<s>
The	O
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
is	O
a	O
localization	B-General_Concept
and	O
translation	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
localization	B-General_Concept
file	O
formats	O
and	O
files	O
that	O
might	O
need	O
localization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
also	O
provides	O
an	O
API	O
on	O
which	O
to	O
develop	O
other	O
localization	B-General_Concept
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Translate.org.za	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
maintained	O
by	O
Translate.org.za	O
and	O
community	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
uses	O
Enchant	B-Application
as	O
spellchecker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translate.org.za	O
had	O
focused	O
on	O
translating	O
KDE	O
which	O
used	O
Gettext	B-Application
PO	O
files	O
for	O
localization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
an	O
internal	O
change	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
end-user	O
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
OSS	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
organisation	O
decided	O
to	O
localize	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Suite	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
required	O
using	O
new	O
tools	O
and	O
new	O
formats	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
as	O
rich	O
as	O
Gettext	B-Application
PO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
mozpotools	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
convert	O
the	O
Mozilla	O
DTD	O
and	O
.properties	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
Gettext	B-Application
PO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Translate.org.za	O
began	O
translating	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
it	O
was	O
only	O
natural	O
that	O
the	O
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
would	O
be	O
adapted	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
internal	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translating	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
using	O
PO	O
files	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
default	O
translation	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
funded	O
development	O
has	O
added	O
other	O
features	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
convert	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
to	O
XLIFF	O
and	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
placeholders	O
(	O
Variables	O
,	O
acronyms	O
,	O
terminology	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
the	O
benefit	O
that	O
it	O
stops	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
localization	B-General_Concept
formats	O
and	O
allows	O
localizers	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
one	O
good	O
localization	B-General_Concept
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Secondly	O
,	O
to	O
build	O
tools	O
that	O
allow	O
localizers	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
general	O
quality	O
of	O
their	O
localization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lastly	O
,	O
the	O
toolkit	O
provides	O
a	O
powerful	O
localisation	O
API	O
that	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
on	O
which	O
to	O
build	O
other	O
localization	B-General_Concept
related	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
there	O
are	O
and	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
indirect	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
API	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
providing	O
translation	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
lookup	O
(	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
to	O
incorporate	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
