In simple English
This tool helps you translate your software into many languages. Translators work together on a web page to write new words. Your translated files go straight into your code repository. Mozilla uses it to translate Firefox. You need a server to run it and time to manage users.
What it is
Pontoon is a web-based translation management system built with Python and Django (a framework, which is a set of pre-written code blocks that helps build web apps faster). It syncs directly with Git repositories to keep your translation files up to date.
What it is good for
Solo builders who manage open-source projects or apps with global users and want volunteers to translate their interface without touching code.
- Syncs translations directly with your code repository.
- Includes a web-based editor for translators to use.
- Backed by Mozilla and used for major open-source projects.
- Requires a server and Docker (a way to run a program inside its own sealed box, so it cannot break anything else on your server) to run.
- Setup for production use takes considerable configuration.
- Not built for automated machine translation workflows.
manual translation file editing
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git clone https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon.git cd pontoon cp .env-dev .env