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Tor-Bjorn Fjellner 1:28 pm on February 22, 2018

Hi,

You can find information about how we work at https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/

In short: Here in this blog you may request to be appointed as PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a general translation editor after a request by the project author or by the contributors themselves. (Project Translation EditorProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a general translation editor after a request by the project author or by the contributors themselves.) for specific plugins and specific target 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/.
Then the GTEGeneral Translation Editor A General Translation Editor (often referred to as GTE) is a person, who has global access to validate strings on all projects for a specific locale.’s (General Translation EditorGeneral Translation Editor A General Translation Editor (often referred to as GTE) is a person, who has global access to validate strings on all projects for a specific locale.) for each 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/ may appoint you. Some locales request that the translator first supply some translations so that they may evaluate the quality.
Cindio 2:25 pm on February 22, 2018

There’s a problem directing anyone to fast confirmation of translation activity, since profile pages don’t show translation work in the activity stream. For example, the activity stream of @fonsotranslations shows only his above comment. The best option is the Teams pages, but they also don’t show the actual labor of each member.
Juan Hernando 7:37 pm on May 9, 2018

¡Hola @fonsotranslations!

Thanks for contributing to the es_ES translation! You can take a look at this page where there is more info on how we handle PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a general translation editor after a request by the project author or by the contributors themselves. requests and why we don’t grant PTE authority by default.

You can get in touch with us joining the #traductores-plugins channel in the Spanish Community Slack. Also remember to take a look at our Guía de traductores where we describe the best practices and recommendations for creating a perfect localizationLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "l10n") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel." of plugins and themes. There are important rules like using ‘tú’ instead of ‘usted’ treatment and using words from our glossary that you need to be careful with in your translations.

¡Gracias!

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