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msgpre - pretranslate a message catalog

msgpre [OPTION...]

Pretranslates a translation catalog.

Warning: The pretranslations might not be what you expect. They might be of the wrong form, be of poor quality, or reflect some biases.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

input PO file
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

write output to specified file

The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

Keep fuzzy messages unmodified. Pretranslate only untranslated messages.

Specifies the type of LLM. The default and only valid value is 'ollama'.
Specifies the URL of the server that runs the LLM.
Specifies the model to use.
Specifies the prompt to use before standard input.
Specifies a command to post-process the output.

input file is in Java .properties syntax
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

use colors and other text attributes always
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
specify CSS style rule file for --color
write PO file even if empty
indented output style
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
strict Uniforum output style
write out a Java .properties file
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
set output page width
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
generate sorted output
sort output by file location

display this help and exit
output version information and exit
suppress progress indicators

Written by Bruno Haible.

Report bugs in the bug tracker at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2001-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

The full documentation for msgpre is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgpre programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info msgpre

should give you access to the complete manual.

January 2026 GNU gettext-tools 1.0