Transifex allows you to export the TMX file of a project and use it with an offline translation tool.
How to export your TMX file
Pick the project you want to edit from the project navigation in the Dashboard.
Click on Languages.
Click the Get TMX icon.
In the popup, select the language(s) that you want to download the TMX file for
Click Download to get your TMX file.
📝 Note
The maximum .tmx file size you can export from Transifex is 500MB.
The maximum .tmx file size you can import from Transifex is 200MB.
The exported TMX will look like this:
...
<tu>
<prop type="context"></prop>
<tuv xml:lang="en" creationdate="20210511T084001" lastusagedate="20211108T090745">
<seg>Password</seg>
</tuv>
<tuv xml:lang="de" creationdate="20210929T073634" lastusagedate="20211108T090745">
<seg>Passwort</seg>
</tuv>
<tuv xml:lang="el" creationdate="20210930T145229" lastusagedate="20211108T090745">
<seg>Kωδικός</seg>
</tuv>
<tuv xml:lang="el" creationdate="20210930T145229" lastusagedate="20210930T145457">
<seg>Κωδικός χρήστη</seg>
</tuv>
</tu>
...
What does a TMX file contain?
The date each specific TM entry was created (
creationdate) and the last time this entry was used (lastusagedate).All the available translation versions hosted in your project's TM instance in Transifex.
TMX file with plurals
When the TMX file of a project contains pluralized translations, these are represented within the TMX structure with the following properties:
x-Plural-Source-Group: It is used to group source texts in the various plural forms.
x-Plural-Translation-Group: It is used to group translations in the various plural forms per language.
x-Plural-Rule: The plural form, e.g., one, other, few, many, etc.
<tu>
<prop type="x-Plural-Source-Group">06cbe4267fa13c12bc6bc2a8888636df</prop>
<prop type="x-Plural-Rule">one</prop>
<prop type="context"></prop>
<tuv xml:lang="en" creationdate="20220106T145747" lastusagedate="20220106T145747">
<seg>Project Maintainer</seg>
</tuv>
<tuv xml:lang="fr" creationdate="20220106T145747" lastusagedate="20220106T145747">
<prop type="x-Plural-Translation-Group">0c1ec8968eba2c0889b1cfb39fec197c</prop>
<seg>Mainteneur de projet</seg>
</tuv>
</tu>
<tu>
<prop type="x-Plural-Source-Group">06cbe4267fa13c12bc6bc2a8888636df</prop>
<prop type="x-Plural-Rule">many</prop>
<prop type="context"></prop>
<tuv xml:lang="en" creationdate="20220106T145747" lastusagedate="20220106T145747">
<seg>Project Maintainers</seg>
</tuv>
<tuv xml:lang="fr" creationdate="20220106T145747" lastusagedate="20220106T145747">
<prop type="x-Plural-Translation-Group">0c1ec8968eba2c0889b1cfb39fec197c</prop>
<seg>Mainteneurs de projet</seg>
</tuv>
</tu>
<tu>
<prop type="x-Plural-Source-Group">06cbe4267fa13c12bc6bc2a8888636df</prop>
<prop type="x-Plural-Rule">other</prop>
<prop type="context"></prop>
<tuv xml:lang="en" creationdate="20220106T145747" lastusagedate="20220106T145747">
<seg>Project Maintainers</seg>
</tuv>
<tuv xml:lang="fr" creationdate="20220106T145747" lastusagedate="20220106T145747">
<prop type="x-Plural-Translation-Group">0c1ec8968eba2c0889b1cfb39fec197c</prop>
<seg>Mainteneurs de projet</seg>
</tuv>
</tu>
<tu>
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