Title: Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – October 30, 2019 (12 GMT) Author: tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) Published: October 29, 2019 Last modified: June 12, 2020 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) [tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) 8:01 pm _on_ October 29, 2019 Tags: [weekly meetings ( 481 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/weekly-meetings/), [weekly stats ( 13 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/weekly-stats/)    # Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – October 30, 2019 (12 GMT) Here’s the agenda for our weekly chat. This meeting will be held at [Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 12:00 GMT](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191030T1200) in the [#polyglots](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/polyglots/) channel in the [“Making WordPress” Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). * Weekly 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/) stats * [WordPress 5.3](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/03/wordpress-5-3-ready-to-be-translated/): - The release is scheduled for beginning of November - It is available for [translation](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/), and currently in hard 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#soft-freeze) and a [hard freeze](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#hard-freeze). A string freeze is announced on the [Polyglots blog](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots) by the current release lead. (i.e. hopefully no new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. before the release). - Also keep an eye on the new standard theme [Twenty Twenty](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/twentytwenty/) and the plugins [Health Check](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/health-check/) and [Gutenberg](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gutenberg/). - Also: If you’ve got commit access to your locale under [https://i18n.wordpress.org/](https://i18n.wordpress.org/) then please make sure that you have created a directory “5.3” under /branches/ in accordance with the [instructions for automated releases in our handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating/packaging-localized-wordpress/automated-release-packages/). * Meeting times reminder - We now alternate meeting times every week between (06:00 and 12:00 UTC/GMT). Keep in mind that the meeting times are tied to GMT/UTC – if your location is using DST (daylight saving time), then the meeting time in your local time may move accordingly. - On Wednesday November 6 at 21:30 GMT (time corrected, was half an hour off), we’ll have our first monthly chat on “Americas friendly time”. It will repeat the first Wednesday every month. * HelpHub i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to** I18N** , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the [Developer’s handbooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/). - In addition to Japanese and Serbian, other 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/)( Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Dutch) started testing. See this [Docs Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/helphub/translating-helphub/) for more info & instruction. - [@netweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweb/) is working on contents import * Reminder: give some thoughts on the “[measuring polyglots team success](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/17/measuring-polyglots-team-success/)” post. * Achievements & Open Floor Leave a comment if you’d like to add something else to the agenda. #weekly-meeting-agenda, [#weekly-meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/weekly-meetings/) [#weekly-stats](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/weekly-stats/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=threads) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=bluesky) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=x) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=mastodon) * [ WhatsApp ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?share=linkedin) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2019%2F10%2F29%2Fagenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) * [To-do](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?output_format=md#) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/890bd890338f9b6a17143a65ac10a20410e135583d95106bb09f20d91f66afe2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Tor-Bjorn Fjellner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) 6:42 am _on_ October 30, 2019 3. Here are the weekly stats: Below stats are dated 2019-10-30 compared to 2019-10- 23 (differences between brackets) 4. ***Releases***: 203 (±0) 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/), 51 (+3) up to date, 8 (-3) behind by minor versions, 5 (±0) behind by one major version, 54 (±0) behind more than one major version, 77 (±0) have site but never released, 8 (±0) have no site. ***Translations***: 203 (±0) total, 20 (+10) at 100%, 30 (-6) over 95%, 21 (-3) over 90%, 37 (-1) over 50%, 83 (±0) below 50%, 118 (±0) have a language pack generated, 12 (±0) have no project. 5. ***Requests***: There are 35 unresolved editor requests out of 2 834 (+14) total and 10 unresolved locale requests out of 116 (+1) total. 6. ***Translators***: There are 639 (+2) 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.**, 3 472 (+36) 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#general-translation-editor) after a [request by the project author](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/rosetta/theme-plugin-directories/#requesting-new-translation-editors) or by the contributors themselves. and 36 481 (+161) translation contributors. ( A 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/](https://wordpress.org/) account could have multiple roles over different locale) 7. ***Site language***: 53,986% (+0,106%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site. ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/29/agenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2019%2F10%2F29%2Fagenda-weekly-polyglots-chat-october-30-2019-12-gmt%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. # Post navigation [← Request a Locale (Paraguayan Spanish)](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/28/request-a-locale-paraguayan-spanish/) [WP polyglots facilitator →](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/10/30/wp-polyglots-facilitator/)