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[1.8.14-r2] — 2026-03-13

Added

  • Cross-platform builds — Official macOS .app bundle and Windows portable version
  • macOS DMG installer — Ready-to-use drag-and-drop installer (64MB)
  • Windows portable ZIP — Python-based portable version with batch launcher (1.5MB)
  • Professional packaging — DEB/RPM packages with proper dependencies and desktop integration
  • GitHub repository integration — DEB (Ubuntu/Debian) and RPM (Fedora/RHEL) repositories
  • Updated installation documentation — Complete installation guide for all platforms

Fixed

  • Man page generation — Created during package build for proper documentation
  • Package metadata — Corrected descriptions and dependencies across all formats
  • Repository publishing — Automated package deployment to GitHub Pages repositories

Distribution

  • macOS: LinguaEdit-1.8.14-macOS-arm64.dmg (Apple Silicon native)
  • Windows: LinguaEdit-1.8.14-Windows-Portable.zip (Python + requirements)
  • Linux DEB: Available via apt install linguaedit from yeager repository
  • Linux RPM: Available via dnf install linguaedit from yeager repository
  • Python PyPI: Available via pip install linguaedit (cross-platform)

Repository URLs

[1.8.14] — 2026-02-14

Added

  • Drag & drop — save dialog when dropping a file with unsaved changes
  • Drag & drop — video file handling with subtitle track extraction
  • Windows DPAPI keystore — native credential storage via ctypes (no keyring dependency)
  • .qm translations compiled for all languages with actual translations

Fixed

  • Transifex — redirect handling fix for API calls
  • Crowdin — ZIP extraction + project_id type coercion fix
  • Currency format — %1$ variables no longer falsely detected as currency symbols
  • Windows locale detection — proper system language detection for UI language selection

Changed

  • Small .qm exclusion — translation files under 20 KB excluded from builds (empty/near-empty)
  • Removed 11 empty translation files (.ts/.qm) with zero translated strings

[1.8.13] — 2026-02-13

Added

  • Browse buttons for Transifex, Weblate, and Crowdin — list projects/orgs without manual input
  • Context column for file types with context (TS/PO/XLIFF)
  • svlang integration — svengelska detection + consistency checks for Swedish translations
  • Windows keyring verification for credential storage

Changed

  • Default sort order changed to file order (ascending)
  • Number localization lint changed to info severity

Fixed

  • Clean error messages from platform APIs (no more raw HTML dumps)
  • 33 missing Swedish translations fixed (newline strings)
  • Duplicate .ts messages cleaned up
  • update_translations.py false positive fix

[1.8.12] — 2026-02-13

Changed

  • Flag icons — replaced painted stripes with proper flag images from FlagKit (MIT). Works on all platforms including Windows.

[1.8.11] — 2026-02-13

Fixed

  • Flag icons on Windows — Windows doesn't render flag emoji; now uses painted stripe flags instead (works everywhere)

[1.8.10] — 2026-02-13

Fixed

  • Windows translations — PyInstaller bundle: translations dir lookup via sys._MEIPASS
  • Auto-detect language — Welcome wizard now pre-selects system language instead of defaulting to English
  • i18n logging — added debug logging for translation loading (helps diagnose issues)
  • macOS-only code guarded — defaults read fallback only runs on macOS

[1.8.9] — 2026-02-13

Fixed

  • Flag icons on Windows — use Segoe UI Emoji instead of Apple Color Emoji (Linux: Noto Color Emoji)
  • Translations on Windows — improved translations directory discovery (importlib.resources + Windows site-packages path)

[1.8.8] — 2026-02-13

Fixed

  • Swedish translation — 21 inconsistencies corrected (terminology, accelerators, formatting)
  • CI — compile only non-empty translations, remove stale .qm before build

[1.8.7] — 2026-02-13

Added

  • Language picker — dynamic selector with country flags, based on available .qm files
  • Transifex source sync — CI workflow pushes new source strings automatically
  • Update checker — startup background check for new GitHub releases
  • Weblate/Crowdin/Transifex — platform browser with translation statistics

Changed

  • Translations — consolidated to single src/linguaedit/translations/ directory
  • Language picker — only shows languages with actual translations (skips empty .qm)
  • CI — Transifex workflow now pushes source strings before pulling translations
  • 1,522 source strings (up from 1,282)

Fixed

  • Quit — now prompts to save unsaved changes
  • Stats — counter and row color update correctly after editing translations

[1.8.6] — 2026-02-13

Changed

  • Pre-translate — runs in background QThread (UI no longer freezes)
  • Pre-translate — API key field added directly in dialog (no need for separate dialog)
  • Pre-translate — source language auto-detection (Auto-detect option in dropdown)
  • Transifex — integration for community translations (18 languages, daily sync via GitHub Actions)
  • i18n — all Swedish source strings in code replaced with English (proper i18n)
  • CI — .ts/.qm build automation for all languages

[1.8.5] — 2026-02-13

Changed

  • Pre-translate — show API error dialog with skip/continue/stop options
  • Pre-translate — keep completed translations on cancel (don't discard)
  • Pre-translate — progress dialog with ETA and cancel button

Fixed

  • Lingva — update dead lingva.ml URL to working translate.plausibility.cloud instance
  • i18n — move pre-translate strings to correct LinguaEditWindow context
  • i18n — fix context placement for 36 strings + add update_translations.py
  • i18n — fix 4 missing \n in translations + add 12 new strings
  • i18n — Redaktör → Redigerare (editor)
  • keystore — remove -T '' flag from macOS Keychain storage (was blocking all apps)

[1.8.4] — 2026-02-13

Fixed

  • i18n — translate 51 missing strings (menu accelerators, preferences, dialogs)
  • i18n — fix 50 DeepL mistranslations (Error→"Gilla", Bold→"Boll", TMX→"Toronto-börsen", etc.)
  • i18n — fix accelerator translations mangled by DeepL (& translated as "Och")
  • i18n — wrap 2 OCR dialog strings in self.tr()

[1.8.3] — 2026-02-13

Changed

  • CI — added lrelease step to compile translations in all GitHub Actions builds (macOS, Windows, Linux)

Fixed

  • FFmpeg — fix Windows pipe deadlock by draining stderr in background thread
  • FFmpeg — search common Windows install paths (Chocolatey, Scoop, Program Files) when not on PATH

[1.8.2] — 2026-02-13

Changed

  • Video subtitle overlay — rewritten to use QGraphicsView + QGraphicsVideoItem; subtitles are now actually visible on the video
  • Subtitle color logic — yellow for translated or no-translations-yet, red only for untranslated when file has other translations
  • Video overlay resync — overlay resyncs automatically after editing translations
  • Subtitle column widths — 20% time / 40% source / 40% translation
  • Default columns — auto-size for #/tags/status, equal stretch for source and translation
  • i18n — 14 newly wrapped strings in self.tr()
  • Complete Swedish translation — updated via DeepL (1,337 strings)
  • Mass operations — subtitles case added to _set_entry_translation

[1.8.1] — 2026-02-13

Added

  • Complete Swedish translation — expanded from 285 to 1,323 translated strings

Changed

  • Video subtitle overlay — shows only translation text in yellow; untranslated segments show source in red
  • Translation .qm files in git — compiled translations now tracked in repository (previously gitignored)

Fixed

  • macOS icon — fixed icon display issues on macOS

[1.8.0] — 2026-02-13

Added

  • Live-update translation column — tree view updates in real-time while typing
  • Extended selection — Shift+click range and Ctrl+click multi-select in tree view
  • Resizable column headers — all tree view columns can be resized by dragging
  • Incomplete subtitle warning — warns when saving subtitle file with untranslated entries
  • Unity MonoBehaviour parser — support for Unity localization tables with SharedData/TableData pattern

Changed

  • Video preview rewrite — 16:9 aspect ratio, full transport controls, subtitle overlay painted on video widget, volume control
  • Side panel auto-hide — hides string info, TM, reference, context, preview when video dock is visible
  • Subtitle save fallback — SRT/VTT save now falls back to source text when no translation exists (fixes roundtrip)
  • Replaced QThread with daemon threading.Thread for machine translation (fixes SIGABRT crash)
  • Disabled Qt accessibility on macOS to prevent SIGSEGV in libqcocoa.dylib
  • Fixed locale.getdefaultlocale() deprecation warning for Python 3.13+

Fixed

  • QThread crash — proper cleanup of MT thread before creating new one
  • Subtitle overlay — use child widget on QVideoWidget for reliable overlay display
  • Dark mode contrast — MT Suggestions and context panel text now visible in dark mode
  • Save/Save As — use Path objects consistently for file paths
  • Video subtitle extraction — progress dialog no longer disappears; removed auto-copy source
  • Multi-selection crash — fixed crash when selecting multiple entries
  • App icon — fixed icon display on macOS and Windows
  • Swedish .qm translation — now properly included in package
  • SubtitleEntry attributes — fixed character counter and stats using wrong attribute names
  • Unity asset roundtrip — fixed YAML parsing for Unity-specific tags and document format
  • SRT roundtrip — fixed empty entries being dropped on save/reload cycle
  • Settings test — target_language auto-detection from system locale

[1.7.0] — 2026-02-11

Added

  • Resizable source text view — drag the splitter between source and translation to adjust heights
  • Larger default source text area (150px vs 90px), supports up to 300px

[1.6.0] — 2026-02-11

Added

  • Save As toolbar button — quick access to Save As directly from the main toolbar
  • TM matches marked fuzzy — Translation Memory matches and quick TM actions now auto-mark entries as fuzzy until manually approved

Changed

  • All auto-applied translations (MT, TM, batch) consistently marked as fuzzy

[1.5.0] — 2026-02-10

Added

  • Save As… (Ctrl+Shift+S) — file dialog with suggested filename and directory
  • Simple Mode (Ctrl+Shift+L) — minimal UI: hides sidebar, context panel, minimap, quick actions toolbar

Changed

  • Default sort: Untranslated first — entries now sorted by status (untranslated → errors → fuzzy → translated) by default
  • Machine translation always marks fuzzy — MT-applied entries are marked as "needs work" until manually approved

[1.4.0] — 2026-02-10

Added

  • Save confirmation dialog when closing tabs with unsaved changes
  • Scrollbars on comment and plural editor fields
  • FFmpeg subtitle extraction now shows progress bar with cancel support
  • FFmpeg error handling with user-friendly warning dialogs

Fixed

  • Fuzzy toggle button now works correctly for TS files (no longer auto-cleared on save)
  • Fuzzy toggle button now works correctly for SDLXLIFF/MQXLIFF files (confirmed flag respects fuzzy state)
  • Side panel can now be freely resized (removed maximum width constraint)
  • FFmpeg timeout reduced from 120s to 30s for faster error recovery

Changed

  • Side panel minimum width reduced to 200px for more flexible layouts

v1.3.2 — "Rock Solid" (2026-02-09)

Bug Fixes

  • Fuzzy toggle now works correctly for TS files (was using entry.type instead of entry.translation_type)
  • FFmpeg subtitle extraction shows progress dialog instead of blank window
  • FFmpeg extraction has timeout handling and error reporting

Improvements

  • Scrollbars on all text areas (source, translation, comment)
  • Unsaved changes dialog when closing or opening new file
  • Window geometry and splitter positions saved/restored via QSettings
  • 90 unit tests added (parsers, linter, TM, settings, security)

Known Issues

  • Unity .asset parser doesn't handle !u! YAML tags

v1.3.1 — "Polished & Translated" (2026-02-09)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed TM autocomplete crash (lookup_tm() keyword argument mismatch)
  • Fixed Concordance dialog crash (Settings.get() vs get_value())
  • Fixed AI Review crash with TS files (used PO-specific attributes)
  • Fixed pyside6-lupdate missing strings inside f-strings

Improvements

  • Compile button shows visual status: green ✓ (success), red ✗ (error), neutral (not compiled)
  • Compile icon resets to neutral when translation text is edited
  • Modern rounded arrow icons for Undo/Redo (orange) and Previous/Next (blue chevrons)
  • File open dialog remembers last used directory
  • Swedish translation 100% complete (1257/1257 strings)
  • 6 professional screenshots added to README and website

1.3.0 (2026-02-09) — Secure, Polished & Video-Ready

Security

  • Cross-platform credential storage — macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Locker, Linux Secret Service, AES-encrypted fallback
  • Security status in Preferences — shows which backend is active with 🔒/⚠️ indicator

Video & Subtitles

  • Auto video preview — opening a subtitle file automatically shows the matching video
  • Extraction prompt with progress bar — percentage-based progress when extracting subtitles from video
  • Editable timestamps — subtitle time intervals as a dedicated editable column
  • Non-modal preview — video plays alongside the editor

Bug Fixes

  • Fuzzy click fixed — column index mismatch (was writing to col 3 instead of col 5)
  • Fuzzy toggle for TS/XLIFF — now works for all file formats, not just PO

Packaging

  • Ubuntu 25.10 compatible — removed python3-pyside6 dependency, improved postinst with pip fallbacks
  • Better install docs — separate sections for Linux, macOS, and Windows

1.2.1 (2026-02-09) — Full Swedish Translation

Updated

  • Swedish translation: 100% coverage (1023 strings)
  • Updated POT template with all extractable strings
  • File type associations for macOS and Linux (.desktop + MIME XML)

1.2.0 (2026-02-09) — The Translator's Dream

Editor & UX

  • Zen Translation Mode (Ctrl+Shift+Z) — distraction-free source → translation workflow
  • Horizontal layout toggle — editor on right or below (View menu)
  • Inline MT suggestions — DeepL/OpenAI suggestions appear as you translate
  • Spell check — red wavy underlines with suggestions and custom dictionary
  • Poedit-style shortcuts — Alt+Enter (next untranslated), Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down (prev/next fuzzy)
  • Tab navigation flow — Tab saves and moves to next, Ctrl+Enter to next untranslated
  • Save flash animation — green border flash confirming save
  • Colored entry borders — red (untranslated), orange (fuzzy), green (translated)
  • Auto-collapsing side panel — hides when empty, thin tab bar when collapsed
  • Context-aware toolbar — right-click to customize, overflow menu for less-used actions
  • Dark theme — comprehensive 200-line QSS dark theme
  • "Reviewed" status filter — filter entries by review status

File Formats

  • SDLXLIFF (Trados) parser with segment definitions and confirmation status
  • MQXLIFF (memoQ) parser with namespace detection and segment properties
  • File type associations — double-click .po/.ts/.xliff etc. to open in LinguaEdit (macOS + Linux)

Tools

  • Project Dashboard (Ctrl+D) — per-language progress bars, pie/bar charts, CSV export
  • Git-based diff (Ctrl+Shift+D) — compare with previous commits, detect outdated translations
  • Batch Machine Translate (Ctrl+Alt+T) — one-click MT for all untranslated with preview

1.1.0 (2026-02-09) — Video Subtitle Extraction

Added

  • FFmpeg video subtitle extraction — extract subtitles from video files (.mkv, .mp4, .avi, etc.)
  • FFmpeg missing dialog — user-friendly dialog when FFmpeg is not installed, with options to get install info, browse manually, retry, or cancel
  • Video subtitle stream selection — pick which subtitle track to extract from multi-stream videos
  • Enhanced sidebar — large icons for better navigation and visibility
  • Increased Source/Translation margins — more readable editing area

1.0.0 (2026-02-08) — The Everything Release

LinguaEdit 1.0.0 marks a major milestone with 55+ new features, 15+ supported file formats, and comprehensive translation tools for professionals and hobbyists alike.

🎯 Editor Enhancements

  • Search & Replace (Ctrl+H) with regex support, case sensitivity, and whole word matching
  • Translation Memory (SQLite) with fuzzy matching and auto-learning from your translations
  • Batch editing (Ctrl+Shift+B) for bulk fuzzy fixes and search/replace across all entries
  • Autocomplete from TM suggestions speeds up repetitive translation work
  • Inline editing - double-click any entry in the list to edit directly
  • Plural forms editor with CLDR rules for proper localization
  • Translator comments editing for better context and collaboration
  • Propagate identical translations across entries with same source text
  • Focus mode (Ctrl+Shift+F) shows only untranslated or fuzzy entries
  • Fullscreen mode (F11) for distraction-free translation
  • Syntax highlighting for HTML tags, format strings, and escape sequences
  • Drag & drop files for quick opening

✅ Quality Assurance

  • Glossary system with consistency checking across your project
  • Enhanced linter detecting HTML tag mismatches, missing accelerator keys, duplicates, case mismatches, CLDR validation, and number localization issues
  • AI Review (Ctrl+Shift+A) with offline heuristic fallback for quality scoring
  • Confidence score per translation entry with visual indicators
  • Back-translation verification to catch meaning drift
  • Regex tester for format string validation
  • Layout simulator with pixel width checking for UI text
  • Unicode inspector for character encoding issues

📊 Reports & Statistics

  • HTML/PDF reports with quality scores, progress charts, and detailed metrics
  • Statistics dialog (Ctrl+I) with word counts, character counts, and completion rates
  • Burndown chart showing translation progress over time
  • Locale map - world map visualization with translation status by region

📁 File Format Support

  • PO (gettext) - GNU gettext portable object files
  • TS (Qt Linguist) - Qt translation source files
  • XLIFF - XML Localization Interchange File Format
  • JSON - Generic JSON translation files
  • YAML - YAML-based translation files
  • Android XML - Android string resources
  • ARB - Application Resource Bundle (Flutter/Dart)
  • PHP - PHP array-based translation files
  • Apple .strings/.stringsdict - iOS/macOS localization files
  • Unity .asset - Unity game engine localization
  • RESX (.NET) - Microsoft .NET resource files
  • Java .properties - Java properties files
  • Chrome i18n JSON - Chrome extension localization
  • Godot .csv/.tres - Godot game engine translation files
  • Subtitles .srt/.vtt - Subtitle file support
  • TMX import/export - Translation Memory eXchange format

🔄 Integration & Workflow

  • Weblate/Transifex/Crowdin sync for cloud-based translation platforms
  • Git integration - commit and push directly from the application
  • Email translations to Translation Project coordinator
  • Gettext msgmerge integration for updating translation files
  • Source code context from local files or GitHub repositories
  • OCR screenshot text extraction for translating UI elements

🔖 Workflow & Productivity

  • Bookmarks (Ctrl+B, F2) for marking important entries and quick navigation
  • Tags and filters per entry for custom organization
  • Review mode with approve/reject workflow for translation teams
  • Macro recording/playback for automating repetitive tasks
  • Pomodoro timer built-in for focused translation sessions
  • Watch mode - auto-reload files when changed externally
  • Quick actions (Ctrl+.) for common operations
  • Pinned entries - keep important translations visible

🎨 Customization & Themes

  • 5 beautiful themes: Light, Dark, Solarized Dark, Nord, and Monokai
  • Plugin system (~/.local/share/linguaedit/plugins/) for custom extensions
  • Character counter with configurable length limits
  • TTS preview - hear your translations spoken aloud
  • Gamification system with achievements and progress tracking
  • File header editor (Ctrl+Shift+H) for metadata management
  • Project view (Ctrl+Shift+O) for multi-file project management
  • Preview panel showing formatted output
  • Minimap for quick navigation in large files
  • Diff view (Ctrl+D) comparing source and target languages

🛠️ Technical Improvements

  • Performance optimizations for large translation files (10,000+ entries)
  • Memory usage improvements with lazy loading and caching
  • Crash recovery with auto-save and session restore
  • Export optimizations for faster file generation
  • Database indexing for faster Translation Memory searches
  • Multi-threading for non-blocking UI operations

🌍 Localization

  • Swedish translation - Native svenska språkstöd
  • German translation - Deutsche Übersetzung (partial)
  • French translation - Traduction française (partial)
  • Spanish translation - Traducción en español (partial)
  • Right-to-left (RTL) support for Arabic, Hebrew, and other RTL languages

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed memory leaks in large file processing
  • Resolved Unicode handling issues in file saving
  • Fixed crash when opening corrupted translation files
  • Improved error handling for network operations
  • Fixed search highlighting in dark themes
  • Resolved export formatting issues for various file types
  • Fixed keyboard shortcuts in macOS
  • Improved file locking to prevent data corruption
  • Fixed drag and drop on Windows and Linux
  • Resolved Qt6 compatibility issues

🔧 Infrastructure

  • CI/CD pipeline with automated testing and building
  • Cross-platform builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Flatpak packaging for Linux distributions
  • Windows installer with proper uninstall support
  • macOS app bundle with code signing
  • AppImage support for universal Linux compatibility

Migration from 0.8.x: This release includes automatic migration of settings and translation memories. Your existing projects will be upgraded seamlessly.

Breaking Changes: Plugin API has been updated - plugins written for 0.8.x will need minor updates.

Download: Available on GitHub Releases, Flathub, and package managers.

Contributors: Special thanks to all beta testers and translators who helped make this release possible.

Total additions since v0.8.0: 55+ features, 15+ file formats, 12 languages, 1,000+ commits