Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – September 2, 2020 (12 UTC)

Our weekly meeting this time will be a quick one, held at Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 12:00 GMT in the #polyglots channel in the Making WordPress 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/..

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/ stats
5.5.1 released
- Three stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. got fuzzied in the readme with very minor changes. Be sure to approve them so your locale package can be generated.
Reminder for quality check before uploading a PO file
- Please review Fuzzies and reject old suggestions. This will really help reduce the load for reviewers.
New 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. changes/tickets: #5407: Mark “not properly prepared” plugins/themes in listing & a couple of Good First Issues on GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org. GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repositoryWordPress Localization Repository The WordPress Localization Repository at https://i18n.svn.wordpress.org/ is a Subversion repository where official WordPress translations are maintained. See Working with the Translation Repository for details.
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Below stats are dated 2020-09-02 compared to 2020-08-26 (differences between brackets)
Releases: 204 (±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/, 19 (-31) up to date, 33 (+33) behind by minor versions, 17 (-2) behind by one major version, 53 (±0) behind more than one major version, 80 (±0) have site but never released, 2 (±0) have no site.
Translations: 204 (±0) total, 18 (±0) at 100%, 42 (±0) over 95%, 19 (+1) over 90%, 44 (-1) over 50%, 81 (±0) below 50%, 122 (±0) have a language pack generated, 3 (±0) have no project.
Requests: There are 78 unresolved editor requests out of 3 590 (+27) total and 13 unresolved locale requests out of 143 (±0) total.
Translators: There are 685 (+1) 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., 4 711 (+15) 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. and 45 134 (+178) 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/ account could have multiple roles over different locale)
Site language: 55,035% (-0,421%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.
- Now Spanish (Spain) / Japanese / German are 5.7% of all installs (in that order).
- Regarding multiple fuzzies from the same user, @tobifjellner later shared his related GlotPress issue from earlier
- GTEs can bulk-reject low-quality translations. Informing the 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 author of translation management tips can help educate them.
- You can change the number of stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. displayed per page from https://translate.wordpress.org/settings/ (linked from the top-right headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. of Translate site) – some GTEs recommend 100 for easier reviewing.
- We shared some ideas for clearly notifying plugin authors of incomplete translation-readiness (there’s a 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. ticket for #5358: Warn on plugin upload if text domain and plugin slug don’t match)
- Fuzzy checks: @pedromendonca raised an idea for showing a diff for fuzzied strings
- More detailed documentation on how a stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. status become fuzzy could be helpful
- @webcommsat is working on plans for mini translation events to coincide with the week of International translation day. If you are thinking of holding an event around the day, please contact her or @nao.

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