GLO Converter

Extract text from GLO files

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How to extract text from your GLO file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GLO file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert GLO to another file type

To convert your GLO file to another format, you need SDL Passolo or other Text software.

Convert a file to GLO

To convert other file formats to the "Localization Glossary" file type, you need software like SDL Passolo or a similar tool.

About GLO files

The .GLO extension represents a classic file conflict, primarily serving two distinct industries: software localization and 3D rendering.

Most commonly, a .GLO file is a Translation Glossary generated by tools like SDL Passolo or Adobe RoboHelp. These files store lists of source terms and their translations to ensure consistency across software interfaces. While essential for localization, the format is often tied to specific vendors. Users often have trouble when trying to share these glossaries with clients who don't own the software, or when trying to import them into spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel where encoding issues (like UTF-16 LE) can scramble characters.

Alternatively, in the visual effects world, .GLO files function as global illumination or scenery data for Planetside Terragen or older plugins for 3ds Max. These are binary files that standard text editors cannot read.

Conversion Recommendations:

For Glossaries: Convert to CSV or XLSX for easy editing and viewing in Excel. For professional translation workflows, convert to TBX (TermBase eXchange).
For 3D/Scenery: If the file is 3D-related, convert to OBJ or FBX to ensure compatibility with modern tools like Blender or Unity.

Convert.Guru analyzes your GLO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted TXT, LRV, TOC, TST and PHC files.

FAQ

If you want to convert GLO file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use SDL Passolo or similar software from the "Localization Glossary or 3D Scenery" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to GLO, try SDL Passolo or another comparable tool in the "Localization Glossary or 3D Scenery" category.

The GLO Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our GLO converter.