Unable to open or analyse .pot files.

Question

Hello, 
 
 I have 2 .pot files, but I am unable to open them either in Power Point nor analyse them in Trados Studio 2019. 
 
 Does anyone know how to deal with this type of files please? It says Studio 2019 supports POT files, but the messages I get are: 
 "Unable to open the input file for translation. Please try to re-save the file in the MS Office application." 
 "The Power Point file is corrupted. Cannot open the file." 
 Do they need preparation by a localisation engineer?

Naoko Jones · Accepted Answer

Hi Magdalena, 
 
Yes exactly what I needed. I can confirm these are from PO template files. You can potentially rename them as .PO and prep in Studio as PO files (file type identifier: PO files v 1.0.0.0). 
 
This line indicates the target language: 
"Language:au
" 
 
Good luck and let me know if there are any issues with prepping. 
 
Thanks, 
Naoko

Naoko Jones · Answer

Hi Magdalena, .pot could also be PO template file, which is a UI file for translation. Can you try opening .pot file in a text editor? Thanks, Naoko

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Unable to open or analyse .pot files.