How context-aware AI translation works for product strings
Generic MT treats each string in isolation. Lingowright reads surrounding strings, UI context tags, and character constraints before writing each translation.
19 locales · Variable-safe · Layout-aware
Ship in 19 languages without breaking a single layout.
Lingowright translates your product strings — preserving variables, plural rules, and the 30-character button limit — across nineteen locales automatically.
| Key | English | German (DE) | Japanese (JA) | Arabic (AR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nav.continue | Continue | Weiter | 続ける | متابعة |
| cart.checkout | Go to checkout | Zur Kasse | レジへ進む | إتمام الطلب |
| pay.button | Proceed to payment | 29/30 chars Zur Zahlungsseite | お支払いへ進む | المتابعة للدفع |
| items.count | {{count}} items | {{count}} Artikel | {{count}}点 | {{count}} عنصر |
Truncated button labels
German 'Weiter zur Zahlungsseite' is 31 characters. Your 30-char button limit breaks and no one catches it until QA.
Variable substitution lost
Generic MT strips {{first_name}} from 'Hello, {{first_name}}!' and returns a plain string your template engine can't bind.
Wrong plural form in Arabic
Arabic has 6 plural forms. Your current tool outputs 2. Your users see 'You have 1 items' in every Arabic count.
How it works
From file upload to shipped translations in minutes
01
Upload your string file
Drop in .json, .po, .xliff, .strings, or .arb. Lingowright reads every key, value, and comment.
02
AI translates with context
Our locale engine reads surrounding strings, UI context tags, and character constraints before writing each translation.
03
Push to your repo or CDN
Output files in the same format you uploaded. Merge via GitHub PR or sync to Contentful — your existing pipeline unchanged.
Features
Built for localization engineers
Every feature is designed to handle the edge cases that break generic MT tools.
Character-limit enforcement
Set per-locale char limits per string key. AI respects them. Badge warns when it's close.
Variable preservation
ICU, printf, {{mustache}}, %s — all placeholder syntaxes detected and kept verbatim in output.
Plural rule engine
CLDR-spec plural forms for all 19 locales. Arabic gets 6 forms. English gets 2. No manual rules.
RTL layout signals
Arabic and Hebrew outputs carry RTL directionality metadata your React-i18n or gettext pipeline reads natively.
Continuous sync
New string added? Lingowright detects the delta and translates only the diff — no re-runs on frozen strings.
Brand glossary lock
Protect product names, trademarks, and brand terms from being translated. They pass through untouched.
Customer stories
Teams shipping faster in every locale
We cut our string review cycle from two weeks to two days. The character-limit badges alone save us from a full QA round in German.
Localization Lead at a global e-commerce platform
The variable preservation is the thing. Our previous tool kept stripping the {{count}} parameter. Lingowright handles ICU syntax without any config.
Senior i18n Engineer at a productivity SaaS
19 locales pushed in the same CI/CD pipeline that does our code deploys. Our PMs stopped having a separate localization meeting.
Head of Product at a growing fintech app
Blog
From the Lingowright blog
Technical deep-dives for localization engineers and global product teams.
Why your plural rules are broken in Arabic and Russian
English has 2 plural forms. Arabic has 6. If your i18n library handles English fine but serves garbage in Arabic, the CLDR plural rules spec is where to start.
The 30-character button problem: testing strategies for 19 locales
German compound nouns are beautiful. They're also 40 characters long. Here's a systematic approach to character-limit testing across every locale before you hit QA.
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