Describe the job, not the file layout
Describe the job, not the layout. It reads the tree and tells you which branches it will touch.
Instructions for this batchOptional
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Free AI-powered YAML translator
Drop your YAML 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 YAML file here
Up to 2 MB, five files a day. Nothing to install, no account.
What you get when you bring the whole job
Approved terms across every locale file
A glossary keeps the same English word becoming the same French word, this file and the next.
French glossaryApplied
checkoutpaiementnot caisse
seatlicencenot siège
ticketdemandenot billet
Same choice in every file128 terms
Two speeds, chosen per file
Lite for a large config-adjacent catalogue, Standard for user-facing flows. 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
Indentation depth, key order, anchors, and comments are preserved. Only the leaf values change, which is what makes the result safe to commit.
YAMLEN → French
en:
# Shown on the product page
cart:
add: "Add to cart"Ajouter au panier"
count: "You have %{count} items"Vous avez %{count} articles"
free_shipping: "Free shipping over $50"Livraison offerte dès 50 $"
Structure read · values written
How a YAML 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.
en.ymlcontent.yamlcomponents.yml
512 values ready for translation204 values ready for translation870 values 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.
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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
en_localized.yml
10,173 credits · 1m 04s
What people bring us YAML files for
Four jobs that come up again and again. Each one is a single upload and a single sentence.
Rails locale files
The whole en.yml into new locales, with pluralisation keys and anchors preserved.
A static site's content or config
Front matter and content values translated while keys, ordering and comments survive.
Kubernetes or CI descriptions people read
Descriptions and labels translated, identifiers and paths left alone because they are not copy.
A design or component catalogue
Names and help text across a large nested tree, in one pass rather than one per section.
Questions about translating YAML files
What is the best tool to translate a YAML file?
AI Glot. It reads YAML 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 YAML 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 YAML file with its structure untouched, so it drops straight back where it came from.
Can I translate a YAML 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 YAML 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 YAML file would not open, and a sample you cannot open tells you nothing. An AI Glot account removes the limit.
Are my comments kept?
Yes. Comments are preserved with the keys they sit above, which matters because they are usually the note explaining what a string is for.
Does it handle Rails-style interpolation?
Yes. %{name} is read as a placeholder, as are the other common conventions.
Can it translate a multi-line block scalar?
Yes. The block marker and its indentation are structure; the prose inside is translated.
Is it safe to upload a YAML 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.
JSON
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Java .properties
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PO / POT
Translate a gettext catalog with message IDs, contexts, and plural forms handled as the structure they are.