CSV example for translation service in Google Play Console

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I built my first mobile game using Unity and localized it for a few known languages using localization tool created by my own. However, I decided to have a bit more languages and wanted to translate app using Google Play Console Translation Service. Unfortunately, I stuck with CSV file.

Does anyone have an example of CSV file that tool is asking for please? Or maybe any other solution?

Upload your strings.xml file to upload your user interface text if you use Android Studio for development. Upload a CSV file if you use any other tool for development. A CSV file must be encoded in UTF-8 format, and have string IDs and text to translate columns without a header row.

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The following XML file worked for me. If the XML is invalid, they'll inform you right away when you upload it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

        <string-array name="inventory">
                <item>Rewind</item>
                <item>Switch</item>
                <item>Mirage Filter</item>
                <item>Holy Grenade</item>
        </string-array>

        <string name="app_name">Gravity</string>

        <string name="rewind_desc">Got trapped in the space-time continuum? Rewind time back to the beginning and start over</string>

</resources>

FYI: resources/string-resource

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I haven't heard back from translators yet, but by trial and error, this file format was at least accepted by the UI:

  • UTF-8
  • Comma as separator
  • No header row
  • Column1 stringID
  • Column2 OriginalText
  • No extra columns*
  • Fields quoted with double quotes

Like this:

arno@brick ~ $ cat polsk.csv 
"Adminlagre","Adminlagre"
"AlleVerktøy","Alle verktøy"
"BortkomneVerktøy","- Bortkomne verktøy -"
"GarantienUtløpDen","Garantien utløp %0"
"ReservasjonerSenere","Reservasjoner senere"
"SkjulteVerktøy","- Skjulte verktøy -"
"ukjentleverandør","(ukjent leverandør)"

*It seems uploading a csv with 3 columns is accepted too (unsure what that results in), but 4 columns didn't work…

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