While at Mozilla we want to ensure consistent and high-quality translations, we also want to make sure that contributing is a rewarding and pleasant experience for everyone. Translating in a timely manner is important, however there are other essential things … Continue reading
Almost a couple of years ago I started working on a concept called string tiers. The goal was twofold: on one side help locales, especially those starting from scratch, to prioritize their work on a project as large as Firefox, … Continue reading
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 launched several improvements to the way quality checks work, so … Continue reading
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 all projects in a single translation interface. Select All Projects … Continue reading
We’ve run into a problem with localized Firefox Nightlies in some languages today. We’d like to apologize for that, and also help you getting unstuck. The Nightly builds of Firefox from February 28 in some localizations listed below start with … Continue reading
Firefox 56 for desktop ships in 96 languages, with 5 more only available in the Nightly channel. To give you an idea of what this number represents, while getting the exact list of languages shipping in competitors is really hard, … Continue reading
When we began talking about style guides with localization communities at l10n hackathons, we suggested that the Mozilla Wiki was a good place to temporarily store them, until we could define a more centralized and accessible place for them, and … Continue reading
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 quite tedious in Pontoon, we’re making it better! Problem You … Continue reading
Yesterday we changed the way that you create localized builds on mozilla-central. This works for developers doing regular builds, as well as developers or localizers without a compile environment. Sadly, users of artifact builds are not supported. For language packs, … Continue reading
tl;dr: As of 1 September 2017, Mozilla’s Pootle instance (mozilla.locamotion.org) will be turned off. Between now and then, l10n-drivers will be assisting l10n communities using Pootle in moving all projects over to Pontoon. Pootle’s positive impact in Mozilla’s continued l10n … Continue reading