Translatewiki.net founded by Niklas Laxström
History
Translatewiki.net was made available by Niklas Laxström as localisation platform for all languages of MediaWiki around June 2006.Besides translation, it was developed with the characteristics of an integrated development environment for MediaWiki (Nukawiki in 2005), with a focus on improvement of internationalisation features.At the end of 2007 Siebrand Mazeland joined the management of the website, which was moved to the current domain translatewiki.net.
In April 2008, it already supported over 100 languages for MediaWiki and 200 of its extensions, "making it one of the most translated software projects ever", as well as FreeCol. Since then, while being an independent volunteer project, it has been recognised as a major player in the global success of MediaWiki and the Wikimedia projects powered by it, like Wikipedia, in over 280 languages.
In 2009 it was improved by a Google Summer of Code project by Niklas Laxström.
In 2011 proofreading features were introduced.
In 2012, its translation memory engine expanded to all Wikimedia projects using Translate.In 2013, the Translate platform underwent a major revamp through the "Translate User eXperience" project, or "TUX", including "changes in navigation, editor look and feel, translation area, filters, search, and color & style".