WordPress 5.7 ready to be translated

WordPress 5.7, planned for March 9, 2021, 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 new 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 5.6 have been moved to projects/wp/5.6.x.

Some of the new strings are related to updates to 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. Thus existing translations from the 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/ project have been copied to the WordPress project. So far there are 280 new strings and 30 strings have been fuzzied. Strings for the updated about page should follow soon.

Happy translating! 🌏🌍🌎

Required translation status for coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. language packs

On a related note, the requirement to have WordPress 100% translated before a language pack is built has been updated. From today on the new requirements are as follows:

Related handbook pages have been updated accordingly (onetwothree).

This should give teams with less contributors a better chance to get WordPress released into their 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/ to hopefully attract new contributors to join the team to help finishing the translations of WordPress core and other projects.

WordPress 5.6 is now available in 76 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/ 🚀

For some background information see the comments on this proposal.

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