WordPress 4.6 soft string freeze – time to translate (almost) all the things!

Dear polyglots,

As of a few minutes ago, we’re in soft string freezeString freeze The term "string freeze" is used by the core team to mark the end of changes to the strings of an upcoming release. A string freeze also means that there will be no more strings added to the core project. Sometimes a string freeze has two phases a soft freeze and a hard freeze. A string freeze is announced on the Polyglots blog by the current release lead., which means all the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for the upcoming WordPress 4.6 release with the exception of the strings from the About page, are frozen and won’t be changed.

The release is scheduled for August 16th, so we recommend that you use the time between now and the hard string freeze (expected on August 5th), to translate and test translation for everything that is included in the 4.6. development project.

Reminding everyone that for a localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ to take advantage of the automatic release process all these projects – WordPress, WordPress Administration , WordPress Network administration and Continents & Cities need to be 100% translated.

Don’t miss Continents & cities, it’s not been updated with new strings in a while but now has several new ones!

This is a notification for General translation editorsTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the "Project Translation Editor" role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles: General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor of all localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ translated at more than 50% as you still have a chance to bring your locales closer to 100 before August 16th.

You will receive an additional notification once we are in hard freezeHard freeze See String freeze. A hard string freeze or a hard freeze is announced when all the strings of the upcoming release are frozen including the strings of the About page. A hard freeze is the final string freeze before a release.. Until then, thank you in advance for your work!

Let’s get 4.6 released with the largest number of 100% translated locales to date 😉

We have 11 locales already at 100% (well done!)

33 locales have more than 95%:

• #sq – @besnik
• #az – @muhsinmushviq
• #eu – @elurnet, @hey_neken, @ikusimakusi, @erralin, @murgilduta, @unaizc
• #bg_BG – @tyxla, @petya, @kldn, @vloo
• #hr – @yuraz, @mirta
• #da_DK – @georgwp, @intoxstudio, @culturemark, @maxemil, @essens, @ssohl, @thomasdk81, @tohevi
• #nl_NL – @chantalc, @imazed, @mbootsman, @mpol, @defries, @rubenw, @tacoverdo
• #en_GB – @pidengmor, @garyj, @djpaul, @westi, @s1m0nd
• #eo – @cindio, @kunar
• #fi – @arhipaiva, @daniel-koskinen, @arkimedia
• #gl_ES – @egalego
• #el – @dyrer, @kosvrouvas
• #he_IL – @ramiy, @yoavf
• #id_ID – @sofyand, @ekajogja, @hudatoriq, @johanbun, @qzoners
• #ja – @extendwings, @tai, @nao, @odysseygate, @tenpura, @takayukister
• #ms_MY – @webgrrrl, @mohdrafie, @zeo, @tarmiziaffandi
• #nb_NO – @bjornjohansen, @peterhoob
• #oci – @cedric3131
• #fa_IR – @gonahkar, @mani_monaj
• #pl_PL – @eclare, @iworks, @waclawjacek
• #pt_BR – @catiakitahara, @claudiosanches, @deblynprado, @dianakc, @gabriel-reguly, @rafaelfunchal, @valeriosza
• #pt_PT – @alvarogois, @goblindegook, @nbar, @pedromendonca, @vanillalounge
• #ro_RO – @adrianpop, @deconf, @jnhghy
• #ru_RU – @atrax, @jenia, @sergeybiryukov
• #es_AR – @andrezrv, @battaglr, @eliorivero, @fgilio, @gustavodc, @juanfra, @kilinkis, @nicosantos, @ricardoaiello
• #es_CL – @bredebs, @ejner69
• #es_ES – @balfer, @fernandot, @koke, @jconti, @luisrull, @bi0xid, @_dorsvenabili
• #es_VE – @jordicuevas, @dragondeluz
• #sv_SE – @isaackeyet, @damst
• #tr_TR – @wordpress-tr
• #ug_CN – @alim-ahat, @moorshidi, @sepra
• #uk – @kovshenin, @romanbon, @webbistro, @zanatoly
• #vi – @htdat, @huynetbase, @thachpham92, @philiparthurmoore, @tonybui-1, @rilwis, @tucq

23 locales at more than 90% translated

• #ar – @alex-ye, @rasheed
• #bn_BD – @wzislam, @badsha_eee, @tareq1988
• #bs_BA – @kenan3008
• #zh_CN – @jiehanzheng, @jimmyxu
• #zh_TW – @bibi-wang, @sandwich1168, @carrielis, @s9011514, @esofthard, @pseric
• #en_ZA – @hlashbrooke, @brandbrilliance
• #et – @erkoristhein, @uncleowl, @mstannu, @petskratt, @ragulka
• #fr_BE – @casiepa, @pauldewouters
• #fr_CA – @fgienr, @jsmoriss, @martinbouillaud, @mialevesque, @choumich, @rhialto
• #ka_GE – @dimitrigog
• #de_CH – @aliyanage, @swissky, @openstream, @swissspidy, @grapplerulrich
• #hu_HU – @csurga, @djzone, @fgywp, @wphuorg
• #is_IS – @birgire, @egill, @samueljon, @valurthor
• #mk_MK – @server986, @kuzmanov, @chombium, @gocemitevski, @jjanev86, @l10n
• #mr – @jaays, @kidakaka, @mkrndmane, @patilswapnilv, @yossarianc
• #ary – @sa3idho
• #nn_NO – @chriscena, @meinmycell, @hgmb, @peterhoob
• #sr_RS – @dimadin, @lanche86
• #sk_SK – @angeloverona, @johnnypea, @savione
• #es_GT – @wowdevshop, @xicoofficial
• #es_MX – @hiwhatsup, @marcozink
• #es_PE – @reyson
• #th – @dussarong, @kazama, @mennstudio

29 locales translated more than 50%

• #af – @ggericke, @henkvorster, @hugmin42, @jbrink, @kobusb, @kokkieh, @plusplugins, @semblance_er, @snapalot, @festaans
• #hy – @aaleksanyants, @progmastery
• #ceb – @undefinedmj
• #cs_CZ – @neoen, @pavelevap
• #gu – @bisag, @chandrapatel, @healing-tomato, @kirtan95, @mehulkaklotar, @shahpranaf
• #haz – @tohave
• #ga – @brianrourkeboll, @maccoisdealbha
• #kab – @yacine2953
• #km – @so_vichet
• #ckb – @asos99, @sia-neriman
• #lo – @douangtavanh
• #lv – @grivitis, @p0stman, @mikslatvis, @orvils, @rolandinsh
• #ml_IN – @abhilashenair, @harishanker, @jagadees, @jayeshsan, @manojkmohan, @mbigul, @nejwrks, @nitkr
• #mn – @gansukh, @uranbold
• #me_ME – @aidvu, @vaera
• #my_MM – @minnkyaw, @herzcthu
• #ps – @sajadsafi, @msadat
• #pa_IN – @kuldeepsidhu88, @pikasingh
• #rhg – @haroonyousuf
• #gd – @akerbeltzalba, @alasdairmaccaluim
• #si_LK – @anandawardhana, @bckurera, @chevindu, @malinthe, @mohanjith
• #sl_SI – @hekos
• #azb – @tohave
• #gsw – @swissky, @openstream
• #tl – @krzheiyah, @kel-dc
• #ta_LK – @bagerathan
• #te – @veeven
• #ur – @techwhiz, @sajidzaman
• #uz_UZ – @ulugov, @avazbek, @azamat88, @mashrab

Happy translating!

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