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<span id="id1"></span><h1>po2wordfast<a class="headerlink" href="#po2wordfast" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Convert Gettext PO files to a <a class="reference internal" href="../formats/wordfast.html"><em>Wordfast Translation Memory</em></a> translation memory file.</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordfast">Wordfast</a> is a popular Windows based
computer-assisted translation tool.</p>
<div class="section" id="usage">
<span id="po2wordfast-usage"></span><h2>Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>po2wordfast [options] --language <target> <po> <wordfast></pre>
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<p>Where:</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><po></td>
<td>a PO file or directory</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><wordfast></td>
<td>a Wordfast translation memory file</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Options:</p>
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<col class="description" />
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<kbd><span class="option">--version</span></kbd></td>
<td>show program’s version number and exit</td></tr>
<tr><td class="option-group">
<kbd><span class="option">-h</span>, <span class="option">--help</span></kbd></td>
<td>show this help message and exit</td></tr>
<tr><td class="option-group">
<kbd><span class="option">--manpage</span></kbd></td>
<td>output a manpage based on the help</td></tr>
<tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2">
<kbd><span class="option">--progress=<var>PROGRESS</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>show progress as: <a class="reference internal" href="option_progress.html"><em>dots, none, bar, names, verbose</em></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2">
<kbd><span class="option">--errorlevel=<var>ERRORLEVEL</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>show errorlevel as: <a class="reference internal" href="option_errorlevel.html"><em>none, message, exception,
traceback</em></a></td></tr>
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<kbd><span class="option">-i<var>INPUT</var></span>, <span class="option">--input=<var>INPUT</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>read from INPUT in po, pot formats</td></tr>
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<kbd><span class="option">-x<var>EXCLUDE</var></span>, <span class="option">--exclude=<var>EXCLUDE</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths</td></tr>
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<kbd><span class="option">-o<var>OUTPUT</var></span>, <span class="option">--output=<var>OUTPUT</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>write to OUTPUT in tmx format</td></tr>
<tr><td class="option-group">
<kbd><span class="option">--psyco=<var>MODE</var></span></kbd></td>
<td>use psyco to speed up the operation, modes: <a class="reference internal" href="option_psyco.html"><em>none,
full, profile</em></a></td></tr>
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<kbd><span class="option">-l<var>LANG</var></span>, <span class="option">--language=<var>LANG</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>set target language code (e.g. af-ZA) [required]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2">
<kbd><span class="option">--source-language=<var>LANG</var></span></kbd></td>
</tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>set source language code (default: en)</td></tr>
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<div class="section" id="examples">
<span id="po2wordfast-examples"></span><h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>po2wordfast -l xh-ZA browser.po browser.txt</pre>
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<p>Use the Xhosa (<em>xh-ZA</em>) translations in the PO file <em>browser.po</em> to create a
Wordfast translation memory file called <em>browser.txt</em></p>
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