2023

Google Translate: Accuracy & Alternatives

Google Translate is a machine translation service combining machine learning algorithms and statistical models with 100 million active users, but its accuracy is limited by lack of context, ambiguity, cultural differences, and the quality of input text; it can be effectively used by following tips such as using proper input text and considering context, but it is not suitable for professional or critical translations.

The joy, the pride and the burden of maintaining open source

The joy and burden of maintaining an open-source project involves the influx of issues and pull requests, constant improvement, dealing with demanding users, and the importance of providing a minimal reproducible example to reduce time and effort for both maintainers and users, but despite the challenges, it is a rewarding experience that fosters a sense of community and collaboration.

Unleashing the Full Potential of i18next: Tips and Tricks

In this article, we explore tips and tricks on how to use i18next, a powerful JavaScript library, to handle internationalization and localization effectively by utilizing features such as namespaces, pluralization, interpolation, fallbacks, context feature and integration with locize to deliver a better user experience.

2022

The key pieces to localize your software project

When it comes to software localization there are some important parts you have to address. If the term localization (l10n) is new to you, then take a look at this explanation or at this blog post abo