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File formats that actually are the regular ZIP archives
27 April 2023
Some file formats are actually the regular ZIP archives
Half of the files we use for translation are actually regular ZIP archives with a modified extension. This means that there is no point in archiving them, because they are already archives. But if you change the extension to ZIP and unzip them, you’ll find some interesting things inside.
Below are some file formats that only pretend to be regular files but are actually ZIP archives.
All Microsoft Office files with an extension ending with X:
- DOCX—Word
- XLSX—Excel
- PPTX—PowerPoint
XLZ is essentially an archived XLIFF or XLF
Trados Studio:
- SDLPPX—incoming package
- SDLRPX—return package
- WSXZ—WorldServer incoming and return package for Trados Studio
memoQ:
- MQXLZ—compressed MQXLIFF
- MQOUT—incoming package
- MQBACK—return package
STAR Transit:
- PPF—Transit NXT incoming package
- TPF—Transit NXT return package
Wordfast:
- GLP—package for translation
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