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HubSpot's multi-language groups handle pages well. Emails, forms and smart content are separate systems, and that is where the gaps open as well.
Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026
Instagram has no translation features worth using. The text is in the image and the caption, and each needs a different approach almost everywhere.
Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026
Two file types, one job. Strings handles the simple cases and stringsdict handles plurals, which is where most iOS localizations fall short as well.
Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026
Properties files look like simple key-value pairs. The escaping rules and the locale-suffix naming are where they actually go wrong for most banks.
Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026
Markdown is mostly safe to translate, apart from four things that silently corrupt: code fences, link syntax, front matter keys and anchors as well.
Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026
In PHP, strings live in code. The job is separating what a user reads from what the interpreter runs, and most projects have never done it as well.
Samhitha J Bhatt · Aug 17, 2026
