Free / Open Source translation links

Attesoro An editor for translation and management of Java Resource Bundles. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

bitext2tmx This tool can be used to transform existing translations into a TM in TMX format ("alignment"). Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

Entrans Entrans provides support for the collaborative online translation of PO files. In particular, support is provided for indic languages. Requirements: MySQL, PHP Licence: GPL

File2XLIFF4j This project's intention is to create a set of filters for converting files from/to XLIFF.

ForeignDesk ForeignDesk is a CAT/TM tool, which has been published by LionBridge under an OS licence. Licence: BSD, IBM Public

Frankenstein Java-based translation memory tool. Development seems to have stopped in October 2000. Requirements: Java Licence: ?

G11N Toolkit (Globalization Toolkit) Provides a number of Java classes to support the engineering processes involved in internationalisation and localisations. Part of the package is an XLIFF editor. Requirements: Java, Ant Licence: GPL

Gettext lint tools The gettext lint tools can be used for validating PO and POT files. The tool set also includes a glossary builder and a spellchecker. Licence: GPL

GNU Gettext GNU Gettext offers a number of tools und standards for localisation. In particular, certain conventions for the creation of internationalised programs are described, which have become standard in the oen-source world (i.e. the conventions, not the programs). GNU Gettext also comprises an extension for GNU Emacs to be able to edit PO files. Licence: GPL

gtranslator A PO source file editor for the GNOME Desktop, similar to KBabel. Licence: GPL

IBM Resource Bundle Manager A translation and management program for Java Resource Bundles, which is part of IBM's ICU package (International Components for Unicode). Requirements: Java Licence: ICU4J license

ICU (International Components for Unicode) This project by IBM provides a number of C/C++ and Java libraries for manipulation of Unicode data, string transformations, locale data viewing etc. The locale data is compatible with CLDR. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

ImTranslator A helpful Firefox-Plugin, which provides access to the machine translation engines @Prompt and Babelfish. Requirements: Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.

Irma IRMA (Internationalization Resource Management Application) provides a web interface for translating the Linspire operating system.

Jspy 18 Provides a number of scripts for translating and managing JSP files. Requirements: Python Licence: GPL

KAider A PO file editor based on KBabel.

Kartouche A web-based solution for the localisation of open-source projects. Licence: GPL

KBabel This tool is a popular PO file editor used in open source localisation for the KDE desktop environment. It also provides some (very limited) support for editing XLIFF files. Licence: GPL

Localizer Another Zope product, which provides facilities for building multi-lingual websites, based on the gettext framework. Requirements: Python, Zope Licence: GPL

Okapi Framework The Okapi Framework provides a number of interfaces, API etc. which serve to enhance the interoperability in the field of localisation. You can get both the specifications and implementations for .Net from the website. Part of the framework is, for instance, Olifant, a tool for creating and maintaining TMs. Requirements: MS .Net Licence: LGPL

OmegaT OmegaT is at present the only general translation memory tool released under an open source licence. The program is targeted at professional translators, i.e. not limited to the open-source domain. It can handle OpenOffice.org files, (X)HTML, Java properties and to some degree XML. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

OmegaT+ omegat+ (= OmegaT plus) is a fork from the original OmegaT project, created to include internal spell-checking and other enhancements. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

Open Language Tools This project published by Sun comprises an XLIFF Editor and a set of XLIFF filters for formats such as OpenOffice.org files, (X)HTML, Java properties, DocBook etc. Requirements: Java Licence: CDDL

Open Translation Engine Develops language translation and dictionary tools. At present, there is a Dutch-English dictionary available. Requirements: PHP Licence: BSD License

OpenLingua This projects intends to create a collection of multi-lingual dictionaries, which will be provided for free.

OpenLogos As far as I know, OpenLogos is the only open-source machine translation system currently available. It currently supports the European languages English, FIGS and Portuguese. Requirements: PostgreSQL Licence: GPL / commercia

OpenTM This prjects intends to create an open-source translation memory tool. Unfortunately, it seems to be dead at the moment. The feature list looks impressive, though. Requirements: ? Licence: ?

OpenTrad OpenTrad is a machine translation project for the four Spanish languages. It is based on two technologies called Apertium and Matxin. Licence: GPL

poEdit Yet another PO file editor for gettext catalogs. Requirements: wxWidgets toolkit Licence: MIT Licenc

Polyglota Another tool for localising PO file, this time web-based. The project hasn't released any code, yet. Requirements: MySQL, PHP Licence: GPL

Pootle Pootle is a tool for simplifying the collaborative translation of free and open source software. It provides an online portal which can be used for organising the team, for translating online and for the shared use ofr resources, such as translation memories. Licence: GPL

ResBundleEdit An editor for Java Resource Bundles. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

Rosetta Translation Portal A web-based framework for translating open-source applications.

t7e Provides a translation management system for maintaining multilingual websites. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

Tickle Dict A dictionary look-up tool with access to 48 different dictionaries and resources. Requirements: TCL/TK Licence: GPL

TMOSS.org A project wiki to create an open-source TM tool. Maintained by folt.org.

TMXResourceBundle The TMXResourceBundle is an extension of the Java resource bundle. Developers can read in screen texts directly from a TMX file. Requirements: Java Licence: LGPL

TMXValidator This program can be used to validate TMX files. It provides you with detailed error messages, which can be used to eliminate any problems with the file. Requirements: Java Licence: Eclipse Public

TransDict This project aims to provide a web-based localisation framework, written in Perl. Requirements: Perl Licence: GPL

Translate Toolkit This tool set provides a number of scripts and filters for converting different formats. Requirements: Python Licence: GPL

Transolution Formerly known as EvilTrans, this project is building an XLIFF editor and development has been very intensive. The editor provides a nice, clean view of XLIFF and stays very close to the format. Requirements: Python Licence: GPL

TransProCalc A financial tool for calculating project data for translation projects and generating relevant reports. Licence: GPL

TuMatXa This program provide web-based translation memory management, using the Zope web application server. Requirements: Python, Zope Licence: GPL

Webabel Another web-based translation solution for PO files. Requirements: PHP, MySQL Licence: GPL

XLIFF Tools This project is intended to enhance XLIFF support in open source localisation and is maintained by Asgeir Frimansson. Filters for PO from/to XLIFF are provided, as well as a detailed representation guide for PO. Requirements: Java Licence: (L)GPL

xliffRoundTrip Tool This utility converts any XML file to XLIFF and vice versa. Requirements: Java Licence: GPL

]project-open[ This application is an open-source based project management software that includes ]project-translation[ to support the translation workflow. Not all modules are free. Requirements: Tcl Licence: GPL