---
name: "apertium-transfer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "apertium"
version: "3.9.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apertium-transfer"
---

# apertium-transfer(1)

language transfer program for Apertium

## NAME

**apertium-transfer** – language transfer program for Apertium

## SYNOPSIS

**apertium-transfer** \[**-n** *trules* *preproc* *biltrans* \[*input* \[*output*\]\]\]

**apertium-transfer** *trules* *preproc* \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

**apertium-transfer** **-x** *extended* *trules* *preproc* *biltrans* \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

**apertium-transfer** **-c** *trules* *preproc* *biltrans* \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

**apertium-transfer** **-t** *trules* *preproc* *biltrans* \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**apertium-transfer** is the program that performs the transfer from input language into output language. Normally this program will not be used independently, but in combination with other programs.

## FILES

These are the five files that can be used with this command:

- *trules*

  Transfer rules file

- *preproc*

  Result of preprocess trules file

- *biltrans*

  Bilingual letter transducer file

- *infile*

  Input file (stdin by default).

- *outfile*

  Output file (stdout by default).

## OPTIONS

- **-n**

  Do not use a bilingual dictionary to process the input.

- **-x** *bindix*

  extended mode with user dictionary

- **-c**

  case-sensitiveness while accessing bilingual dictionary

- **-t**

  trace mode: show rule numbers and matched content

- **-T**

  extended trace mode, for use with apertium-transfer-tools

- **-z**

  null-flushing output on

## SEE ALSO

[apertium(1)](/apertium/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005, 2006 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of *the* *GNU* *General* *Public* *License:* **https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html**.

## BUGS

Many... lurking in the dark and waiting for you!