WordPress 5.3 ready to be translated

WordPress 5.3, planned for November 12, 2019, is now ready to be translated on translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins.!

The stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. are in the development projects. The strings for WordPress 5.2 have been moved to projects/wp/5.2.x.

So far there are around 380 stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes. The about page has not been updated yet. 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. is announced for next week, October 7th.

Most of the new strings are related to an update of the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor (GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/). Existing translations have been migrated to the WordPress project.

WordPress 5.3 will also bundle a new default theme, called Twenty Twenty. Active development still happens on GitHub.
Twenty Twenty can be translated in the projects/wp-themes/twentytwenty project.

Happy translating! 🌏🌍🌎

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