diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/FormatReadOptions.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/FormatReadOptions.cs
index 2928b06..cb52564 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/FormatReadOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/FormatReadOptions.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions;
 /// <summary>
 /// This class is used to provide options for reading a <see cref="IFormat"/> from a file.
 /// </summary>
-public class FormatReadOptions
+public record FormatReadOptions
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// The target language of the format.
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilder.cs
index f575c11..3cda0fe 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public interface IFormatBuilder<out T> where T : class, IFormat
     /// <returns>
     /// The instance of <see cref="IFormat"/>.
     /// </returns>
-    T Build();
+    T Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null);
     
     /// <summary>
     /// Set the header information. All information will be added to the header and will overwrite
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilderOptions.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilderOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5177b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions/src/IFormatBuilderOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// An interface to add optional options to a format builder to manipulate its behaviour.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IFormatBuilderOptions;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/FormatTest.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/FormatTest.cs
index 3af11d7..cff14ea 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/FormatTest.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/FormatTest.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,69 @@ public void ReadFromFile()
             .Be("Vielen Dank, dass Sie die Umfrage abgeschlossen haben!");
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void CreateBuilderWithDisabledPipeSplittingTest()
+    {
+        var format = CreateAndReadFromFile("translation_de.po",
+            new FormatReadOptions { SourceLanguage = new Language("en-US") });
+
+
+        var poHeader = format.Header as POHeader;
+        poHeader.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+        var poBuilder = new POFormatBuilder();
+        foreach (var unit in format.TranslationUnits)
+        {
+            foreach (var translation in unit.Translations)
+            {
+                poBuilder.Add(unit.Id, translation.Value);
+            }
+        }
+        poBuilder.SetTargetLanguage(format.Header.TargetLanguage);
+        var newFormat = poBuilder.Build(new PoBuilderOptions { SplitContextAndId = false });
+        var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+        newFormat.Write(memoryStream);
+        memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+        var streamReader = new StreamReader(memoryStream);
+        var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
+        result.Should().NotContain("msgctxt ");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ReadWithoutMsgCtxtText()
+    {
+        var format = CreateAndReadFromFile("test.po",
+            new FormatReadOptions { SourceLanguage = new Language("en-US") });
+
+        var poHeader = format.Header as POHeader;
+        poHeader.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+        format.TranslationUnits.Count.Should().Be(2);
+        format.Header.TargetLanguage.Should().Be(new Language("de-DE"));
+
+        const string id = "testid2";
+
+        format.TranslationUnits.GetTranslationUnit(id).Translations.GetTranslation(new Language("de-DE")).Value.Should()
+            .Be("deutscher testid2 Text");
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ReadAndWriteWithoutMsgCtxtText()
+    {
+        var format = await CreateAndReadFromFileAsync("test.po",
+            new FormatReadOptions { SourceLanguage = new Language("en-US") });
+
+        var outStream = new MemoryStream();
+        await format.WriteAsync(outStream);
+        await outStream.FlushAsync();
+        outStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+        var reader = new StreamReader(outStream);
+        var result = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
+        result.Should().NotBeEmpty();
+        result.Should().NotContain("msgctxt ");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task ReadAndWriteAsync()
     {
@@ -66,7 +129,7 @@ public async Task ReadAndWriteAsync()
         //fs.MustBeEqualTo(ms);
         File.Delete($"{temp}normalized_translation_de.po");
     }
-    
+
     [Fact]
     public void ReadAndWrite()
     {
@@ -105,7 +168,7 @@ public void WriteFormatLeavesStreamOpen()
         memoryStream.CanRead.Should().BeTrue();
         memoryStream.CanWrite.Should().BeTrue();
     }
-    
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task WriteFormatLeavesStreamOpenAsync()
     {
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/_TestFiles_/test.po b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/_TestFiles_/test.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..869900a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO/tests/_TestFiles_/test.po
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Language: de-DE\n"
+
+msgid "testid1"
+msgstr "deutscher testid1 Text"
+
+msgid "testid2"
+msgstr "deutscher testid2 Text"
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/AshLang/AshLangFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/AshLang/AshLangFormatBuilder.cs
index 59add0d..7667350 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/AshLang/AshLangFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/AshLang/AshLangFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class AshLangFormatBuilder : IFormatBuilderWithSourceAndTarget<AshLangFor
     private Dictionary<string, string> _information = new();
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public AshLangFormat Build()
+    public AshLangFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage));
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/CSV/CsvFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/CSV/CsvFormatBuilder.cs
index 670cdd4..45bd43e 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/CSV/CsvFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/CSV/CsvFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public sealed class CsvFormatBuilder : IFormatBuilderWithSourceAndTarget<CsvForm
     private Dictionary<string, string> CustomHeaderInformation { get; set; } = new();
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public CsvFormat Build()
+    public CsvFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage.Value);
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/DependencyInjection.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/DependencyInjection.cs
index 69e3556..6cc5ce9 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/DependencyInjection.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/DependencyInjection.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Json;
 using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.NLang;
 using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO;
+using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.QT;
 using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.ResX;
 using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.TsProj;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -34,13 +35,14 @@ public static IServiceCollection RegisterFormats(this IServiceCollection service
         services.AddSingleton<IFormatFactory, DefaultFormatFactory>();
         services
             .AddAshLangFormatFeatures()
+            .AddCsvFormat()
             .AddGengoFormatFeatures()
             .AddJavaPropertiesFormatFeatures()
             .AddJsonFormatFeatures()
             .AddNLangFormatFeatures()
             .AddPOFormatFeatures()
+            .AddQtFormat()
             .AddResXFormatFeatures()
-            .AddCsvFormat()
             .AddTsProjFormatFeatures();
         
         return services;
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Gengo/GengoFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Gengo/GengoFormatBuilder.cs
index b4553df..fd2013b 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Gengo/GengoFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Gengo/GengoFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public void Add(string id, string source, string target)
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public GengoFormat Build()
+    public GengoFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_sourceLanguage?.Value, nameof(_sourceLanguage));
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage?.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage));
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/JavaProperties/JavaPropertiesFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/JavaProperties/JavaPropertiesFormatBuilder.cs
index 1f5d9c3..2e849aa 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/JavaProperties/JavaPropertiesFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/JavaProperties/JavaPropertiesFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class JavaPropertiesFormatBuilder : IFormatBuilderWithTarget<JavaProperti
     private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _translations = new();
     
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public JavaPropertiesFormat Build()
+    public JavaPropertiesFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage.Value);
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormat.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormat.cs
index 2983b56..9cd2743 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormat.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormat.cs
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ public async Task WriteAsync(Stream stream)
         var root = new JsonObject();
         CreateJsonObjects(root); // Create JSON objects from TranslationUnits
 
-        var options = new JsonSerializerOptions // Create JSON serializer options
+        var serializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions // Create JSON serializer options
         {
             WriteIndented = true,
             Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping
         };
 
-        await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, root, options);
+        await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, root, serializerOptions);
         await stream.FlushAsync();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormatBuilder.cs
index b6e4e85..1fc652f 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/Json/JsonFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public void Add(string id, string target)
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public JsonFormat Build()
+    public JsonFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage?.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage));
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/NLang/NLangFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/NLang/NLangFormatBuilder.cs
index 35a176f..2fef4ed 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/NLang/NLangFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/NLang/NLangFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public void Add(string id, string target)
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public NLangFormat Build()
+    public NLangFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage?.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage));
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/MessageString.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/MessageString.cs
index a2e9346..7ab9177 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/MessageString.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/MessageString.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ public class MessageString : ITranslation
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides the id for the ITranslation interface.
     /// </summary>
-    public string Id => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(MsgCtxt) ? $"{MsgCtxt}{POConstants.Divider}{MsgId}" : MsgId;
-    
+    public string Id => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(MsgCtxt)
+        ? $"{MsgCtxt}{POConstants.Divider}{MsgId}"
+        : MsgId;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides the comment for the ITranslation interface.
     /// </summary>
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ public class MessageString : ITranslation
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public Language Language { get; set; }
-    
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Message string of the po format.
     /// </summary>
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ public string Value
     /// <param name="language"></param>
     /// <param name="comments"></param>
     /// <param name="msgCtxt"></param>
+    /// <param name="pipeSplitting"></param>
     public MessageString(string id, string value, Language language, IList<string> comments, string msgCtxt = "")
     {
         MsgId = id;
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ public virtual async Task WriteAsync(TextWriter writer)
                 await writer.WriteLineAsync($"{Escape(comment)}");
             }
         }
+
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(MsgCtxt))
             await writer.WriteLineAsync($"{POConstants.TypeMsgCtxt}\"{Escape(MsgCtxt)}\"");
         await writer.WriteLineAsync($"{POConstants.TypeMsgId}\"{Escape(MsgId)}\"");
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/POFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/POFormatBuilder.cs
index 61a6df1..b0f6d63 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/POFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/POFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public void Add(string id, string target)
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public POFormat Build()
+    public POFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage?.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage));
 
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ public POFormat Build()
             }
         };
 
+        var builderOptions = options as PoBuilderOptions ?? new PoBuilderOptions();
         foreach (var translation in _translations)
         {
             var translationUnit = new TranslationUnit(translation.Key);
             var index = translation.Key.IndexOf(POConstants.Divider, StringComparison.InvariantCulture);
-            if (index > 0) // if divider exists, then a message context is used
+            if (builderOptions.SplitContextAndId && index > 0) // if divider exists, then a message context is used
             {
                 var ctxt = translation.Key[..index];
                 var msgId = translation.Key[(index + POConstants.Divider.Length)..];
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/PoBuilderOptions.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/PoBuilderOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f75a2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/PO/PoBuilderOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats.PO;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// IFormatBuilderOptions for POFormat
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record PoBuilderOptions : IFormatBuilderOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Disables splitting of the id into msgctxt and msgid if a pipe separator is detected.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool SplitContextAndId { get; init; } = true;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/QT/QTFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/QT/QTFormatBuilder.cs
index 4fbcb3f..f702228 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/QT/QTFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/QT/QTFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class QtFormatBuilder : IFormatBuilderWithTarget<QtFormat>
     private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _translations = new();
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public QtFormat Build()
+    public QtFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage.Value);
         
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/ResX/ResXFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/ResX/ResXFormatBuilder.cs
index 343fd7a..a498b2d 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/ResX/ResXFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/ResX/ResXFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class ResXFormatBuilder : IFormatBuilderWithTarget<ResXFormat>
     private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _translations = new();
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public ResXFormat Build()
+    public ResXFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage?.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage));
 
diff --git a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/TsProj/TsProjFormatBuilder.cs b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/TsProj/TsProjFormatBuilder.cs
index c8ee2f6..8cc0664 100644
--- a/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/TsProj/TsProjFormatBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Ashampoo.Translation.Systems.Formats/src/TsProj/TsProjFormatBuilder.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public void Add(string id, string source, string target)
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public TsProjFormat Build()
+    public TsProjFormat Build(IFormatBuilderOptions? options = null)
     {
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_sourceLanguage?.Value, nameof(_sourceLanguage)); // sourceLanguage is required
         Guard.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace(_targetLanguage?.Value, nameof(_targetLanguage)); // targetLanguage is required