Pseudolocalization replaces source characters with accented alternatives and writes localized files for the synthetic locale en-x-pseudo. Use it to find hard-coded text, layout problems, and code that incorrectly assumes ASCII content before translations are available.

Push the source assets before generating pseudolocalized files:

mojito push -r MyRepo
mojito pseudo -r MyRepo

The pseudo command supports the same source and target directory, file type, source locale, source regex, filter, and directory include/exclude options used by other file-processing commands:

mojito pseudo -r MyRepo \
    --source-directory src \
    --target-directory build/pseudo \
    --file-type PROPERTIES JSON

Character substitution

Set the substitution strategy with --substitute:

Value Behavior
RANDOM Select a random accented replacement for each character. This is the default. Repeated runs, and repeated occurrences within a string, may differ.
CONSISTENT Map a character to the same replacement within a string. Use this when reproducible-looking output is easier to test or review. 
mojito pseudo -r MyRepo --substitute CONSISTENT

Both strategies preserve the original text structure while making unlocalized content visually obvious.