Allow translators of different languages to see each others' comments

[tuuktuuk]

Describe the problem

Very often the source text is in English, and in English a phrase such as "Deleted post" can either mean "You just deleted a post" or "This is a deleted post" or "The following post was deleted". This means, there is very often a need for clarification in order to properly translate a phrase.

When I write a comment asking which one is the intended meaning, I would really like other translators to see my comment and its answer when translating the same app/site to some other language, because they are going to encounter the same problem when translating the same phrase.

Solution brainstorm

There could be either a checkbox saying "Show to translators of other languages", or just a third (and fourth?) item in the dropdown menu for what kind of comment I'm writing.

Describe alternatives you have considered

No response

Screenshots

Additional context

No response

[nijel]

It is there, it is called scope:

But it might be more appropriate to use Explanation for that, as it is shown more prominently; see https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/translating.html#explanation

[tuuktuuk]

So, do you mean I should write such questions as "source string comment" instead of "translation comment"? That's actually marvellously unintuitive, because I've got nothing against the wording of the original source string.

So, if I make it a "source string comment", will other languages' translators see the answers as well?

[emmapeel2]

@tuuktuuk: As a localization coordinator for a software project, I depend on translators like you that add comments when strings lack context or are confusing in any way.

But I think the problem you are confronting already has solutions that sadly are not used by translation maintainers. In this particular string on your screenshot, I would have added the explanation on the, well Explanation field, as @nijel has already mentioned, instead of as a comment.

I also think a screenshot would help a lot. I do not have a way to set up automatic screenshots for our many components, but I try to add them at least when translators ask for clarification.