL: https://store.crowdin.com/po-export
Category: File Formats
Type: App
Author: Awesome Crowdin

Gettext .po String Exporter is useful when you need to generate `.po` resource files for your application from your Crowdin project strings. This localization approach is often used when translating one application built for several platforms. For example, you can have an app for Android, iOS and Web platforms. Most of your strings are shared, but platforms can also have their own strings.



To implement this translation strategy with Crowdin, you need to upload your strings from all your platforms to the Crowdin project, then create [Bundles](https://support.crowdin.com/bundles/) and use exporters to build resource files for every platform.

Bundles can then be downloaded via Crowdin UI, API or even delivered to your consumers via [Crowdin OTA](https://support.crowdin.com/content-delivery/).

## Configuring Gettext .po String Exporter


Gettext .po String Exporter does not require a configuration. After installing it, you can create bundles with this app as an exporter.

## Features

| Feature | Value |
| ------- | ----- |
| File Extension | .po |
| [API Type](https://developer.crowdin.com/api/v2/#operation/api.projects.translations.exports.post) | po-export |
| System | No |
| Supports pluralization | Yes |
| Configurable | No |
| Handles Crowdin Unified Placeholders | Yes |

## Sample File

```po
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: Unified Placeholders and Bundles\\n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-12-30 09:30+0200\\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2022-12-30 09:30+0200\\n"
"Last-Translator: \\n"
"Language-Team: none\\n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\\n"
"Plural-Forms: nplurals=4; plural=((n%10==1 && n%100!=11) ? 0 : ((n%10 >= 2 && n%10 <=4 && (n%100 < 12 || n%100 > 14)) ? 1 : ((n%10 == 0 || (n%10 >= 5 && n%10 <=9)) || (n%100 >= 11 && n%100 <= 14)) ? 2 : 3)\\n"
"X-Generator: Crowdin\\n"

msgid "String for translation 1"
msgstr "Рядок для перекладу № 1"

msgid "String for translation 2"
msgstr "Ораораол"

msgid "String for translation %s"
msgstr "Рядок для перекладу 1 1 1"

msgid "String for translation 4"
msgstr "String for translation 4"

msgid " String for translation 5"
msgstr " Ораораол"

msgid "%s apple"
msgid_plural "%s apples"
msgstr[0] "%s яблучко"
msgstr[1] "%s яблука"
msgstr[2] "%s яблука"
msgstr[3] "%s яблука"
```