What good alternatives to Poedit are there?
TranslationGettextPoeditTranslation Problem Overview
I'm looking for a .po/.mo editor. I am using gettext for the translation files but don't really like Poedit. It has to run on Windows Vista and it would be even better if it was built into Visual Studio 2008 so I could develop and translate.
I really want something that helps me translate and makes translation easier. I want to have suggestions and a spell check.
[No option? If there really are no options I might as well do something about it and code something so translating is easy again. You could even integrate http://dict.leo.org or see what Google Translate has to offer for the Query. ]
Translation Solutions
Solution 1 - Translation
Here are some good alternatives to Poedit:
Translation editors
- Lokalize: for KDE users (KBabel is now obsolete).
- GTranslator: for GNOME users.
- GTeddead link: runs everywhere Eclipse runs.
- Virtaal: Windows, Linux, Mac. Good choice for GNOME users.
Text editor
- Vim: you can use the Vim script for po files Editing
- Emacs: you can use po mode to do your editing.
Other notes
There's a php application that would be useful for collaborative editing. Actually synchronizing with a subversion system would solve the problem anyways with any of these tools. However, if anyone does remember more applications, feel free to add.
Solution 2 - Translation
GTed is an interesting alternative for PoEdit.
Since it is an Eclipse plugin, it suppose first the installation of eclipse: it is not a stand-alone application. But still, it can do the job.
Solution 3 - Translation
Just for reference: Google Translator Toolkit allows translation of po-Files since 2012. I never really used it though.
Solution 4 - Translation
I'd suggest Virtaal which is cross-platform and very simple to setup and use yet very powerful.
Solution 5 - Translation
Take a look at poeditor.com. Looks nice and does what we need in terms of collaboration.
Solution 6 - Translation
I've been working with Transifex for a while. It's not really a good editor as such, but a collaborative platform for translations. They have reasonable editing facilities online. It also allows you to pull translations down to work with them locally, so I'd also love to see a good editor.
Solution 7 - Translation
On Windows you might consider using Bettter PO Editor or gorm.
Solution 8 - Translation
LocFactory is another alternative - sorry, it's OSX only, but it might be useful to others reading this post.
Unfortunately I've found poEdit to be the best of a pretty bad bunch. I'd love to find a replacement.