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Localizer Guide

This guide covers everything you need to know to translate and review strings in Pontoon, from day-to-day translation work to managing your account and notifications.

Note

The screenshots in this documentation use the dark theme, but a light theme is also available in your profile settings.

Sections

  • How to Translate

    Step-by-step guide to submitting translations and suggestions, reviewing other contributors' work, and an example team workflow.

  • Translation Workspace

    A detailed tour of the translation editor: the sidebar, string filters, machinery tab, AI refinement, comments, and keyboard shortcuts.

  • Team & Project Pages

    How to navigate team dashboards, project pages, and localization pages; how to request new projects or locales.

  • User Accounts & Settings

    Account setup, roles and permissions, profile visibility settings, and personal preferences.

  • Notifications

    How Pontoon notifies you of new strings, reviews, mentions, and project updates.

  • Profile Page

    What's on your public profile and how to customize it.

  • Glossary

    Definitions of key terms used throughout Pontoon and this documentation.