Java properties

Native Java format for translations.

Java properties are usually used as monolingual translations.

Weblate supports ISO-8859-1, UTF-8 and UTF-16 variants of this format. All of them support storing all Unicode characters, it is just differently encoded. In the ISO-8859-1, the Unicode escape sequences are used (for example zkou\u0161ka), all others encode characters directly either in UTF-8 or UTF-16.

Note

Loading escape sequences works in UTF-8 mode as well, so please be careful choosing the correct encoding set to match your application needs.

See also

• Java properties on Wikipedia

• Mozilla and Java properties files

• draggable/i18n lang files

• GWT properties

• Updating target-language files

• Format the Java properties file

• Cleanup translation files

Supported features

File extensions	.properties
Linguality ⓘ	Both monolingual and bilingual
Supports plural ⓘ	No
Supports descriptions ⓘ	Yes
Supports explanation ⓘ	No
Supports context ⓘ	No
Supports location ⓘ	No
Supports flags ⓘ	No
API identifier	properties
Supports read-only strings ⓘ	No

Weblate configuration

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	src/app/Bundle_*.properties
Monolingual base language file	src/app/Bundle.properties
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	Java Properties
File encoding	ISO-8859-1