Release Update: Automations, Strapi v5 & context for machine translations!

Spring has brought some fresh growth to Localazy with features designed to reduce manual work further and improve your translation workflows.

Let's dive into what's new!

⚙️ New Automations for reducing manual work 🔗

We've renamed "Automated Workflows" to "Automations," and the feature is now generally available to all Autopilot tier customers and above.

In your project, you can find it under the Tools in the menu.

Automations reduce manual work and keep your localization process running smoothly even when you're focused elsewhere. Watch the video below, where I will show you the first simple setup to automate your translations!

With Automations, you can set up rule-based actions that trigger automatically based on conditions you define.

Set up rules to:

• Pre-translate content using machine translations when new source strings are added
• Copy translations between languages
• Apply tags to content based on criteria
• Delete deprecated keys automatically
• ...and much more!

📒 DeepL integration now supports Glossary 🔗

We have a huge quality-of-life improvement for teams working mainly with machine translations.

Our DeepL integration now respects your Localazy Glossary for supported language pairs, ensuring consistent terminology.

What this means for you:

1. No additional configuration is needed: If you already have a Glossary set up for your project, DeepL will automatically use it when generating translations from now on.
2. Reduced post-editing effort: One of the biggest challenges with machine translation has been maintaining terminology consistency. Now, terms you've defined in your Glossary will be respected automatically, saving hours of manual corrections.
3. Improved translation quality: By following your terminology preferences, DeepL translations will better align with your domain-specific language.

While other MT providers still don't respect glossary terms out of the box, DeepL now joins our OpenAI integration in supporting this crucial feature.

💜 Localazy plugin now supports Strapi v5 🔗

Our developers have completed the migration of the Localazy plugin for Strapi v5.

The new version maintains all the functionality you love while working seamlessly with Strapi's latest architecture.

You can find the updated plugin in the Strapi Market or through npm:

npm install @localazy/strapi-plugin@latest && npx @localazy/strapi-plugin

🗂️ Improvements and fixes 🔗

This update also includes several bug fixes and interface improvements based on user feedback. Here's what we've addressed:

Bug fixes 🔗

• Fixed blank listing after translating strings, where the previous filtered results would not display
• Fixed issue preventing users from adding "Exclude from CLT" tag
• Fixed persistent banner that remained visible after being closed multiple times
• Resolved the issue with $t placeholders in translations
• Fixed search result caching between different languages
• Updated HTML validator to properly recognize <link> tags
• Removed file aliases from the Create keys select options
• Fixed missing existing languages in the Copy translation action
• Added a link to Branching to the menu

Interface and UX improvements 🔗

• Implemented follow-up fixes for the new navigation
• Fixed interaction between "deprecated" and "hidden" states
• Improved error messages for batch translations
• Updated the @localazy/languages package
• Optimized highlighting Glossary terms validation to improve performance
• Improved styling of notifications and comments
• Added priority chip to translation interface

🎙️ Season 2 of the podcast is here! 🔗

Our content team is excited to announce Season 2 of our Bridging the Gap podcast, where we dive into localization challenges, share success stories, and interview experts about global growth strategies. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to stay updated!

🇻🇳 New Locale Guide: Vietnamese 🔗

Our localization guide series continues with an in-depth look at Vietnamese language localization.

The guide covers Vietnamese-specific challenges, cultural considerations, and technical requirements for properly implementing Vietnamese in your products.

✅ Conclusion 🔗

This release continues our focus on reducing manual work through automation and improving quality through better machine translation integration. We hope you will enjoy the Strapi v5 support and DeepL glossary integration, as these have been among our most requested updates.

And as always, please let us know if you encounter any issues or have suggestions through the help icon in your dashboard or by emailing [email protected].

Happy localizing!