---
name: "xliff2oo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "translate-toolkit"
version: "3.15.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xliff2oo"
---

# xliff2oo(1)

Convert XLIFF localization files to an OpenOffice.org (SDF) localization file.

## NAME

xliff2oo -  Convert XLIFF localization files to an OpenOffice.org (SDF) localization file.

## SYNOPSIS

**xliff2oo** \[**--version**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**--manpage**\] \[**--progress** *PROGRESS*\] \[**--errorlevel** *ERRORLEVEL*\] \[**-i**\|**--input**\] *INPUT* \[**-x**\|**--exclude** *EXCLUDE*\] \[**-o**\|**--output**\] *OUTPUT* \[**-t**\|**--template** *TEMPLATE*\] \[**-S**\|**--timestamp**\] \[**-l**\|**--language** *LANG*\] \[**--source-language** *LANG*\] \[**-T**\|**--keeptimestamp**\] \[**--nonrecursiveoutput**\] \[**--nonrecursivetemplate**\] \[**--skipsource**\] \[**--filteraction** *ACTION*\] \[**--fuzzy**\] \[**--nofuzzy**\] \[**--multifile** *MULTIFILESTYLE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

See: http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/oo2po.html for examples and usage instructions.

## OPTIONS

- \--version

  show program's version number and exit

- \-h/--help

  show this help message and exit

- \--manpage

  output a manpage based on the help

- \--progress

  show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose

- \--errorlevel

  show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback

- \-i/--input

  read from INPUT in po, pot, xlf, xliff formats

- \-x/--exclude

  exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths

- \-o/--output

  write to OUTPUT in oo, sdf formats

- \-t/--template

  read from TEMPLATE in oo, sdf formats

- \-S/--timestamp

  skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp

- \-l/--language

  set target language code (e.g. af-ZA) \[required\]

- \--source-language

  set source language code (default en-US)

- \-T/--keeptimestamp

  don't change the timestamps of the strings

- \--nonrecursiveoutput

  don't treat the output oo as a recursive store

- \--nonrecursivetemplate

  don't treat the template oo as a recursive store

- \--skipsource

  don't output the source language, but fallback to it where needed

- \--filteraction

  action on pofilter failure: none (default), warn, exclude-serious, exclude-all

- \--fuzzy

  use translations marked fuzzy

- \--nofuzzy

  don't use translations marked fuzzy (default)

- \--multifile

  how to split po/pot files (single, toplevel or onefile)