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Localization meetup rescheduled to Jan. 21!

by Leigh-Staff Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:26 pm

Hey there localizers!

We’re happy to update that we’ve finalized a new date for the Waze Localization Online Meetup.

Mark your calendars for...

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Transifex View only access

by nickyaug Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:51 am

Hi all,

I have good news, from now on some projects that are translated by Transifex the users will have view access.

Top 5 languages:

Waze App...

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New Localization Bugs Flow

by LocalizationCommunityStaff Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:51 am

Hello everyone!

In the past we were constantly talking about how important it is to improve our Localization Bugs process and I am super happy to...

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[RECAP] Localization Community Call: August 7, 2022

by hannah_mo Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:02 am

Hey Localizers!

Thanks so much to those of you who could join the calls on Sunday!
We were happy to see faces from all parts of the globe 8-)...

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File a Localization Bug

by nickyaug Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:57 am

Did you find any localization bug?
Translation issues?
Need more context?

:arrow: Here you can Report a bug .

When reporting a bug please make sure...

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Panama - Gas Stations feature is re-activated

by adriansinger Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:19 pm

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Hi guys,

Due to some technical difficulties, we are forced to temporarily disable the gas stations feature in Panama.

The difficulties are related...
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Last post by orit_y
Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:13 pm
Localization tasks

by adriansinger Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:30 pm

Hi dear users and welcome to the Localization Forum!

So, just a small explanation about the translation and localization. As you know, Waze supports...

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Last post by foxitrot
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:07 pm
Road Shields (split of Localization tasks)

by aigarslv Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:53 pm

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It would be really wonderful to see road shields in Latvia ;)

We use a system like this:

Major Highway is

and we have only 15 of them from A1 to...
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Last post by foxitrot
Thu May 12, 2016 1:28 am
Please add dynamic UI font size based on text lenght

by aigarslv Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:42 pm

Thank you for wonderful job done to ease localization! But there is one remaining problem and many languages have it.
Core of the problem: in...

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Last post by petervdveen
Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:53 am
I need help understanding how TTS works

by Al-Janoubie Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:03 am

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Hi Localizers,
I never experienced Waze with street names, or voice commands in Egypt. Accept my apology if I missed something.

1) TTS issue:
I have...
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Last post by test201805
Tue May 15, 2018 8:33 am
Transiflex help: searching modified strings

by AlanOfTheBerg Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:54 pm

Hi, I'm very new to Transiflex. Translating EN to EN_US means most of our strings are 100% identical. I'd like to figure out for my reviewers if...

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Last post by Dave2084
Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:22 pm
[Solved] English-US language=Hebrew in one menu title

by AlanOfTheBerg Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:21 pm

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Don't think I've ever posted here. :)

I've noticed that when I have English-US selected for interface language, that Settings/Sound/Voice shows...
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Last post by leocylau
Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:06 am
W on Air for Ukrainian language

by Alexey_Tretyak Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:38 am

HI guys,
We are ready to launch the W on Air for TV but our native language is absent in settings

Who can help us to open project in Transifex? We...

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Last post by leocylau
Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:50 am
دعوة لتجربة الأصوات العربية الجديدة لتطبيق ويز

by AlObaili Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:20 am

الأصوات العربية الجديدة لتطبيق ويز جاهزة للتجربة وسيتم إطلاقها في الوضع التجريبي قريبًا جدًا

لمن يريد التسجيل في برنامج ويز بيتا وتجربة الأصوات قبل...

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Last post by sn_q18
Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:16 am
German Voice in the US

by Alpha_VA Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:01 pm

The German voice being used in the US works quite fair on abbreviations, but Blvd is speaken letter by letter. According to other, it should be...

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Last post by fuchserl
Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:03 pm
Transifex supports Guarani (Paraguay) but I cannot select it

by ancho85 Tue May 28, 2019 4:21 pm

I can see in the list of supported languages here that Guarani (Paraguay) (gug_PY) is supported, but I cannot request it within Request language for...

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Last post by ancho85
Tue May 28, 2019 4:21 pm
Where to feedback voice mistakes?

by AngCheeSiong Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:38 pm

Hi, noted a few mistakes the the Chinese language voice prompts:

1) Keep (left/right) was translated to 一直向 (左/右) which literally means keep facing...

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Last post by bex_05
Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:05 am
Correction for DR-Drive and PR-Puerto Rico

by anguillet Fri Feb 03, 2023 4:20 pm

I am not sure what subforum this suggestion belongs. We have used WAZE in French for many years in the United States. Please note that instead of...

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Last post by nickyaug
Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:27 am
Please support Vietnamese

by anhminh1 Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:14 pm

Hello everyone.
May I help you with Vietnamese localization.
Thank you.

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Last post by creeon20076
Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:23 am
Incorrect pronunciation of "Biernacki"

by AntKatora Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:03 am

Hi, I guess I'm being picky, but I cringe every time Waze tells me to turn onto Biernacki Court in East Brunswick, NJ. It is supposed to be...

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Last post by hebermc
Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:42 am
Missing: connect to foursquare & add location

by argus-cronos Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:43 pm

OS: Android

German strings are missing in transifex and the english string as well:
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Add location missing:
screenshot4.png

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Last post by orit_y
Wed Jul 10, 2013 2:19 pm
[Solved] "Let's go" in english

by bedo2991 Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:16 am

I've been reporting this issue many times (and other people from other countries did it too).
Today I decided to play with my lang tts file and I...

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Last post by bedo2991
Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:15 pm
WME Introduction Videos

by bedo2991 Wed May 03, 2017 12:44 pm

Dear Waze Staff,
are you planning to localize the Waze Academy's videos too? E.g:

The strings are placed here, with no special tag or further...

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Last post by bedo2991
Wed May 03, 2017 12:44 pm
TTS with an interrogative tone

by bedo2991 Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:24 pm

The TTS Italian voice is starting to read some words with an interrogative tone.
ex: Roma (Rome) read as Roma? the same for Primavalle.

Trying the...

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Last post by bedo2991
Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:24 pm
Minnehaha is mangled

by Beemac Sat Mar 25, 2017 10:44 pm

Waze is pronouncing Minnehaha as Minnehaze
It is Min-ne-ha-ha

When the voices were updated, this mangling got in.

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Last post by edsonajj
Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:30 pm
Client-side Abbreviations [App Suggestion]

by berestovskyy Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:00 am

Hi!
In some languages the word ending depends on the form of a subject (gender, conjugation etc.).

I suggest we put the full street name w/o any...

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Last post by berestovskyy
Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:09 pm
Alternate street names for TTS, zip codes, abbreviations etc

by berestovskyy Mon May 13, 2013 11:40 pm

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UPDATE3. Summary:

To adjust some of non-common segment properties , we suggest to implement Key-Value pairs in WME. We have no intention to use...
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Last post by Dekis
Wed May 29, 2013 6:59 am
New Spanish Voice Prompts LIVE!

by bex_05 Wed Nov 26, 2014 1:52 pm

Hey Localizers,

Today we deployed new Spanish (Latin America) voice prompts to production, the name of the voice is A. Latina-Federico! A....

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Last post by edsonajj
Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:11 pm
Major Traffic Events - New & Improved Method

by bex_05 Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:31 pm

Hey Localizers!

We are very happy to share with you, that we just released a mini website which will make collaborating and coordinating major event...

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Last post by bex_05
Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:31 pm
Major Traffic Events - Website & Push notification support

by bex_05 Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:58 am

Hi Localizers!

There have been some questions lately about supporting major traffic events (MTE) via the website and push + inbox notification, I...

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Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:50 am

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