Lokalise automatically checks spelling and grammar in the editor as you upload or update phrases.
Spelling and grammar mistakes in the editor
If a spelling or grammatical error was found, it will be highlighted for you:
Click the highlighted error to see possible corrections. Click Add to dictionary to create a spelling exception for the current project. Existing exceptions can be managed in the project settings.
To disable spelling and grammar check, disable the corresponding option in the top menu:
QA check
If a mistake was found, you will also see a warning from the quality assurance checker:
Click Ignore this to hide the warning.
This QA check can be disabled for the entire project in the project settings under the QA checks tab:
Note that this check has three escalation levels:
Off — this check is completely disabled.
Warning — if a mistake is found, you'll be notified about it as shown in the screenshot above). However, you'll still be able to save the translation.
Error — if translation contains a mistake, you won't be able to save it in the editor unless the mistake is fixed.
Supported languages
We are using LanguageTool to check spelling. Currently this service supports the following languages (please note that for some languages suggestions for misspellings are not supported):
Arabic
Asturian
Belarusian
Breton
Catalan (Valencian)
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
English (Australian, Canadian, GB, New Zealand, South African, US)
Esperanto
French
Galician
German (Austria, Germany, Swiss)
Greek
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Persian
Polish
Portuguese (Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal)
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog
Tamil
Ukrainian