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+# Qt Linguist
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+Qt Linguist is a translation tool for translators. This version supports XLIFF files generated by Xcode.
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+This project is intended to use Qt Linguist as an XLIFF editor, for translating Xcode localization files on a different platform. Converting between XLIFF (.xliff) and other file formats (.ts, .po, .xlf) is not encouraged, since the data models are not fully compatible.