{"id":1053,"date":"2017-03-13T17:40:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2017-03-13T18:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:48:02","slug":"pontoon_gsoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/2017\/03\/13\/pontoon_gsoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack on Pontoon with the Google Summer of Code"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mozilla has been kindly invited to participate in the Google Summer of Code<\/a> (GSoC) 2017. For the first time, Pontoon<\/a> will be part of this great program, which introduces students to open source software development. Read on if you’re interested in applying.<\/p>\n

You will be paired with a mentor (hi!<\/a>) and spend 3 months hacking on a free and open source translation tool<\/a> from Mozilla. While gaining exposure to real-world software development techniques, you will also earn a stipend<\/a> and have a great time!<\/p>\n

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Pontoon in Esperanto<\/p><\/div>\n

As part of the Pontoon GSoC project<\/a>, we’d like to explore the feasibility of screenshot-based localization process. The idea is this:<\/p>\n

Localizers often lack context when translating strings. Let’s say you need to translate “Bookmark”. Is it a noun or a verb? In many languages translation for the former would be different than for the latter.<\/p>\n

Sure, we can provide context using string comments, but a screenshot showing where in the application the string is used is much more revealing. Besides, application screenshots can be generated automatically, which is not (yet!) true for comments.<\/p>\n

Your task will be to redesign Pontoon translation interface to support:<\/p>\n