Guides
Design localization guides
Practical guides to translating and localizing designs in Figma, Pixso and Penpot: translation methods, RTL layouts for Arabic and Hebrew, and text expansion.
Updated · By Mihir Vaghani, founder of The Plugins Company
How to translate a Figma design into other languages
Three ways to translate a Figma design: copy-paste, a TMS plugin, or one-click on-canvas translation. Steps, trade-offs and how to keep the layout intact.
How to make a Figma design right-to-left (RTL) for Arabic and Hebrew
How to mirror a Figma layout for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu: what to flip, what never to flip, fonts, and the one-click way to do it.
Text expansion in translation: how much longer will your UI text get?
How much text grows when translated, by string length and by language, with the W3C/IBM figures, and how to design layouts that survive it.
The best Figma translation & localization plugins
An honest comparison of the main options, grouped by what each one is good at.