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Welcome to the newly-opened Localization forum!

Post by orit_y
Welcome to the newly-opened Localization forum!

With the rapid growth of Waze worldwide, expansion into new countries and the creation of more and more local communities, we are committed to give drivers the best access to our product.
In a word, "Localization!" :)

It is our priority to make sure Waze is available for users in their native languages. This includes text and voice features, as well as adapting these features across various countries, implementing pronunciation rules and enabling specific matches when needed.

In this forum, we can consult on these issues, place requests, share ideas, offer advice. Furthermore, we hope this will create a space to share information on how to maximize Localization efforts in existing communities as well as to help new communities.

As of today, we support 28 languages and more (i.e. Turkish, Serbian, Thai) are on the way -- thanks to your hard work!

I'm looking forward to growing into new regions with your help. Lets keep up the great work!

Cheers,
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Post by argus-cronos
Hi Orit

Oh i've been waiting for that. So thanks for opening this part here Orit. I think its better to discuss several things in here instead of mailing hundreds of screenshots as in the past.

And orit may i suggest to not add any more translaters to transifex for german, or at least stop with 5. And they should have at least posts in the forum and experience with more than one client.
Cause there are still a lot of differences between iOS and Android which a new user can not know.

Thanks
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Post by floppyrod84
Or people from other countries changing strings like I've had in the UK. They're removed now thankfully.

Now I can officially say HI ORIT! :-)

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Post by GPSRitter
argus-cronos wrote:Hi Orit

Oh i've been waiting for that. So thanks for opening this part here Orit. I think its better to discuss several things in here instead of mailing hundreds of screenshots as in the past.

And orit may i suggest to not add any more translaters to transifex for german, or at least stop with 5. And they should have at least posts in the forum and experience with more than one client.
Cause there are still a lot of differences between iOS and Android which a new user can not know.

Thanks
Argus
+1 from me esp. the part on Translators who are not active in the forum ...
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Post by NagelSchmitt
Hello...
I'm from Brazil , I 'm happy to join this community .

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Post by orbitc
Hi, Orit

Greetings from East and West

Thank you for the announcement! and props to Turkish :D

Thank you.

Regards,
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Post by orit_y
Hi Localizers,

Thanks for the warm words : )

Indeed this forum was long over due and I'm very excited we're communicating in this space!

With the help of our Localization experts we will issue guidelines for Localization in general and specifically, translation.

I believe we can resolve many issues that concern us all and work to improve translations in our different languages.


Best,
Orit
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Post by ps_au
Hola salvamotos.
Bienvenido a Waze.

Not bad for Spanish! Thanks Google Translate! :lol:
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Post by Salvautos
Hola yo siento que en España esta un poco despreocupada la aplicación esta mas enfocado al ingles que al español pero reconozco que es increíble el esfuerzo de trabajo y mejora de esta aplicación.. viva waze!!!!
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Post by sirKitKat
Sounds like a good plan!
There could be a sub-forum for each languages ;)
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