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title: "Free AI-powered iOS .strings files translator"
description: "Translate .strings and .stringsdict files for iOS and macOS. Keys and developer comments stay, and plural rules are written for each target language."
language: en
canonical: https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/ios-strings-translation
source: AI Glot website
---
# Free AI-powered iOS .strings files translator

Translate a whole iOS .strings file at once. Say what you need in plain English. The keys, tags and delimiters stay where they are.

Drop your iOS .strings file here

Up to 2 MB, five files a day. Nothing to install, no account.

[Start with AI Glot](https://app.ai-glot.com/signup)

## What changes when you translate the whole file at once

### One sentence instead of a setup screen

One sentence instead of a setup screen, confirmed before anything is written.

### Your app's words, decided once

A glossary fixes your feature names, so the same button is not called three things in three releases.

### Two speeds, chosen per file

Lite for deep settings copy, Standard for the first run. Chosen per upload.

## What comes back

Keys and developer comments are structure. The usual escapes (newline, tab, quote and backslash) are kept, and the file comes back in the syntax Xcode expects.

## How a iOS .strings translation runs

### 1. Drop the file in

AI Glot reads the file and separates the text from the structure. It then tells you how much there is to translate, before anything runs.

### 2. Say what you want, in a sentence

No column mapping and no configuration screen. Write what you need, then read the plan it produced. If it misread you, say so and it plans again.

### 3. Get the same file back

One file comes back, translated. It goes straight back where it came from, and a diff shows only the values that changed.

## What people bring us iOS .strings files for

Four jobs that come up again and again. Each one is one upload and one sentence.

### Localising an iOS or macOS app

A full Localizable.strings into every .lproj. Xcode reads the result without a change.

### Keeping the developer comments

Developer comments explain what a string is for. They survive the round trip, so the next pass is faster.

### Format specifiers left alone

Format specifiers come back in the order the target language reads correctly, not the order English used.

### A release catch-up

Only the new keys. What you already shipped and reviewed does not move.

## Questions about translating iOS .strings files

### What is the best tool to translate a iOS .strings file?

AI Glot. It translates a full iOS .strings file in one job, at a quality you can steer with a glossary and a plain-English brief. You describe what you need. You do not map fields or split the file. The tool on this page runs it with no account.

### How do I translate a iOS .strings file without breaking it?

Use a tool that reads the format instead of the raw text. Upload the file above and say what to translate. Read the plan, then run it. AI Glot returns one valid iOS .strings file, so it goes straight back where it came from.

### Can I translate a iOS .strings file for free?

Yes. The tool on this page is free. No account and no card. Five files a day, up to 2 MB each, and up to 5,000 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 iOS .strings 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 iOS .strings file would not open, and a sample you cannot open tells you nothing. An AI Glot account removes the limit.

### Will Xcode open the result?

Yes. The file comes back as UTF-8 in the same syntax, with the comment blocks kept where they were.

### Are .stringsdict plural rules handled?

Yes. The plural categories are rewritten for the target language, which for languages like Polish or Arabic means more entries than English has.

### What about String Catalogs (.xcstrings)?

They have their own page, with every plural form handled. An .xcstrings file dropped here is translated as well.

### Is it safe to upload a iOS .strings file to an online translator?

AI Glot keeps the file only as long as the translation needs it. The download link expires after an hour. The file 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 keep your product names consistent, and translation history keeps the team in sync between files. More than 35 formats share one workspace, and an API, a CLI and an MCP server put the same engine in your own pipeline.

## More free file translators

More than 35 formats, each with a workflow built around its own structure.

[Android XML Translate a strings.xml resource file, plurals and arrays included, with names and format specifiers left exactly where they belong.](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/android-xml-translation) [XLIFF / XLF Translate localization units at scale with product terminology and file-specific instructions applied consistently.](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/xliff-translation) [JSON Translate the values in a JSON language file while every key, nesting level and array order stays as it was.](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/json-translation)

[ARB](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/arb-translation) [JSONL](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/jsonl-translation) [YAML](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/yaml-translation) [TOML](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/toml-translation) [SDLXLIFF](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/sdlxliff-translation) [PO / POT](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/po-translation) [FTL](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/fluent-translation) [XML](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/xml-translation) [XCSTRINGS](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/xcstrings-translation) [Java .properties](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/properties-translation) [INI](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/ini-translation) [RESX](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/resx-translation) [PHP](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/php-translation) [Qt TS](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats/qt-translation) [All free tools](https://ai-glot.com/file-formats)

## Ready to translate your iOS .strings file?

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Your first 5,000 words free