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In PO only items that change are marked fuzzy and only new items need to be translated, unchanged items remain unchanged for the translation.</p> <div class="section" id="usage"> <span id="sub2po-usage"></span><h2>Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>sub2po [options] <foo.srt> <foo.po> po2sub [options] [-t <foo.srt>] <XX.po> <foo-XX.srt></pre> </div> <p>Where:</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="19%" /> <col width="81%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td>foo.srt</td> <td>is the input subtitle file</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>foo.po</td> <td>is an empty PO file that may be translated</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>XX.po</td> <td>is a PO file translated into the XX language</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>foo-XX.srt</td> <td>is the foo.srt file translated into language XX</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Options (sub2po):</p> <table class="docutils option-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="option" /> <col class="description" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="option-group"> <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> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <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 .srt format</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <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> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <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 po, pot formats</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> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">-P</span>, <span class="option">--pot</span></kbd></td> <td>output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po)</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--duplicates=<var>DUPLICATESTYLE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): <a class="reference internal" href="option_duplicates.html"><em>merge, msgctxt</em></a> (default: ‘msgctxt’)</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Options (po2sub):</p> <table class="docutils option-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="option" /> <col class="description" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="option-group"> <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> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <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> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <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> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <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 srt format</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-t<var>TEMPLATE</var></span>, <span class="option">--template=<var>TEMPLATE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>read from TEMPLATE in txt 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> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--fuzzy</span></kbd></td> <td>use translations marked fuzzy</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--nofuzzy</span></kbd></td> <td>don’t use translations marked fuzzy (default)</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="section" id="examples"> <span id="sub2po-examples"></span><h3>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>To create the POT files is simple:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>sub2po -P SUBTITLE_FILE subtitles.pot</pre> </div> <p>A translator would copy the POT file to their own PO file and then create translations of the entries. If you wish to create a PO file and not a POT file then leave off the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-P</span></tt> option.</p> <p>To convert back:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>po2sub -t SUBTITLE_FILE subtitles-XX.po subtitles-XX.srt</pre> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="translating"> <span id="sub2po-translating"></span><h3>Translating<a class="headerlink" href="#translating" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Translate as normal. However, see the issues mentioned at <a class="reference internal" href="../formats/subtitles.html"><em>Subtitles</em></a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="bugs"> <span id="sub2po-bugs"></span><h3>Bugs<a class="headerlink" href="#bugs" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>There might be some issues with encodings, since the srt files don’t specify them. We assume files to be encoded in UTF-8, so a conversion should solve this easily. 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