Introducing source string comments in Pontoon
Published on behalf of April Bowler. When we first shipped the ability to add comments within Pontoon we mentioned that there were some additional features that would be coming, and … Read more
Matjaž Horvat
Bringing terminology support to Pontoon
Terminology is a group of specialized words, compound words or multi-word expressions (terms) relating to a particular field. We’ve recently shipped the ability to store such terms in Pontoon, and … Read more
Introducing comments in Pontoon
We’ve just shipped the ability to add comments in Pontoon. One of the top requested features enables reviewers to give feedback on proposed suggestions, as well as facilitates general discussions … Read more
Using alternative source language in Pontoon
This blog post has been authored in English and translated to Spanish to address Pontoon users who are most impacted by this new feature. Would you like to localize Firefox … Read more
Implementing Fluent in a localization tool
In order to produce natural sounding translations, Fluent syntax supports gender, plurals, conjugations, and virtually any other grammatical category. The syntax is designed to be simple to read, but translators … Read more
Bringing critical information closer to localizers
One of the missions of Pontoon since its inception has been to host critical information needed for localization under one roof. Over the course of the last few months several … Read more
Making unreviewed suggestions discoverable
Last year we introduced a new review process in Pontoon with the ability to explicitly reject suggestions. That allowed us to accurately filter out suggestions in need of a review … Read more
Making it hard to break Firefox from Pontoon
When submitting a translation, Pontoon runs automated quality checks. They identify issues with punctuation, capitalization, variables, etc. before translations are saved, which prevents localizers from submitting bad translations. We just … Read more
Improving consistency of translations and other novelties in Pontoon
Over the last couple of months several improvements landed in Pontoon. Let’s have a look at some of them! Translate across projects Pontoon now allows you to translate strings across … Read more
Making unreviewed suggestions easier to find
Translation review is the vital part of localization. The first step of each review process is to find suggestions that haven’t been reviewed yet. Since this fundamental task can be … Read more
Reuse Mozilla translations in external projects
Translation memory is now available for download in Translation Memory eXchange (TMX) file format for every project you localize in Pontoon. This functionality allows you to reuse Mozilla translations when … Read more
FTL, RTL, Tetris and other Pontoon enhancements
Let’s do a quick walkthrough of several Pontoon improvements that landed over the course of the last month or so. Abiding maximum string length. If string length limit is provided, … Read more