Global WordPress Translation Day 4 Meeting Notes (Feb 12, 2019)

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Translate WordPress

You can help translate WordPress to your language by logging in to the translation platform with your 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/ account and suggesting translations (more details).

Want to help in managing and validating translations? Get in touch with the existing language team and follow the glossaries & style guides if the team has them.

Don’t see your language? You can request support for it.

Weekly Meetings

We have meetings every week on 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/. in polyglots (the schedule is on the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. of this page). You are also welcome to ask questions on the same channel at any time!

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#polyglots

Attendance: @Nao, @zetaraffix, @xkon, @jordicuevas, @ibdz, @bhargavmehta, @tobifjellner, @fahimmurshed, @Webcommsat, @casiepa, @priyankabehera155, @patilswapnilv, and @nemanja

The second meeting for Global WordPress Translation Day 4 (GWTD4, Saturday, May 11, 2019) started at 13:00 UTC and was closed at 14:15 (meeting archive).

Team Organization

Communication (Marketing)/Design Team
- Co-leads: @Webcommsat (UK) & @zetaraffix (Italy)
- Members: @nandz (Argentina) @nukaga (Japan) @bhargavmehta (UK) @priyankabehera155 (India) @ibdz (Thailand) @nok (Thailand)
Website/Admin Team
- Lead: @audrasjb (France)
- Members: @sergeybiryukov (Russia) @ziontrooper (Serbia) @xkon (Greece)
Live Stream Content Team
- Lead: @gounder (India)
- Member: @casiepa (Italy)
Local Events Mentors/Outreach Team
- Lead: @jordicuevas
- Members: @mohrenkopp (German) @mayo (Japan) @fitehal (India) @psykro (S. Africa) @kafleg (Nepal) @ronakganatra (India)

Design/Communication Teams are combined (background).

Live Stream Content Team is small, so you’re welcome to help them out and/or switch over to the team. The role is similar to session team for WordCamps.

Teams are encouraged to have meetings and discussions on #polyglots-events 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/. channel.

Event Format

Confirmed/Agreed

24-hour live stream with curated contents (live & recorded videos)
Local events during the 24-hour period

Ideas

Use the preceding week to promote awareness of translation-related activities (mentoring new translators and building resources such as getting started guide/ glossary/style guide)
Have several (pairs of?) local hosts run the live streaming as a team relay rather than a marathon

Next Meeting

Next weekly meeting will be on February 19, 2019 13:00 UTC in #polyglots-events.

#gwtd, #gwtd4, #weekly-meetings