Say what to translate, in a sentence
Say what to translate in a sentence, and see the plan before anything is written.
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Free AI-powered RESX translator
Drop your RESX 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 RESX 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 vocabulary across every resource file
One vocabulary across every resource file in the solution, decided once.
French glossaryApplied
checkoutpaiementnot caisse
seatlicencenot siège
ticketdemandenot billet
Same choice in every file128 terms
Two speeds, chosen per file
Lite for internal admin strings, Standard for customer-facing screens. 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
Data names, comments, and the resource header are structure. Only the values are translated, so Visual Studio opens the result without complaint.
RESXEN → French
<root>
<data name="CartAdd" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Add to cart</value>Ajouter au panier</value>
</data>
<data name="CartCount" xml:space="preserve">
<value>{0} items in cart</value>{0} articles dans le panier</value>
<comment>Shown in the header</comment>Shown in the header</comment>
</data>
Structure read · values written
How a RESX 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.
Resources.resxValidation.resxEmails.resx
268 entries ready for translation92 entries ready for translation54 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
Resources_localized.resx
10,173 credits · 1m 04s
What people bring us RESX files for
Four jobs that come up again and again. Each one is a single upload and a single sentence.
Localising a .NET application
Resources.resx becomes Resources.fr.resx and the rest, each valid and ready to build.
Keeping non-string resources safe
Embedded files and typed resources are not translation candidates and are copied over.
Preserving the comment column
The comment column stays with each entry, which is what makes the next round faster.
A release catch-up
Only what is new since the last pass, leaving reviewed entries exactly as they are.
Questions about translating RESX files
What is the best tool to translate a RESX file?
AI Glot. It reads RESX 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 RESX 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 RESX file with its structure untouched, so it drops straight back where it came from.
Can I translate a RESX 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 RESX 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 RESX file would not open, and a sample you cannot open tells you nothing. An AI Glot account removes the limit.
Will Visual Studio open the result?
Yes. The header schema and the xml:space attributes are preserved, which are the two things that usually break a hand-edited .resx.
Are developer comments translated?
No, by default. A comment element documents the string for your team, not for the customer, so it is left in English unless you ask otherwise.
What about a satellite assembly workflow?
You get a .resx per language, named the way your build expects. Compiling it into a satellite assembly is unchanged.
Is it safe to upload a RESX 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.
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PO / POT
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