Translating using Weblate¶
Thank you for interest in translating using Weblate. Projects can either be set up for direct translation, or by way of accepting suggestions made by users without accounts.
Overall, there are two modes of translation:
The project accepts direct translations
The project only accepts suggestions, which are automatically validated once a defined number of votes is reached
Please see Translation workflows for more info on translation workflow.
Options for translation project visibility:
Publicly visible and anybody can contribute
Visible only to a certain group of translators
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Proiecte de traducere¶
Translation projects hold related components; resources for the same software, book, or project.
Translation links¶
Having navigated to a component, a set of links lead to its actual translation. The translation is further divided into individual checks, like Not translated strings or Strings needing action. If the whole project is translated, without error, All strings is still available. Alternatively you can use the search field to find a specific string or term.
Sugestii¶
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Actual permissions might vary depending on your Weblate configuration.
Anonymous users can only (by default) forward suggestions. Doing so is still available to signed-in users, in cases where uncertainty about the translation arises, prompting other translators to review it.
The suggestions are scanned on a daily basis to remove duplicates and suggestions matching the current translation.
Comentarii¶
Three types of comments can be posted: for translations, source strings, or to report source string bugs when this functionality is turned on using Activați revizuirile sursei. Choose the one suitable to topic you want to discuss. Source string comments are in any event good for providing feedback on the original string, for example that it should be rephrased or to ask questions about it.
You can use Markdown syntax in all comments and mention other users using
@mention.
Variante¶
Variants are used to group different length variants of the string. The frontend of your project can then use different strings depending on the screen or window size.
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Etichete¶
Labels are used to categorize strings within a project to further customize the localization workflow (for example to define categories of strings).
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Translating¶
On the translation page, the source string and an editing area for its translation are shown. Should the translation be plural, multiple source strings and editing areas are shown, each described and labeled in the amount of plural forms the translated language has.
All special whitespace characters are underlined in red and indicated with grey symbols. More than one subsequent space is also underlined in red to alert the translator to a potential formatting issue.
Various bits of extra info can be shown on this page, most of which coming from the project source code (like context, comments or where the message is being used). Translation fields for any secondary languages translators select in the preferences will be shown (see Limbi secundare) above the source string.
Below the translation, translators will find suggestion made by others, to be accepted (✓), accepted with changes (✏️), or deleted (🗑).
Pluralul¶
Words changing form to account of their numeric designation are called plurals. Each language has its own definition of plurals. English, for example, supports one. In the singular definition of for example „car”, implicitly one car is referenced, in the plural definition, „cars” two or more cars are referenced (or the concept of cars as a noun). Languages like for example Czech or Arabic have more plurals and also their rules for plurals are different.
Weblate has full support for each of these forms, in each respective language (by translating every plural separately). The number of fields and how it is in turn used in the translated application or project depends on the configured plural formula. Weblate shows the basic info, and the Language Plural Rules by the Unicode Consortium is a more detailed description.
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Keyboard shortcuts¶
Schimbat în versiunea 2.18: The keyboard shortcuts have been revamped in 2.18 to less likely collide with browser or system defaults.
The following keyboard shortcuts can be utilized during translation:
Keyboard shortcut |
Descriere |
|---|---|
Alt+Home |
Navigate to first translation in current search. |
Alt+End |
Navigate to last translation in current search. |
Alt+PageUp or Ctrl ↑ or Alt ↑ or Cmd ↑ |
Navigate to previous translation in current search. |
Alt+PageDown or Ctrl+↓ or Alt+↓ or Cmd+↓ |
Navigate to next translation in current search. |
Alt+Enter or Ctrl+Enter or Cmd+Enter |
Save current translation. |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter or Cmd+Shift+Enter |
Unmark translation as needing edit and submit it. |
Ctrl+E or Cmd+E |
Focus translation editor. |
Ctrl+U or Cmd+U |
Focus comment editor. |
Ctrl+M or Cmd+M |
Shows Automatic suggestions tab, see Sugestii automate. |
Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9 or Cmd+1 to Cmd+9 |
Copies placeable of given number from source string. |
Ctrl+M+1 to 9 or Cmd+M+1 to 9 |
Copy the machine translation of given number to current translation. |
Ctrl+I+1 to 9 or Cmd+I+1 to 9 |
Ignore one item in the list of failing checks. |
Ctrl+J or Cmd+J |
Shows the Nearby strings tab. |
Ctrl+S or Cmd+S |
Focus search field. |
Ctrl+O or Cmd+O |
Copy source string. |
Ctrl+Y or Cmd+Y |
Toggle the Needs editing flag. |
Visual keyboard¶
A small visual keyboard row is shown just above the translation field. This can be useful to keep local punctuation in mind (as the row is local to each language), or have characters otherwise hard to type handy.
The shown symbols factor into three categories:
User configured characters defined in the Profilul utilizatorului
Per-language characters provided by Weblate (e.g. quotes or RTL specific characters)
Characters configured using
SPECIAL_CHARS
Translation context¶
This contextual description provides related info about the current string.
- String attributes
Things like message ID, context (
msgctxt) or location in source code.- Capturi de ecran
Screenshots can be uploaded to Weblate to better inform translators of where and how the string is used, see Visual context for strings.
- Șiruri apropiate
Displays neighbouring messages from the translation file. These are usually also used in a similar context and prove useful in keeping the translation consistent.
- Alte apariții
In case a message appears in multiple places (e.g. multiple components), this tab shows all of them if they are found to be inconsistent (see Inconsecvent). You can choose which one to use.
- Memorie de traducere
Look at similar strings translated in past, see Memorie de traducere.
- Glosar
Displays terms from the project glossary used in the current message.
- Modificări recente
List of people whom have changed this message recently using Weblate.
- Proiect
Project info like instructions for translators, or a directory or link to the string in the version control system repository the project uses.
If you want direct links, the translation format has to support it.
Translation history¶
Every change is by default (unless turned off in component settings) saved in the database, and can be reverted. Optionally one can still also revert anything in the underlying version control system.
Translated string length¶
Weblate can limit the length of a translation in several ways to ensure the translated string is not too long:
The default limitation for translation is ten times longer than the source string. This can be turned off by
LIMIT_TRANSLATION_LENGTH_BY_SOURCE_LENGTH. In case you are hitting this, it might be also caused by a monolingual translation erroneously set up as bilingual one, making Weblate mistaking the translation key for the actual source string. See Bilingual and monolingual formats for more info.Maximal length in characters defined by translation file or flag, see Lungimea maximă a traducerii.
Maximal rendered size in pixels defined by flags, see Dimensiunea maximă a traducerii.
Sugestii automate¶
Based on configuration and your translated language, Weblate provides suggestions from several machine translation tools and Memorie de traducere. All machine translations are available in a single tab of each translation page.
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You can find the list of supported tools in Traducere automată.
Traducere automată¶
You can use automatic translation to bootstrap translation based on external sources. This tool is called Automatic translation accessible in the Tools menu, once you have selected a component and a language:
Two modes of operation are possible:
Using other Weblate components as a source for translations.
Using selected machine translation services with translations above a certain quality threshold.
You can also choose which strings are to be auto-translated.
Atenționare
Be mindful that this will overwrite existing translations if employed with wide filters such as All strings.
Useful in several situations like consolidating translation between different components (for example the application and its website) or when bootstrapping a translation for a new component using existing translations (translation memory).
Rate limiting¶
To avoid abuse of the interface, rate limiting is applied to several operations like searching, sending contact forms or translating. If affected by it, you are blocked for a certain period until you can perform the operation again.
Default limits and fine-tuning is described in the administrative manual, see Rate limiting.
Căutare și înlocuire¶
Change terminology effectively or perform bulk fixing of the strings using Search and replace in the Tools menu.
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Don’t worry about messing up the strings. This is a two-step process showing a preview of edited strings before the actual change is confirmed.
Editare în masă¶
Bulk editing allows performing one operation on number of strings. You define strings by searching for them and set up something to be done for matching ones. The following operations are supported:
Changing string state (for example to approve all unreviewed strings).
Adjust translation flags (see Personalizarea comportamentului cu ajutorul stegulețelor)
Adjust string labels (see String labels)
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This tool is called Bulk edit accessible in the Tools menu of each project, component or translation.
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