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Multilingual Excel Translation & Rainbow

Multilingual Excel spreadsheets (with columns for English, Japanese, Chinese, etc.) are widely used in game localization and enterprise documentation.

Using Okapi Rainbow (the GUI utility of Okapi Framework), you can extract standard bilingual XLIFF files from complex multilingual Excel sheets, translate them rapidly in SheepWeave, and cleanly merge translations back into the original Excel workbook.

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Why Use Rainbow?

• Precise Column Mapping: Explicitly maps source, target, and comment columns.
• Standard XLIFF Generation: Creates standard .xlf files fully compatible with SheepWeave.
• Flawless Formatting Preservation: Merges translated text back into the original workbook without breaking styles, formulas, or cell layouts.

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End-to-End Workflow

1. Extract with Rainbow: Convert Multilingual Excel ➔ Bilingual XLIFF (.xlf).
2. Translate in SheepWeave: Place .xlf in Working/02_SOURCE, initialize, and translate with full CAT + AI power.
3. Merge with Rainbow: In Rainbow, run Utilities ➔ Post-Processing to merge the completed XLIFF back into the master multilingual Excel file.

Getting Okapi Rainbow

Okapi Rainbow is free and open-source, available for download at the Okapi Framework Official Website.