What file formats does Redokun support?

Redokun supports the following file formats:

Adobe InDesign (*.idml)
Adobe Illustrator (*.ai, *.eps, *.svg) – using our Illustrator script. Read more in this blog post
Microsoft Word (*.docx) ¹
Microsoft PowerPoint (*.pptx) ^{1, 2}
Microsoft Excel (*.xlsx) ^{1, 3}
HTML 5 (*.html)
Subtitles (*.srt)
Plain text (UTF-8 *.txt)
XLIFF 1.2 (*.xliff, *.xlf) ³– (Articulate Rise 360, Articulate Storyline 360, Generic XLIFF)
XML (*.xml) – (Adobe Captivate)
JSON (*.json) ^{3, 4}
PDF (*.pdf) - visit this user guide

¹ Files saved with Microsoft Office 2019 (Windows), Microsoft Office 2016 (Mac), or greater.

² Text on master slides is not extracted.

³ Supports HTML inside the file (read more below).

⁴ Redokun fully supports XLIFF files generated by Articulate Rise 360 and Articulate Storyline 360. However, we cannot guarantee compatibility with other customized XLIFF formats, as variations in structure and extensions may affect functionality.

⚠️ Get in touch with us if you don't see the file format you need to translate. This list is non-exhaustive as we are constantly working on adding support for new file types.

Support for HTML inside files

This feature allows the content of your uploaded files to be processed as HTML, making it particularly useful for handling structured content and formatting. When enabled, Redokun preserves the internal structure of the file, extracting only the translatable text while maintaining the underlying code intact.

This option is available for JSON, XLSX, and XLIFF files, making it especially valuable for processing text exported from Content Management Systems (CMSs) and other tools that manage structured data.

To activate this feature check the "Treat content as HTML" option when uploading a file.

Additional notes and Known limitations

Powerpoint (PPTX)

Redokun also imports slide notes but it does not import hidden slides.

InDesign (IDML)

Redokun imports all content inside the spreads from all layers. If your file contains more layers in more languages, read this guide.
Redokun does not support the translation of endnotes in InDesign files. When a file containing these elements is uploaded, the text within the endnotes will remain untranslated.
If you want to set up the perfect translation workflow when working with Adobe InDesign files, check out our ebook: Make InDesign file translation simple and fast.

XLIFF

Special import settings are available for XLIFF files exported from Articulate Rise 360 and Articulate Storyline 360.
XLIFF files created with other platforms (eg. Intellum Evolve) work out of the box using the generic settings.