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title: Importing localizations
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# Importing localizations

Import the files that you translate or adapt for a language and region into your project.

## Overview

Overview After you localize the contents of a catalog, import the localizations back into your project. When you import localizations, Xcode updates the strings files in your project from the localized versions in the XLIFF file in the catalog. Import localizations using Xcode In the Project navigator, select the project, then choose Product > Import Localizations. In the import dialog that appears, select the Xcode Localization Catalog folder, and click Import. Xcode ingests the files and warns you if there are untranslated files. In the sheet that appears, review the warnings and errors. In the left column, click the Issues View button in the toolbar, then select a message that appears below. In the comparison editor on the right, the imported catalog version of the file appears on the left and the current project file appears on the right.

To review all the changes, click the File View button in the toolbar, and select a file in the navigator below. When you’re ready to import the files, click Import. Xcode updates the strings and .stringsdict files from the localized versions in the catalog. Xcode also updates any localizable resources and assets in an asset catalog. Import localizations using commands You can also import the catalog with the xcodebuild command using the -importLocalizations argument: xcodebuild -importLocalizations -project <projectname> -localizationPath <dirpath> Be sure to test your app for the languages and regions in your project.

## See Also

### Translation and adaptation

- [Creating screenshots of your app for localizers](xcode/creating-screenshots-of-your-app-for-localizers.md)
- [Exporting localizations](xcode/exporting-localizations.md)
- [Editing XLIFF and string catalog files](xcode/editing-xliff-and-string-catalog-files.md)
- [Locking views in storyboard and XIB files](xcode/locking-views-in-storyboard-and-xib-files.md)