Localization Tips and Product Updates

ICU message format is certainly one of the standards of translation messages in i18n. This article will cover the ICU i18n and ICU message format basics, and how Crowdin handles it, since ICU translation can be a bit tricky and preview is required here to make a proper translation.

Crowdin releases new features every month. Here’s a new portion of updates launched this March: we updated Crowdin Store, released new apps, new versions of design plugins and external tools, added new languages to Watson IBM Translate MT, and the ability to search TM records across all TMs in your Crowdin Enterprise organization. Let’s go through the monthly round-up of the latest features, fixes, and apps so that you can get most of our both products.

Each translation and localization project is unique, and so should be your translation approach. Once you decide to implement machine translation (MT), you already guarantee yourself shorter turnaround times and cost reduction. But to maintain the quality of your copy, you'll need post-editing. This article will focus on what is machine translation post-editing, its types and its benefits.

In today’s market, people seek personalization. They expect your app to speak their native language. In this article, we will cover how you can translate your Node.js app using a developer-friendly localization platform. Learn about the i18n framework and how to integrate your repository with a localization system to automate Node.js localization.

SCS Software is a video game development company located in Prague, Czech Republic. The company became famous worldwide thanks to two notable games: American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. SCS Software is also a proud winner of the 2016 Steam Awards in two categories, PC Gamer's Best Sim 2012 and Czech Game of the Year Technological Solution Award 2016. Crowdin helps SCS Software manage the localization of their products and Steam Achievements into 47 languages, as more than 70% of their customers are non-English speakers. SCS Software engages its players to be a part of the localization process in Crowdin, which currently has 200+ members. This article includes the key takeaways and lessons on game localization from the case study we did with SCS Software. Read the full version for more details.

Let’s review the last month of the winter for the updates and new features in Crowdin. This February, we updated the location of additional tabs in the editor, released new versions of our design plugins, added 13 new apps, including Oracle, DatoCMS, eSputnik, and ownCloud. Now you can generate a translation cost report for the selected files and create glossary terms by highlighting the source on the editor. Keep reading to find out more about big and small things that will improve your localization experience.

Teams face many questions when it comes to localization. Once you decide to scale your product internationally, you have a lot of work to do. Besides deciding on the target market, languages, and budget, you’ll need to find software, prepare your code, upload the files, find translators, ensure they won’t crush the code, have all the resources to provide high-quality translations, and more. In most cases, coordinating all of these efforts is the job of a dedicated person with management skills, understanding how to automate content updates and set up a continuous translation process. Businesses looking to expand internationally typically have an in-house team member in charge of localization or outsource this role. To free up your teams from handling new extra tasks and for those who don’t have a lot of content and updates to hire an in-house employee, Crowdin offers to hire a virtual localization manager to handle the role of your localization lead. Why the job of a localization project manager is so crucial for a product to succeed internationally? Who should hire a virtual localization manager? Keep reading to find the answers.