1740691 - [Tool][Pontoon]: request to add FTL parameters feature

Status: RESOLVED MOVED

(Mozilla Localizations :: Other, enhancement)

Description

[Balázs Meskó]

Steps to reproduce:

Currently there is no straightforward way to know what FTL parameters are available for embedded strings.

Actual results:

Currently if you need to know the available parameters, you need to find the source string in Pontoon, and look at the FTL (usually at Mozilla.org/brands.ftl).

Expected results:

I propose, that we should show FTL parameters when using FTL strings in another string. I'll give an example to show what I mean. Let's see this hypothetical string:

Learn more about { -brand-name-mozilla }

In this example, I am using the Mozilla brand name, which is specified by the following FTL in the Hungarian translation of brands.ftl:

-brand-name-mozilla =
{ $ending ->
*[normal] Mozilla
[accented] Mozillá
}

This is required, because "about" is a suffix in Hungarian, so in this case the Hungarian translation is:

Tudjon meg többet a { -brand-name-mozilla(ending: 'accented') }ról

The problem is, that I know about this parameter, because I translated the original string, but other translators (especially newcomers) won't know about this. So if possible, we should be able to see the available FTL parameters in these cases.

Comment 1

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Note that Pontoon moved to GitHub Issues.

I think this is covered by this existing bug/issue, feel free to add there if something is missing.

Comment 2

[Matjaz Horvat [:mathjazz]]

I've filed a dedicated issue:
https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/issues/2363

Thanks for the report!