Re: Pontoon: Subpar matching in suggestions

Hi,

Another area where Pontoon fails, as far as string matching is 
concerned, is when the existin string is in FTL format the the new 
string is not.

The following 2 strings are a 100% match, but Pontoon does not offer any 
suggestion:

> Slow-Loading Trackers
Existing (FTL): 
https://pontoon.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/all-resources/?string=189840
New (non-FTL): 
https://pontoon.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/all-resources/?string=189388

Could this be addressed? This might cause inconsistencies, waste of time 
and frustration.

salut,
jordi s


El 01/09/2018 a les 17:18, Jordi Serratosa ha escrit:
>
> Hi,
>
> Take a look to this existintg string:
>
>> Some websites use trackers that can monitor your activity across the 
>> Internet. With Tracking Protection Firefox will block many trackers 
>> that can collect information about your browsing behavior.
> https://pontoon.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/all-resources/?string=152174
>
> and this new string:
>
>> Some websites use trackers that can monitor your activity across the 
>> Internet. In private windows Firefox Content Blocking automatically 
>> blocks many trackers that can collect information about your browsing 
>> behavior.
> https://pontoon.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/all-resources/?string=189818
>
> Pontoon does not offer any machinery suggestion. Note the differences 
> between the 2 strings (underlined):
>
>> Some websites use trackers that can monitor your activity across the 
>> Internet. _In private windows Firefox Content Blocking automatically 
>> blocks_ many trackers that can collect information about your 
>> browsing behavior.
> [the new string is untranslated so that you can see that no suggestion 
> is offered]
>
> In my opinion, the existing string is a great candidate for a 
> machinery suggestion but alas! the translator has to retranslate the 
> whole string again. This is a major time waster. I've seen the same 
> behaviour in other strings too.
>
> If the string is considered to be too long for Pontoon's fuzzy 
> matching process, please reconsider the length limit. It is precisely 
> in long strings where the suggestions are more welcome. In my opinion, 
> reusing existing translations should be a priority in Pontoon so that 
> we do not feel that we are retranslating the same over and over again.
>
> salut,
> jordi s
>
>