Pseudolocalize by Stephanie Hobson

Transform a webpage by inserting accented characters and making words 30% longer or swap text to read from right to left. A tool to help web developers test their code in different locales without having a translation available.

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About this extension

#What is pseudolocalization?

Pseudolocalization is a method for testing how code handles other languages. But you don't need to have a full translation to do the testing. Words get replaced with an altered version to fake translation.

For example: Account Settings → Àççôûñţ Šéţţîñĝš

This extension includes two pseudolocalization options for testing web pages:

#Accented

This option will replace English characters with accented characters. This helps test fonts and page encoding. It also makes the text 30% longer which helps test for variation in word lengths (for example: German is often longer than English).

#Bidi

This option will replace the English characters with backwards characters. It will also insert hidden characters what will get Firefox to treat the fake words as if they are in a language that is written from right to left.

It will also set the `dir` attribute on the `<html>` to RTL.

#Reset

It's a very basic extension. To return the page to its original state you will need to refresh.

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