Name the sheets and columns in plain words
Name the sheets and columns in a sentence. It reads the workbook and shows you which cells it will touch.
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Free AI-powered XLSX translator
Drop your XLSX file in, say what you want in plain English, and get it back with every key, tag and delimiter exactly where it was. No account, nothing to install.
Drop your XLSX file here
Up to 2 MB, five files a day. Nothing to install, no account.
What you get when you bring the whole job
One glossary across every sheet
One glossary across every tab, so the term approved on the first sheet is the term used on the fifth.
French glossaryApplied
checkoutpaiementnot caisse
seatlicencenot siège
ticketdemandenot billet
Same choice in every file128 terms
Two speeds, chosen per file
Lite for an internal workbook, Standard for the one going to a client. Chosen per upload.
Translation qualityThis file
StandardCustomer-facing copy1 credit per word
LiteBulk content, less nuance1 credit per 3 words
Picked per fileNot locked to your plan
What comes back
AI Glot reads the workbook, identifies the translatable content, and returns a translated Excel file for the next step in your workflow.
XLSXEN → French
Sheet "Catalog" · A1:D1 header rowheader row
B2 Wireless charging padChargeur à induction
C2 =B2&" — "&D2 (formula, untouched)
B3 Solid oak desk shelfÉtagère de bureau en chêne massif
D3 39.00 (number, untouched)
Structure read · values written
How a XLSX translation runs
1. Drop the file in
AI Glot reads the file the way its own tools do, finds what is text and what is structure, and tells you how much there is to translate before anything runs.
website-content.xlsxprice-list.xlsxhelp-centre.xlsx
742 cells ready for translation1,180 cells ready for translation2,306 cells ready for translation
2. Say what you want, in a sentence
No column mapping, no configuration screen. Write what should happen and read back the plan it produced. If it misread you, say so and it re-plans.
AI
How should I translate this file?Describe the result you need
Translate into German and Spanish. Keep product names in English, use our glossary, and make the copy sound natural for e-commerce.
Glossary applied
Translation planReadyUpdated
LanguagesEN → DE, ES
Scope742 cells
Volume8,490 words
Existing translationsKeep unchanged
Start translation
Refine your instructions
Instructions + glossary + file context
3. Get the same file back
One file, same shape, same order, translated. It drops straight back where it came from, and a diff shows only the values that changed.
fr-FR
de-DE
es-ES
ja-JP
website-content_localized.xlsx
10,173 credits · 1m 04s
What people bring us XLSX files for
Four jobs that come up again and again. Each one is a single upload and a single sentence.
A content workbook for a website build
Every page's copy on its own sheet, translated in one pass, formulas and sheet order intact.
A pricing or catalogue sheet
Product names and descriptions translated while numbers and calculated cells stay untouched.
A translation hand-off sheet
The source column stays and the target fills in beside it, so a reviewer sees both at once.
A multi-tab reference document
Glossaries, help text and error messages: one upload rather than one job per tab.
Questions about translating XLSX files
What is the best tool to translate a XLSX file?
AI Glot. It reads XLSX as a format rather than as text, so keys, tags, identifiers and delimiters are recognised as structure and returned exactly as you sent them, and only the values are translated. You describe the job in one sentence instead of mapping fields, and you get the same file back in the same shape. The tool on this page does it with no account.
How do I translate a XLSX file without breaking it?
Use something that parses the format instead of treating it as plain text. Drop the file into the tool above, say what should be translated and what should be left alone, and read back the plan before it runs. AI Glot returns one valid XLSX file with its structure untouched, so it drops straight back where it came from.
Can I translate a XLSX file for free?
Yes. The tool on this page is free, with no account and no card: five files a day, up to 2 MB each, and up to 1500 words translated per file. Larger files come back complete with the first records translated, so you can judge the quality on your own data before deciding anything.
What happens if my XLSX file is bigger than the free limit?
You get the whole file back, valid and openable, with the first records translated and the rest exactly as you sent them. It is deliberately not truncated: a cut-off XLSX file would not open, and a sample you cannot open tells you nothing. An AI Glot account removes the limit.
Do my formulas survive?
Yes. A cell whose content is a formula is never a translation candidate, so the formula string itself is copied across.
What about multiple sheets?
Every sheet is read. The plan tells you which sheets and which columns hold the translatable content before you approve.
Are merged cells and styling kept?
Cell formatting and structure are preserved. AI Glot writes values, it does not rebuild the workbook.
Is it safe to upload a XLSX file to an online translator?
With AI Glot, the file is stored only for as long as the translation needs it, the download link expires after an hour, and it is deleted afterwards. Nothing you upload is used to train any model. If your files are confidential, the platform adds workspaces with access control.
What do I get with an AI Glot account?
No size limit and no daily limit, glossaries so your product names stay yours, translation memory across files, twelve file formats in one workspace, and an API, a CLI and an MCP server if you want this inside your own pipeline.
Other formats
Twelve families in all, each with a workflow built around its own structure.
CSV
Translate thousands of CSV rows with your glossary and instructions applied across the whole file.
ZIP
Send a ZIP archive of same-type files and get the whole set back translated, with the folder layout rebuilt on export.
JSON
Translate the values in a JSON language file, including Flutter ARB, while every key, nesting level, and ordering stays exactly as you sent it.