Extract text from LTF files
To convert your LTF file to another format, you need Football Manager or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Language Translation File" file type, you need software like Football Manager or a similar tool.
A .ltf file is most often a Language Text File used by Football Manager (FM) to store game translation data. These files contain thousands of text strings (e.g., player interactions, news items) that users modify to customize the game's language or create fan translations. While technically plain text, they often lack a standard extension like TXT, confusing operating systems and preventing easy access. Opening them in standard word processors can also cause encoding issues, corrupting special characters if not saved strictly as UTF-8.
Alternatively, an .ltf file may be a PCB Layout Technology File used by Sprint-Layout or LayoutEditor. In this context, the file stores layer definitions and manufacturing settings rather than the geometric design itself. Users often struggle to convert these proprietary settings into universally readable formats.
For Football Manager files, the best conversion strategy is renaming the extension to TXT or XML for editing in a code editor like Notepad++, then saving back as .LTF for game use. For PCB files, the goal is typically exporting the board design to .Gerber or DXF for manufacturing, which requires the original software to interpret the technology definitions first.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LTF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert LTF file to ESG, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11 or OMP, you can use Football Manager or similar software from the "Game Language Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to LTF, try Football Manager or another comparable tool in the "Game Language Configuration" category.
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 LTF converter.