--- title: Using AI and Cursor to localize Xcode String Catalogs description: Xcode String Catalogs simplify localization but make adding new languages trickier than the old .strings approach since all languages share a single XML file.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/using-ai-and-cursor-to-localize-xcode-string-catalogs-h1nl4ccm6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using AI and Cursor to localize Xcode String Catalogs | daily.dev og:description: Xcode String Catalogs simplify localization but make adding new languages trickier than the old .strings approach since all languages share a single XML file.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-ai-and-cursor-to-localize-xcode-string-catalogs-h1nl4ccm6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H1nL4CCm6.png og:image:alt: Using AI and Cursor to localize Xcode String Catalogs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using AI and Cursor to localize Xcode String Catalogs **[Daniel Saidi](https://daily.dev/sources/danielsaidi)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Xcode String Catalogs simplify localization but make adding new languages trickier than the old .strings approach since all languages share a single XML file. A practical workflow involves exporting individual language files as .xcloc packages containing .xliff files, using Cursor (AI coding assistant) to translate the XLIFF body tags by prompting it to add target tags with translated content, then importing the translated .xcloc files back into Xcode. The post includes a specific Cursor prompt for the translation step and notes that while this approach works, a human translator will produce better quality results. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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