List of translation software

Last updated June 29, 2025

This is a list of notable translation software.

Software

List of PO file editors/translator (in no particular order):

XEmacs (with po-mode): runs on Unices with X
GNU Emacs (with po-mode): runs on Unices and Windows
poEdit: Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows poEdit does support multiple plural forms since version 1.3..
OmegaT is another translation tool that can translate PO files. It is written in Java so it is available for multiple platforms (including Linux and Windows). It can be downloaded from SourceForge.
GNU Gettext (Linux/Unix) used for the GNU Translation Project. Gettext also provides msgmerge that makes merging translations easy.
Vim (Linux/Unix and Windows versions available) with PO ftplugin for easier editing of GNU gettext PO files.
gtranslator for Linux
Virtaal: Linux and Windows; for Mac OS X 10.5 and newer a Beta release Native support for Gettext PO translation as well as XLIFF and other formats. Simple interface with powerful machine translation, translation memory and terminology management features.
GlobalSight

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