Abderraouf Mehdi Bouhali 6:34 am on August 2, 2018
Tags: ar ( 219 ), arabic ( 19 ), editor requests ( 6,373 ), glotpress ( 188 ), locale ( 26 )

Requesting a GTE role for the #ar locale

I’m interested in contributing to the 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 WP coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., themes and plugins.

I’m a web developer from Algeria, with quite good translation skills around these languages : English, French and Arabic. I’m quite familiar with collaborative translation projects (worked on Yoast SEO pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and OwnCloud platform years ago) and I’ve used WPML content/stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. translation on various occasions.

If I am attributed the role of a 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. for #arabic, I’m wiliing to :
1. Enrich the #arabic glossary with missing terms, and discuss with the community to tackle any ambiguity issues between similar terms,
2. Try to put together a style guide for arabic 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/ contributors,
3. Suggest modifications (ncessary ones) to the core of the #ar #locale itself (in #GlotPress),
4. Share the load of the other GTEs and s in both string translation and reviewing.

I am keen to help provide an exhaustive and consistent high quality #ar localization for the popular / most used plugins and themes, but also some of the plugins/themes that target mainly arabic language users.

For that, we can put some milestones to prioritize our work :
1. Hit the 100% for the WP core localization.
2. Target the most used plugins/themes first (10 – 20 -50 – 100 most used) and make it above the 95% threshold for them to be integrated in current and future releases.
3. Gradually clean the crowded plugins/themes of any warnings/fuzzy stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. (one at a time).

For the time being, I can dedicate at least one hour of reviewing and 2 hours of translation on a weekly basis..

I hope I can get along with you guys and learn from your experience within this community 🙂

Best regards,
Abderraouf Mehdi Bouhali.

@alex-ye @rasheed
@petya @ocean90 @nao @chantalc

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Tor-Bjorn Fjellner 6:45 am on August 2, 2018

Hi @armbouhali
A couple of suggestions:
1. If you want to put a photo in your avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name., then you can do that via https://en.gravatar.com/
2. Many 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/ teams have their own chat channels as a way to streamline their internal cooperation. The ones we’re aware of are listed in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/about/teams/local-slacks/
But there is no such channel yet for WordPress in Arabic. Almost all use SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., since it’s very easy to get started and they¨ve got a free layer with the main limitation that you only have access to the 10k last messages, rolling. (That’s enough for coordination of a virtual and geographically distributed organization.)
I don’t know if Slack works well for RTL, but there may be other suitable platforms in that case. Farsi uses a different platform, for instance.
- Abderraouf Mehdi Bouhali 11:33 am on August 4, 2018
  
  Thanks, I’ve updated my avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name..
  I know there is a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. workspace for WP Arabic translators as mentioned in this thread, but still you have to be invited first.
  - Tor-Bjorn Fjellner 1:37 am on February 5, 2019
    
    @nabilmoqbel @alex-ye
    The person that is admin for the SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. workspace can configure pre-approval of email addresses in the domain @chat.wordpress.org That way, you won’t have to manually handle new participants, if they’ve already already joined the global Slack team via https://make.wordpress.org/chat
    The email address you get that way, discard incoming emails unless they originated from the servers of Slack, so Spam shouldn’t be able to get through. But correct messages are forwarded to the email address you’ve got in your wp-org profile.
    
    If you do this update, then I’ll be very happy to add details about your Slack team to https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/about/teams/local-slacks/
Chris 8:20 am on August 4, 2018

Hi, I’m a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party developer and I think it is a great idea to have new GTEs for #ar with a benefit not only for coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. since the current GTEs don’t seem to manage to reply to pending #ar #editor-requests, which brings the entire language to a halt. Once the approval of new PTEs gets under way, more people will be involved in Arabic. 🙂
Nashwan Doaqan 12:14 pm on August 4, 2018

Hello,

We welcome you as contributer to the Arabic team, please start translating and adding suggestions. We have 4 editors on the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. project and they will approve the translations you will send as soon as possible.
Tor-Bjorn Fjellner 9:28 pm on August 4, 2018
I just had a look at the status of #ar translations.
Currently
- the list of themes with waiting or fuzzy stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. is 27 pages long
- the list of plugins with waiting or fuzzy strings is 94 pages long
- Lots of waiting and untranslated in published metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. projects as: PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party directory, WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/, RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages.
- Several versions of coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. needs to catch up, including recently released 4.9.8 – this is blocking the generation of language packs and installation packs.
The task of maintaining translations 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/ is huge and it’s usually a good strategy to have a team that is not too small, and to concentrate on efficient internal communication (the glossary tool, for instance, is a tool that helps a lot in keeping terminology consistent).
- Nashwan Doaqan 10:12 pm on August 4, 2018
  
  Yrs of course there are a large number of themes and plugins without translations or weak and fuzzy suggestions, we have a good number of 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 who tries to volunteer their best (50+ including us) and we we welcome more, it’s not reasonable to add every translation editors as GTEs, hope you understand. Thank you 🙂
- nabil_kadimi 1:30 am on February 2, 2019
  @alex-ye, @tobifjellner I would love to have the chance to help. I’ve translated many stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. (thanks Nash for validating a some of them), but I still believe I could help more if I’m allowed to approve the strings I translate.
  
  My background in translation:
  - I started my freelance career as a translator (was easy since my father was a translator/interpreter and I had a lot of interest in Arabic as a language)
  - Even after moving to the world of web development and webdesign, I didn’t loose interest in Arabic, I worked as a manager in the Arabic translation team for Drupal.
  - Nabil Moqbel 9:16 pm on February 4, 2019
    
    Hi Nabil,
    Thank you very much for your contributions in translation.
    Please open your new request for the specific pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party or theme to review the plugin and translations that you provided.
Nashwan Doaqan 5:21 am on August 5, 2018

WP coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Arabic translation is completed. Many thanks to @nabilmoqbel for his outstanding effort. We couldn’t notice any good translations from you on the core project?! You don’t have to be 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. to contribute, please start the translating of a project you like . We will add you 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. for that project once you have a good number of translations.
Abderraouf Mehdi Bouhali 3:10 pm on August 6, 2018
The coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. project is almost complete for all recent WordPress versions, thankfully. I am more interested in translating the poorest part (plugins and themes).
Before starting this post, I’ve contributed to the Broke Link Checker pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party with 430 stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. : (since I’m familiar with it).
- Release : 60 new, 230 revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision.. (100% reached).
- Documentation : 140 new / 360 still untranslated.
From the little experience I have, I can say the Arabic translator has many difficult tasks to perform simultaneously :
— Translate strings from a foreign language (English) having a richer terminology with no common vocabulary shared with arabic.
— Become familiar with the terminology of each project. i.e. : a SEO plugin has SEO terms, a forum plugin has forum terms, and so on.
— Think about a proper term translation and avoid arabization as much as possible. (arabization “التعريب” is the transcription of a foreign word’s phonetics in arabic letters, for example : “technology” is written “تكنولوجيا”, pronounced tekhnologia as in Ancient Greek).
— Use one writing style for all similar expressions within the same project and through the whole platform.
Example : Operations as add, delete, edit are sometimes translated as imperatives (أضف، عدّل، احذف), and sometimes as action nouns (إضافة، حذف، تعديل).

Any Arabic translator needs style directives to avoid inconsistent contributions, and a much richer glossary as a common reference for all projects. The glossary has to include terms from outside the WP core, since there are no rich and reliable glossaries for the domains related to Computer Science.
The only efficient way to do so is by editing the glossary and style guide as you translate/review translations, which can be done only by a 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..

Therefore I ask for a 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. role over the whole set of plugins instead of bothering you for authorization or review every so often.
I don’t mind being less than a GTE as long as I can be part of the discussion regarding the glossary and the style guide.

I’d be glad if these two requests are both satisfied, since there’s less meaning to one without the other.

Best regards 🙂
- Nabil Moqbel 9:06 pm on February 4, 2019
  
  Hi @armbouhali
  I approved waiting existing suggestions by you for #ar (Broken Link Checker)
  If you think this pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party still needs adds editor please let me know.
  Thanks for your contribution!

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