Supported and Unsupported File Extensions – Bureau Works

This article lists the supported and unsupported file extensions by the BWX platform and alternatives for translating files with unsupported extensions.

⚠️Currently our file size limit is 2 GB.

Supported Extensions

Extension

.csv

.docx

.dotx

.odt

.txt

.htm

.html

.idml

.json

.md

.php

.po

.pptx

.pptm

.potx

.potm

.ppsx

.ppsm

.properties

.srt

.vtt

.strings

.tsv

.xlf

.xliff

.xlsx

.xlsm

.XML

.dita

.ditamap

.yaml

.yml

Unsupported Extensions

Extension	Alternative
.doc .xls .ppt .rtf .pdf	Convert into .docx Convert into .xlsx Convert into .pptx Convert into .txt Convert into .docx or .pptx
.ai	Requires transcription
.cptx	Export into .xml
.gif .jpg .png	Requires transcription
.indd	Convert into .idml
.js	Convert into .json
.mov .mp4	Requires transcription to .srt format (when the goal is to subtitle the video) or to a Word document (when there is no need to subtitle the video)
.mp3 .wav	Requires transcription
.psd	-
.rar .zip	Unzip the files before uploading into BWX
.sdlxliff	Convert into .xliff
.story	Export a .docx from Storyline
.svg	-

Supported Extensions

Unsupported Extensions

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