Convert strings & stringsdict to gettext PO

Question

When localizing iOS and macOS apps, Xcode requires the use of .strings files and additional .stringsdict files (see here ) for encoding pluralization rules. I am looking for a way to combine both of these into a standard format like Gettext PO in order to import them into a translation management tool like Pootle.

.strings files can be converted to PO using prop2po from the Translate Toolkit (see here ). However, I am unable to find anything for including .stringsdict files in the conversion.

It also seems that Xcode does not include the .stringsdict files when exporting localization files (see here ).

Answer 1

Answering myself here. A direct conversion between .stringsdict and .po files is not possible because strings dicts support more than one pluralizable variable whereas PO files have only one single counter.