Hi everyone 👋 

Weglot 4.69 is now available! This release contains a new feature that allows you to create variables containing multiple words.

Improvement Variable with multiple words 

If you have very similar but not identical content, you may have multiple translations that would increase your total word count. 

For example, if you want to welcome your customer you may have several translations such as “Hello Marie Josephine Scott”, “Hello Michael Lindsey”, “Hello Ava Silva”… 

The variable feature will allow you to combine all those translations into a single one with a variable, and therefore reduce your word count.

To set them up, go to the "See details" panel then to the "Variable" tab, and click on "define variables”. From there, highlight the word (or words) you want to transform into a variable.

When creating your variable, you can now choose if it contains only one or multiple words. If you highlighted multiple words you won’t be able to change it but if you highlighted only one word you can activate the switcher, then Weglot will find all matching translations with one or multiple words.

The preview shows you the matches found, these matched translations will be deleted when you click on "Save" and replaced with a unique translation that contains a variable.

Hi everyone 👋 

This week’s release is a mix of improvements including a rework of the import/export, as well a newly added feature about the tone of traduction. 

new Choose your machine translation tone

This feature is available for all users with an advanced plan or above. 

For certain language pairs, you are now able to set the tone you want your website to be translated into, whether that be formal or informal.

You can access this functionality directly when adding a language and change it anytime through your Languages tab by clicking on options.

Note: This feature is not available for all language pairs, if you have an advanced plan or above and the option is not available it's because the language pair doesn't support this option.

Improvement Import/Export

We've added another verification layer when importing a file to your project. This avoids any import that could damage your translation project. 

We've also improved how we communicate the progress of your import. This is thanks to a redesign of the import preview as well as the file received by email so you can better understand if there is a problem.

If you have a custom language you are now able to import translations (not glossary rules or slugs) using the custom code you defined and not the default one Weglot uses. When exporting your translations, this same language code will be displayed.

Hi everyone, this cumulative changelog covers a few releases over the month of August. It's a mix of continuous improvements, and a big rework of authentication to make it easier to login with Google & other providers, including enterprise-specific single sign-on. 

This also prepares the arrival of the "Organization" feature, which will make it easier to handle big teams working on multiple projects in Weglot. 

new SSO sign-in

You can now login to Weglot using your Google account, as well as your corporate account provided it supports SAML-based authentication (for enterprise-level customers only - contact us at support@weglot.com if you're interested).

update  Page views

We released the new Page views statistics a few weeks ago, and now it's time for a first wave of user experience improvements based on your feedback. We've made the "language" display clearer by adding human-friendly label, as well as a visual indicator of whether a language is already translated or not. 

update URL exclusion

When you decide to exclude an URL or an URL range from future translation, Weglot will now ask you if you'd like to delete the associated translations that have already been created. 

You will also get a visual indicator that a URL has been excluded while browsing your translations. 

update Workflow

We want to make it easier for you to find new content and work on it by manually reviewing and editing translations. Expect a few upgrades in that direction in the next releases, but we've already made a few changes in that direction

• In the URLs page, you can now sort URLs by "most recently created", so you'll have easy access to new pages that might require manual review. 
• The default sort when accessing your translations will show you content that was newly created and active on your website. 

Improvement Various

• The glossary import & export feature has been reworked. It will give you an enhance preview when importing, as well as better information whenever an error occurs.
• External links aren't created by default anymore, but have to be added manually. 
• At registration, we'll tell you if your password doesn't match validation rules before you click any button. 
• We have better compatibility with password managers, which won't try to fill up Weglot form fields that have nothing to do with them. 

Hi👋This week's release marks the return to our regular updates after the major technical update of release 4.54, and includes a number of quality of life improvements. 

beta Work has begun on the "Organization" feature, which will allow you to better organize multiple projects and team members. If you'd like to be involved in its development or would be interested in testing it, please reach out to alexandre@weglot.com!

new URL merging

You're now able to associate all translations present on a URL to another URL, allowing you to handle scenarios where content has been moved from page to page and helping with big content migrations.

new Search and filters in Exclusions page

You're now able to search and filter exclusion rules in their dedicated page, which will help maintaining huge projects with complex content structures. 

Improvement Billing Address Autocomplete

You'll now get an helpful autocomplete when setting or changing your billing address. 

Improvement URL cleaning

URLs will now get deleted automatically whenever all of the translations associated with them are removed. 

Improvement Integrations

• (WordPress) We've released a version 3.7.2 of the WordPress plugin to deal with compatibility issues with certain WordPress hosting solutions. 
• (JS) Added an option to disable cookies added for logging purposes. 
• (Shopify) Improvements to the translations in certain cases during checkout. 
• (Squarespace) Properly translate additional login menus. 
• (Salesforce) Fixed an issue where translations would interfere with some UI components. 

Improvement Security

• Disabling 2FA on your account now requires that you re-authenticate through it.
• Changing the email on your account now requires verifying the new email address.

fix Various fixes

• Fixed an issue where search strings weren't displayed after a reload. 
• Fixed a rare issue where translations couldn't be edited without reloading the page after creating a variable.
  
  

Hi 👋 This week's release major feature is a step towards giving you more tools to manage your active and inactive translations. 

As always, if you'd like to suggest improvements to the product, click on "❓" and "Feedback" from your Weglot dashboard!  

[Major] Ability to mass delete inactive translations

We’ve added an easy solution to delete all inactive translations (or only the ones you haven’t worked on manually) without having to go through the Translation List. You can access it through the Inactive Translations page. 

Integration

• Fixes to the behavior of Weglot’s auto-switch with Filipino-speaking users.
• Fixes to the behavior of Weglot’s auto-switch in incognito mode.

CMS-specific

• The WordPress plugin had a major release, 3.7, you can see what’s included here!
• Improvements to our compatibility with Shopify apps checking for the users’ language.

This week’s release focuses on a major technical upgrade to the framework used by the Weglot Dashboard. This is mostly under the hood and invisible to you, but improves reliability and opens the door for further improvements such as SSO. Stay tuned for that!

[New] URL-wide operations

You’re now able to easily order professional translations or export all your translations by selecting one or multiple pages.

[New] WordPress plugin 3.7

The new version of the WordPress plugin, version 3.7, has entered beta and will be released in a few days. It includes the following:

• Access to the visual language switcher editor to easily customize the look of your switcher and preview the change live.
• Improvements to the language switcher accessibility.
• Better performance in the WordPress admin.
• The ability to easily translate PDFs sent by some Woocommerce invoicing plugins.

If you’d like to beta test it, please reach out to us at support@weglot.com. 

[Improvement] Squarespace Integration

We’ve made multiple changes to improve the experience for the newly released Squarespace native integration. 

[Improvement] Dashboard Interface

• You can now access the edition of your translations directly from the homepage.
• [Enterprise] The custom language creation flow handles erroneous inputs better.
• [Enterprise] You can now more easily filter URL slugs by whether they’re translated or untranslated.

Bug fixes

• Multiple fixes to the translation of the Shopify checkout.
• A fix to how the Visual Editor handles some edge cases of Javascript-based navigation.

[Beta] Subdirectories

We’ve made several improvements to the technical setup flow for the Subdirectories - the ability to put your Spanish-translated pages under https://www.example.com/es/… and the same domain as your main website. If you’d like to beta test this feature, reach out to us at support@weglot.com.

updateTranslation list filters  

We’ve now made it possible for you to select multiple filters within each value from your Translations List. For example, you can select both automatic and manual translation. 

This is useful if you want to view your translations based on a number of filters and also helpful when exporting translations directly from the Translations List. 

To access this feature, navigate to your ‘Translations List’ and then select the relevant filters from the dropdown, combining the filters as required.  

updateActivity log

The recently launched ‘Activity log’ has now been updated to include details of when someone makes a change to a glossary rule.

UPDATEStatistics 

For those with several languages on their Weglot project, your homepage will now give a general overview of all your translation requests. 

You can then navigate to your ‘Statistics’ tab to view in detail each separate language. 

Note: Statistics are only available for those on a Pro plan or above. 

new Activity log 

You can now view all the activities associated with your Weglot project through a dedicated page ‘Activity events’. Here you can filter by ‘User’ and then the type of activity that was carried out. 

This is useful as it gives you a clear overview of any activity that has taken place and by which team member. 

To access this feature, go to the homepage of your Weglot Dashboard, and on the right-hand side under ‘Activity’ click on ‘+ View more’. 

UPDATE Glossary custom language 

The glossary feature has now been fixed to ensure any rules you make with a custom language where there’s no language provider selected (for example British English to American English) will be applied. 

UPDATE Project progress bar 

We’ve made a small update on your Weglot Dashboard homepage to show the exact percentage of your current word usage and translation requests when you hover over it. 

This gives you a simple overview so you know when you’ll reach your monthly limit. This is only visible if you have 1 project. 

update Search and replace returns

We’ve brought back the search and replace feature within your Translations List. This makes it easy for you to find and replace certain translated words quickly and in bulk. 

This is useful if you want to change a particular translation across the whole of your website. To access the feature go to your Translations List > language pair and then click on the icon next to the search bar. 

A box will appear where you can search your translations (in the translated language) and replace with a different translation. You can also choose between case sensitive or not. 

Click ‘Replace xx translation(s) and the change will be made in all of your translations in the Translations List and across your website - the translation will then be renamed ‘manually edited’. 

Note: the glossary feature is more suited to those that would like to set up a rule so a particular word is always replaced by a different one automatically, rather than manually using the search and replace. 

new  Filter translations by ‘reviewed by’ 

It’s now possible to filter your translations by the team member (or translator) that reviewed, edited, or ordered a professional translation. 

This is useful for your translation management workflow as you can quickly see who in your team has edited which parts of your website. 

To access this feature, navigate to your Translations > Translations list and use the filter to select the team member or translator from the dropdown. 

update Importing translations

We’ve added a new option to the import feature located in the Translations List section of the Weglot Dashboard. When you upload a CSV or XLIFF file with your edited translations, you’ll now see a new option to toggle on or off if the file includes translations that haven’t been changed from the ones exported from the Translations List. 

For instance, if you’re importing your translations and you have not made edits to some of the automatic translations but you’re happy for them to be displayed on your website, you can toggle on the option ‘Mark unchanged translations as reviewed’. This means they will now be displayed as a ‘Manually edited translation’ in your Translations List.  

If you don’t wish to do that, then keep the toggle off. Those translations will remain as an ‘Automatic translation’ in your Translations List. 

We’ve also made a couple of other small updates:

• Emojis are now better handled in XLIFF and CSV imports
• The type of content e.g. text, media, meta SEO are now clearly marked in your translation exports 

update Easier media translation through the Visual Editor 

For those editing through the Visual Editor, we’ve now made it easier to make a change to your media files. 

Simply hover over an image/video and click on the blue pencil icon to replace the media file and to edit the alt text translation. You no longer need to add the media file through your Translations List first. 

update Shopify App 

We’ve updated the Weglot Shopify translation app for an improved user experience. You can now use subdomains to display the translated versions of your store (e.g. https://fr.mywebsite/). 

This is particularly appealing for store owners who want an improved localization experience for their customers as the subdomains will now be visible to human visitors, instead of only bots. 

If you’re already using the Weglot Shopify app you’ll need to make a change in the DNS records of your domain name provider (you can watch our tutorial videos on how to do that). 

Essentially, you’ll need to create a CNAME entry with the 'host' as the 2 letter language code of the language you’ve added to your store, and then point it to websites.weglot.com. 

After you’ve done that, return to your Weglot App settings in the Shopify dashboard and follow the simple setup instructions once you’ve clicked ‘Activate subdomains.’ 

update Glossary 

When you add a translation rule to the Weglot Glossary such as ‘Always Translate’ along with your chosen word or term, any time the translation appears in your Translations List, it will now be marked as a ‘Manual edited translation’.