---
name: "deepin-desktop-ts-convert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "deepin-gettext-tools"
version: "1.0.11-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/deepin-desktop-ts-convert"
---

# deepin-desktop-ts-convert(1)

convert between .desktop file and .ts file to ease translation

## NAME

deepin-desktop-ts-convert - convert between .desktop file and .ts file to ease translation

## SYNOPSIS

**deepin-desktop-ts-convert init** *desktopFile outputTsDir*\
 **deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts** *desktopFile outputTsDir*\
 **deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop** *desktopFile tsDir outputDesktopFile*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **deepin-desktop-ts-convert** command as provided by **deepin-gettext-tools** package.

**deepin-desktop-ts-convert** is a utility that helps developers convert translatable strings in desktop files into ts files to ease translation work. Translated strings in ts files can be merged back to original desktop file too with the help of this utility.

Such workflow is adopted by most Deepin software.

## USAGE

To initialise conversion, use *deepin-desktop-ts-convert init* subcommand. In which case source ts file will be put into *outputTsDir/desktop.ts* and translation ts files should be named as *outputTsDir/desktop\_\<lang\>.ts*.

```
deepin-desktop-ts-convert init desktopFile outputTsDir
```

To update ts files from a new version of desktop file, use *deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts* subcommand. The updated ts file given as outputTsDir/desktop.ts file.

```
deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts desktopFile outputTsDir
```

To generate translated desktop files, use *deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop* subcommand.

```
deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop desktopFile tsDir outputDesktopFile
```

## SEE ALSO

[**deepin-update-pot**(1)](/deepin-update-pot/1.md), [**deepin-generate-mo**(1)](/deepin-generate-mo/1.md), [**deepin-policy-ts-convert**(1)](/deepin-policy-ts-convert/1.md).

The programs are further documented in the *README.md* as provided with this debian package under */usr/share/doc/deepin-gettext-tools/* directory.

## AUTHOR

**deepin-gettext-tools** is written by Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.

This manual page was written by Boyuan Yang ⟨073plan@\\:gmail.com⟩ for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).