Making a change with Pootle
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 … Read more
Articles in “Tools”
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
Stay on top of localization with Pontoon notifications
With over 30 projects available for localization in Pontoon, hardly any day goes by without an important update in at least one project. Until recently, you had to manually check … Read more
Localizing Nightly by Default
One of our goals for 2017 is to implement a continuous localization system at Mozilla for Firefox and other projects. The idea is to expose new strings to localizers earlier … Read more
Hack on Pontoon with the Google Summer of Code
Mozilla has been kindly invited to participate in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017. For the first time, Pontoon will be part of this great program, which introduces students … Read more
Pontoon dashboard facelift
At the end of last year we ran a user survey and transformed results into Pontoon roadmap for 2017. Since the top-voted feature (in-app notifications) was blocked by the runner-up … Read more
Pontoon Roadmap for 2017q1
At the end of last year we asked Pontoon users to participate in our survey in order to help us make better decisions on their behalf and shape the future … Read more
This is what the power of the open Web looks like
One of the main goals of Pontoon is lowering barriers to entry. Especially for end users (mainly localizers), but also for contributors to the codebase, since many of our localizers … Read more
Triage translations by author in Pontoon
A few months ago we rolled out bulk actions in Pontoon, allowing you to perform various operations on multiple strings at the same time. Today we’re introducing a new string … Read more
MozLondon Localization Sessions
Twice per year, Mozillians from around the world are invited to attend the All Hands work week. All Hands is an opportunity for both paid and volunteer staff from all … Read more
Moving the needle on translation quality
Identifying translation issues is hard Trying to measure translation quality is like asking someone to tell you if a cake they’ve made tastes good. It may taste very good to … Read more