Launchpad Translations

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

Launchpad Translations provides a community-driven platform that enables translators to contribute translations to software projects in a wiki-style collaboration interface, covering many languages.

Target Customer

Open-source project maintainers, translation teams, and volunteer translators seeking to localize software into multiple languages (e.g., Ubuntu and other Launchpad projects).

Key Differentiator

A large, global translator community integrated with a wide set of translatable projects, enabled by a wiki-style translation workflow and supported by language packs and import queues (e.g., 386 languages, 88,419 translators, 50 translation groups).

Implementation Timeline

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Pain Points

1Coordinating translations across a large number of languages and multiple projects.
2Keeping translation templates and updated translations synchronized (import queues, templates).
3Managing permissions and visibility for translators and language pack administrators, while tracking translation progress per language.

Key Features

1Web-based translation interface with wiki-style collaboration.
2List of translatable projects (e.g., Arista Transcoder, Blender, OpenShot Video Editor, Ubuntu-related projects).
3Translation status by language and project, with import queues and templates.
4Language packs management (base pack and update pack) and administration by language pack builders.
5Statistics and discovery tools (languages, translators, translation groups).

Target Customer Industries

Decision Makers

1Ubuntu Translators
2Language pack builders

Client Results

1Scale of translations across many languages (386 languages) with thousands of translators (88,419) and numerous translation groups (50).
2Millions of strings and translation templates managed (e.g., 3,168,563 strings in 63,666 translation templates on the homepage).

Competitive Advantages

1Wiki-style, collaborative translation workflow suitable for large, diverse language communities.
2Massive, global translator network with broad language coverage.
3Integration with numerous translatable projects and Ubuntu-related content.
4Built-in support for language packs and import queues to streamline updates.
5Visibility into translation status and per-language progress.

Key Benefits

1Broader language coverage for software projects.

2Collaborative translation workflow that engages the community.

3Transparent translation status and per-language insights.

4Efficient management of language packs and translation updates.

5Access to a large pool of translators and translation groups.

Additional Product Information

Product Description

Launchpad Translations helps you build a community to translate your project into almost any language. Translators use this simple web interface to contribute translations in a wiki-style of collaboration.

Target Market

Open-source software projects seeking multilingual localization (notably within the Launchpad ecosystem and Ubuntu-related projects).

Unique Value Proposition

A scalable, community-driven localization platform with wiki-style contributions, a large translator network, and integrated language packs and import workflows for open-source projects.

Technical Requirements

Web-based interface with login; OpenID login support is indicated by the OpenID page fragment.

Pricing Model

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