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id="voting"></span><h2>Suggestion voting<a class="headerlink" href="#suggestion-voting" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2> <p>Everyone can add suggestions by default, to be accepted by signed in users. Suggestion voting can be used to make use of a string when more than one signed-in user agrees, by setting up the <a class="reference internal" href="projects.html#component"><span class="std std-ref">Component configuration</span></a> with <span class="guilabel">Suggestion voting</span> to turn on voting, and <span class="guilabel">Automatically accept suggestions</span> to set a threshold for accepted suggestions (this includes a vote from the user making the suggestion if it is cast).</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="admonition-title">Note</p> <p>Once automatic acceptance is set up, normal users lose the privilege to directly save translations or accept suggestions. This can be overridden with the <span class="guilabel">Edit string when suggestions are enforced</span> <a class="reference internal" href="access.html#privileges"><span class="std std-ref">permission</span></a>.</p> </div> <p>You can combine these with <a class="reference internal" href="access.html#access-control"><span class="std std-ref">access control</span></a> into one of the following setups:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Users suggest and vote for suggestions and a limited group controls what is accepted. - Turn on voting. - Turn off automatic acceptance. - Don’t let users save translations.</p></li> <li><p>Users suggest and vote for suggestions with automatic acceptance once the defined number of them agree. - Turn on voting. - Set the desired number of votes for automatic acceptance.</p></li> <li><p>Optional voting for suggestions. (Can optionally be used by users when they are unsure about a translation by making multiple suggestions.) - Only turn on voting.</p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="additional-info-on-source-strings"> <span id="additional"></span><h2>Additional info on source strings<a class="headerlink" href="#additional-info-on-source-strings" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2> <p>Enhance the translation process by adding additional info to the strings including explanations, string priorities, check flags and visual context. Some of that info may be extracted from the translation files and some may be added by editing the additional string info:</p> <img alt="../_images/source-review-edit.webp" src="../_images/source-review-edit.webp" /> <p>Access this directly from the translation interface by clicking the “Edit” icon next to <span class="guilabel">Screenshot context</span> or <span class="guilabel">Flags</span>.</p> <img alt="../_images/source-information.webp" src="../_images/source-information.webp" /> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="admonition-title">See also</p> <p><a class="reference internal" href="../formats.html#format-location"><span class="std std-ref">Source string location</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../formats.html#format-description"><span class="std std-ref">Source string description</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../formats.html#format-context"><span class="std std-ref">Context</span></a></p> </div> <section id="strings-prioritization"> <h3>Strings prioritization<a class="headerlink" href="#strings-prioritization" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3> <p>String priority can be changed to offer higher priority strings for translation earlier by using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">priority</span></code> flag.</p> <div class="admonition hint"> <p class="admonition-title">Hint</p> <p>This can be used to order the flow of translation in a logical manner.</p> </div> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="admonition-title">See also</p> <p><a class="reference internal" href="../user/checks.html#checks"><span class="std std-ref">Quality checks</span></a></p> </div> </section> <section id="translation-flags"> <span id="additional-flags"></span><h3>Translation flags<a class="headerlink" href="#translation-flags" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3> <p>Customization of quality checks and other Weblate behavior, see <a class="reference internal" href="checks.html#custom-checks"><span class="std std-ref">Customizing behavior using flags</span></a>.</p> <p>The string flags are also inherited from the <a class="reference internal" href="projects.html#component-check-flags"><span class="std std-ref">Translation flags</span></a> at <a class="reference internal" href="projects.html#component"><span class="std std-ref">Component configuration</span></a> and flags from the translation file (see <a class="reference internal" href="../formats.html"><span class="doc">Supported file formats</span></a>).</p> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="admonition-title">See also</p> <p><a class="reference internal" href="../user/checks.html#checks"><span class="std std-ref">Quality checks</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="checks.html#custom-checks"><span class="std std-ref">Customizing behavior using flags</span></a></p> </div> </section> <section id="explanation"> <span id="additional-explanation"></span><h3>Explanation<a class="headerlink" href="#explanation" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 4.1: </span>In previous versions this has been called <span class="guilabel">Extra context</span>.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 4.18: </span>Support for syncing explanation with a file was introduced.</p> </div> <p>Use the explanation to clarify scope or usage of the translation. You can use Markdown to include links and other markup.</p> <p>Some file formats support storing explanation within the file, see <a class="reference internal" href="../formats.html#format-explanation"><span class="std std-ref">Explanation</span></a>.</p> <div class="admonition hint"> <p class="admonition-title">Hint</p> <p>Weblate can also display description present in the translation file for some formats, see <a class="reference internal" href="../formats.html#format-description"><span class="std std-ref">Source string description</span></a>.</p> </div> </section> <section id="visual-context-for-strings"> <span id="screenshots"></span><h3>Visual context for strings<a class="headerlink" href="#visual-context-for-strings" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3> <p>You can upload a screenshot showing a given source string in use within your program. This helps translators understand where it is used, and how it should be translated.</p> <p>The uploaded screenshot is shown in the translation context sidebar:</p> <img alt="../_images/screenshot-context.webp" src="../_images/screenshot-context.webp" /> <p>In addition to <a class="reference internal" href="#additional"><span class="std std-ref">Additional info on source strings</span></a>, screenshots have a separate management interface under the <span class="guilabel">Tools</span> menu. Upload screenshots, assign them to source strings manually, or use optical character recognition (OCR) to do so by pressing the <span class="guilabel">Automatically recognize</span> button.</p> <p>Once a screenshot is uploaded, this interface handles management and source string association:</p> <img alt="../_images/screenshot-ocr.webp" src="../_images/screenshot-ocr.webp" /> <p>You can add or update screenshots directly from your Version Control System (VCS) repository.</p> <p>To enable this feature, you can either set a screenshot file mask when creating a component, which will be monitored for updates in the repository, or you can add or update screenshots when uploading them manually.</p> <p>When the repository is updated, the system will automatically scan for changes. Existing screenshots in the repository will be updated, and new screenshots matching the specified screenshot file mask will be added to the component.</p> <img alt="../_images/screenshot-filemask-repository-filename.webp" src="../_images/screenshot-filemask-repository-filename.webp" /> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="admonition-title">See also</p> <p><a class="reference internal" href="projects.html#component-screenshot-filemask"><span class="std std-ref">Screenshot file mask</span></a></p> </div> </section> </section> </section> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="related-pages"> <a class="next-page" href="checks.html"> <div class="page-info"> <div class="context"> <span>Next</span> </div> <div class="title">Checks and fixups</div> </div> <svg class="furo-related-icon"><use href="#svg-arrow-right"></use></svg> </a> <a class="prev-page" href="licensing.html"> <svg class="furo-related-icon"><use href="#svg-arrow-right"></use></svg> <div class="page-info"> <div class="context"> <span>Previous</span> </div> <div class="title">Licensing translations</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="bottom-of-page"> <div class="left-details"> <div class="copyright"> Copyright © Michal Čihař </div> Made with <a href="https://www.sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</a> and <a class="muted-link" href="https://pradyunsg.me">@pradyunsg</a>'s <a href="https://github.com/pradyunsg/furo">Furo</a> </div> <div class="right-details"> <div class="icons"> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <aside class="toc-drawer"> <div class="toc-sticky toc-scroll"> <div class="toc-title-container"> <span class="toc-title"> On this page </span> </div> <div class="toc-tree-container"> <div class="toc-tree"> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Translation process</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#suggestion-voting">Suggestion voting</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#additional-info-on-source-strings">Additional info on source strings</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#strings-prioritization">Strings prioritization</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#translation-flags">Translation flags</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#explanation">Explanation</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#visual-context-for-strings">Visual context for strings</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </aside> </div> </div><script src="../_static/documentation_options.js?v=65bc969b"></script> <script src="../_static/doctools.js?v=9bcbadda"></script> <script src="../_static/sphinx_highlight.js?v=dc90522c"></script> <script src="../_static/scripts/furo.js?v=5fa4622c"></script> <script src="../_static/clipboard.min.js?v=a7894cd8"></script> <script src="../_static/copybutton.js?v=f281be69"></script> </body> </html>