Say what to fill and what to leave
Say what to fill and what to leave, and read the plan back before a single msgstr is written.
Instructions for this batchOptional
On top of your glossaryApply
Free AI-powered PO / POT translator
Drop your PO / POT 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 PO / POT file here
Up to 2 MB, five files a day. Nothing to install, no account.
What you get when you bring the whole job
Consistent terms across a whole catalogue
A glossary decides your product's vocabulary once, including the entries added next release.
French glossaryApplied
checkoutpaiementnot caisse
seatlicencenot siège
ticketdemandenot billet
Same choice in every file128 terms
Two speeds, chosen per file
Lite for a first pass before review, Standard for a release build. 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
Each msgid keeps its context and plural rules while the msgstr is filled in. Comments and references stay attached to the entries they document.
PO / POTEN → French
#: templates/cart.html:14
msgid "Add to cart"Add to cart"
msgstr ""Ajouter au panier"
msgid "One item in your cart"One item in your cart"
msgid_plural "%d items in your cart"%d items in your cart"
msgstr[0] ""%d article dans votre panier"
msgstr[1] ""%d articles dans votre panier"
Structure read · values written
How a PO / POT 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.
messages.potheme.potplugin-fr.po
486 entries ready for translation1,204 entries ready for translation312 entries 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
messages_localized.po
10,173 credits · 1m 04s
What people bring us PO / POT files for
Four jobs that come up again and again. Each one is a single upload and a single sentence.
A WordPress theme or plugin
A .pot becomes a .po per language, with source references and translator comments intact.
A Django or Python project
Empty msgstr entries filled and plural forms respected per language, msgid untouched.
Pre-translating for a community
Give volunteers a file to correct rather than a file to type, which is very different work.
Catching up after a release
Only what is empty, so the strings your team already reviewed stay exactly as they were.
Questions about translating PO / POT files
What is the best tool to translate a PO / POT file?
AI Glot. It reads PO / POT 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 PO / POT 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 PO / POT file with its structure untouched, so it drops straight back where it came from.
Can I translate a PO / POT 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 PO / POT 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 PO / POT file would not open, and a sample you cannot open tells you nothing. An AI Glot account removes the limit.
Are plural forms handled correctly?
Yes, and this is the part a generic tool gets wrong. The target language decides how many plural forms exist, and the Plural-Forms header is written to match.
What about a POT template?
A .pot has empty msgstr entries by definition. Upload it and you get a .po with them filled in.
Does it respect fuzzy entries?
Fuzzy flags are visible as structure. Say in your instruction whether to redo them or leave them, and the plan will confirm which.
Is it safe to upload a PO / POT 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.
Java .properties
Translate a Java resource bundle with keys, escaping, and Unicode sequences handled correctly from end to end.
RESX
Translate a .resx resource file with data names, metadata, and the XML schema returned untouched.
XLIFF / XLF
Translate localization units at scale with product terminology and file-specific instructions applied consistently.