The first month of the new year is over, and the improvements our product team has shipped hint that we are back at full speed. Read more about the new user-inspired improvements to the Localazy platform.
🗳️ New localazy.json configurator 🔗
The localazy.json is the most important file, ensuring that the Localazy CLI can upload and download your localizable files how you want them to.
The CLI can process over 25 file formats and their variants, and there are endless options to structure the file so the CLI adapts to your stack and pipeline. To help you with this setup, we are introducing a "configuration configurator." 😅
See the example below for Android. You can just check the desired features and add the path to your app files to generate a configuration tailored to your Android project. Do you wish to convert your Android XML to iOS .strings? Just check the box. ☑️
🧮 Source key counts on the dashboard 🔗
Your dashboard now provides a clear overview of the source keys used by each project and the sum of your organization against your limit.
Need more source keys? Upgrade your plan now. 🤝
👋 Onboarding guide for new users 🔗
Are you new to Localazy? Learn how to navigate the platform in five simple steps. We plan to add more of these guides where appropriate to help you discover more advanced use cases.
🫧 Review and Translate buttons facelift 🔗
We hope you like the new look of the different language button states.
You can clearly see that Czech is completely done, German is translated but needs a review, and Spanish translation has not started yet.
And if your project shows you that 17% of your source keys are duplicities, try the Duplicity Linking feature to save money and time on translating the same strings repeatedly.
🤩 More Improvements 🔗
- Added menu link to Custom Plurals settings in Console
- Improved parsing of XLIFF and PO files
- Added tooltips with exact time stamps to relative time fields
- Added download buttons to the language list and file detail page
👷♂️ And Fixes 🔗
- File uploads should result in fewer errors
- Searching by key in Screenshots works properly now
- Improved performance of autocomplete fields
- Fixed CDN/OTA billing states for projects with legacy settings
- Fixed legacy subscription plans display in Billing Overview
- Removed text field autofocus in review sessions
- Fixed that translators can't display other source languages if they don't have language permissions for them
- URL translation validator should no longer highlight parts of texts outside of the URL
- Removed the CSV Import/Export from the project menu, which confused new users. The feature is still available in the Console
🥹 In case you missed it 🔗
.xcstrings and .tmx formats support added 🔗
In January, we’ve also rolled out an update that will make your localization efforts even smoother. Localazy supports Xcode String Catalogs (.xcstrings) and Translation Memory eXchange (TMX) formats.
Automated Workflows Articles Series 🔗
Two articles from our Automated Workflows Series have been published, with more coming in the following weeks!
In the following installments, you will learn why and how to hide and show keys based on conditions, delete deprecated keys automatically, and dive deep into various filters you can use in your workflows (with AI!), so stay tuned.
Trends to look out for in 2024 🔗
Constant evolution in the language industry keeps localizers on their toes, especially since the advent of LLMs and MT. Find out the 6 trends that we can expect for the forthcoming year.
Read the article about Six Localization Trends to Look Out For in 2024 by the amazing Michal Kessel Shitrit.
✅ Conclusion 🔗
And that's all for this month! We hope you like the improvements, and we look forward to what our product team plans for the next releases. Remember, your feedback is crucial for further development of Localazy, so please share it with us!
