LNG Converter

Extract text from LNG files

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How to extract text from your LNG file

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

Convert LNG to another file type

To convert your LNG file to another format, you need WinRAR or other Developer software.

Convert a file to LNG

To convert other file formats to the "Localization Resource File" file type, you need software like WinRAR or a similar tool.

About LNG files

The .lng file extension serves as a generic container for Application Localization Data, used by software developers to store interface text for different languages. It allows programs like WinRAR, uTorrent, and Winamp to switch interface languages dynamically without recompiling the core executable.

Because .lng is not a standardized format, users face significant friction when trying to open or edit them. A .lng file from one application is rarely compatible with another. While some are simple plain text or XML files readable in Notepad, others are actually renamed ZIP archives (common in uTorrent language packs) or compiled binary data (used by Adobe Acrobat and automotive systems like Mazda Connect). Opening a binary .lng file in a text editor typically results in garbled, unreadable characters. To successfully translate or edit these files, you must identify the underlying structure.

Recommended Conversion Targets:

For Editing & Translation: Convert text-based LNG files to TXT, CSV, or XML. This allows you to manage translation strings in spreadsheet software or CAT tools.
For Archives: If the file is a compressed package (like uTorrent's), converting or renaming to ZIP allows you to extract the internal assets.
For Viewing: Convert to PDF to create a non-editable reference document of the language strings.

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

Users also converted CTL, TXT, SAV, PAK, DOWNLOAD, XML, SDOCX, PDF, PDX, U3D, CNG and LPG files.

FAQ

If you want to convert LNG file to CNG, LPG, DLL, SO, DYLIB, BUNDLE, PLUGIN, XPI, CRX, SAFARIEXTZ, APPEX or KEXT, you can use WinRAR or similar software from the "Application Localization Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert LV2, DYLIB, VST, AAX, DRV, TDE, LADSPA, BUNDLE, AU, DLL, RTAS or SO files to LNG, try WinRAR or another comparable tool in the "Application Localization Storage" category.

The LNG 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 LNG converter.