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Achieving Up to 75% of Translations Ready for Publication with AI – Polhus Localization with Crowdin
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Polhus, used Crowdin’s AI and DatoCMS integration to localize their website. 75% of translations were AI-generated and ready for publication, saving $80,000 and hours of work. With AI and human review, they achieved high-quality translations for 1.6 million words in 7 languages. Curious about how they did it? Read the full story in the post.

AI Translation: No Quality Loss. Polhus Content Localization
What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: November 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: November 2024
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In November 2024 our team closed 246 tasks from the task manager and completed 398 deployments. This month, we’ve rolled out several new features and improvements aimed at making your work at Crowdin better. You can now tag and manage strings meta information directly from the Screenshots tab, get AI-suggested metadata in the Simple Term Extractor app, and use Backtranslation app to check translation accuracy even when you don't speak the target language. We’ve also introduced an automated screenshot capturing for Web and Mobile, better AI proofreading, enhanced LQA annotations in the LQA app, and more. Let’s explore these updates in detail.

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Localize Designs in Figma: A Complete Guide to Using the Crowdin Plugin for Design-Stage Localization
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As we've already discussed in our previous post, localizing at the design stage is crucial for companies working for a global audience. In many industries like SaaS, e-commerce, and mobile app development, products frequently need updates. Design-stage localization helps prevent design issues caused by varying text lengths and different language structures. With Crowdin for Figma, automated synchronization between the designers, developers and translators means faster time to market, as well as fewer bugs. Teams can ensure that translations are accurate and fit within the localized design. Want to try it out for yourself? Let's take a look at how everything works. We're not yet diving into the technical details -- you'll find them here. For now, let's give you a high-level overview.

What’s New at Crowdin Localization Software: October 2024 Roundup
What’s New at Crowdin: October 2024
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This month, we’re rolling out some powerful updates. From a revamped Context Harvester CLI with a context quality check to new Crowdin Store apps like Language Fallback Configurator and an AI debugging tool. For complex projects, we’ve introduced cross-review approval for tasks and improved savings visualization. Plus, discover multilingual terminology extraction with AI that continuously refines your glossary across languages as your project is translated. One AI model builds a multilingual glossary, while another uses this glossary to pre-translate. In October alone, our customers used over 10 billion AI tokens (11.6 billion, to be exact) when our team closed 517 tasks from the task manager and deployed 475 times. Enjoy checking out the latest features.

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Design-Stage Localization in Figma. Use Cases and Tools You Need
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Design and development teams working on global products face the challenge of localizing content for different markets while keeping the workflow smooth and efficient. Here's where Crowdin, a Figma translation plugin, comes into play. It empowers designers to work hand-in-hand with translators, smoothly integrating localization into the design and development process – no need to wait until a translator gets back to you. With the ability to send texts for translation directly from Figma and review translations in context, Crowdin for Figma makes localized design faster, more accurate, and less prone to errors.

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Developer Guide: Automated AI Localization
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Lightning fast, continuous localization. Decent quality. Super affordable. All automated with no humans in the loop. This guide shows you how to build a multilingual product on autopilot using Crowdin. The workflow is tech stack agnostic and suitable for web, mobile and desktop applications, as well as their documentation and marketing materials. Best of all, AI translations would be contextual. The AI will have all the information it needs to produce the best possible translations. And in the future, you would still be able to bring in a human linguists to improve translations, if you needed to. Prerequisites: You have an internationalized web or mobile application. This means that all translatable texts from the UI have been extracted into the resource files. The implementation time of this guide is 30 minutes.

What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: September 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: September 2024
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In September 2024, we deployed 360 times and closed 265 tickets from our task manager, including bug fixes and improvements. Below is the selection of the new things we’re most excited about, like fine-tuning results visualization, the ability to fine-tune models based on TM data, the AI Automator app, updated Crowdin Docs website and developers portal, and more.

What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: August 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: August 2024
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In August 2024, we deployed 170 times and closed 340 tickets from our task manager, including bug fixes and improvements. Below is the selection of the new things we’re most excited about like our first AI Agent for Proofreading, AI QA checks, and more.

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What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: July 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: July 2024
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Welcome to the July 2024 Crowdin update. This month, we've added the Pre-Translation Efficiency Report, improved Amazon and DeepL MT integrations, and introduced the AI Token Usage Report. You'll also find support for new AI models, new QA checks for subtitles, and the ability to set default TM and glossaries for projects. Plus, explore new apps in the Crowdin Store. Read on for the details.

What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: June 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: June 2024
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In June, we introduced screenshot-enhanced translation using multimodal AI models such as GPT-4, potentially improving translation quality for UI projects. We also introduced automatic AI pre-translation and revamped AI management features, including sample prompts and a simplified UI. Improved user management in Crowdin Enterprise now supports bulk operations and detailed role tracking. New APIs and EU data residency capabilities increase flexibility and compliance.

Meeds: Streamlining Translation Management and Community Engagement
Meeds: Streamlining Translation Management and Community Engagement
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Meeds is a decentralized platform that uses blockchain technology to manage communities and incentivize engagement. The platform’s mission is to reward community contributions fairly and transparently, enhancing global collaboration and inclusivity. Patrice Lamarque, Community Lead at Meeds DAO, shared insights into their localization journey and the significant improvements achieved through integrating Crowdin (creating Meeds app).

What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: May 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: May 2024
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May 2024 brings exciting updates to Crowdin, enhancing the translation process and user experience. The new Assist feature integrates AI with the Crowdin Editor, allowing for more intuitive and interactive AI-assisted translations. We've also introduced the Crowdin Context Harvester CLI, which is basically AI providing a better context for localization keys from your code. Additionally, there are significant improvements to the Translation Memory management page and a new AI/CroQL filtering option in the Editor.

What's New at Crowdin Localization Software: April 2024 Roundup
What's New at Crowdin: April 2024
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Crowdin's April 2024 upgrades focus on enhancing localization processes with revamped glossary management, refined AI integration, and improved reporting features. Developers benefit from the newly introduced Crowdin API Client for Go, which simplifies API interaction, and more.

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