Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – June 9, 2021 (12:00 UTC)

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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).

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Here’s the agenda for our weekly chat.

This meeting will be held at Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:00UTC 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/..

Welcomes
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
5.8 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 candidate
- Soft string freeze is expected June 22, 2021
Recap of the Polyglots contributor workshop for WordCamp Europe
- 👏🏻 @theogk and @tobifjellner for presenting!
Proposal for Translation Day 2021
Several 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. 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. tickets closed – thanks to @ocean90
- #meta-5739: The name of 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. who granted access is included in the 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. notification email
- #meta-5761: Responsive style improvement
- #meta-5742: Glossary term tooltip z-index issue resolved
Open floor/achievements

If you have any additions to the agenda, please share them in the comments!

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Erica Varlese 1:34 pm on June 9, 2021
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Weekly stats

Below stats are dated 2021-06-09 compared to 2021-06-02 (differences between brackets)

Releases: 205 (±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/, 76 (±0) up to date, 1 (±0) behind by minor versions, 2 (+1) behind by one major version, 46 (-1) behind more than one major version, 77 (±0) have site but never released, 3 (±0) have no site.

Translations: 205 (±0) total, 48 (+1) at 100%, 27 (±0) over 95%, 6 (-1) over 90%, 48 (±0) over 50%, 75 (±0) below 50%, 126 (±0) have a language pack generated, 1 (±0) have no project.

Requests: There are 45 unresolved editor requests out of 4 352 (+17) total and 19 unresolved locale requests out of 160 (±0) total.

Translators: There are 712 (+4) 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., 5 324 (+1) 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 52 468 (+160) 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: 55,485% (-0,039%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.

WordPress 5.8
- WordPress 5.8 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 was released yesterday and is now available for testing.
- The 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 expected for June 22, 2021.
WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe workshop
- @theogk and @tobifjellner gave a presentation on how to contribute translations at WordCamp Europe 👏🏻
- Recordings from WordCamp Europe will be shared later if you missed it!
- The Q&A included some great contributor stories on why people get involved with translating.
Translation Day 2021 proposal
- There is a proposal for a month-long Translation Day celebration.
- The idea is to organize a few global Translation Day events, as well as local translation events, during September for more flexibility.
- Feedback and thoughts on the idea are welcome!
Open floor and achievements
- @nekojonez and @psmits1567 reached a new low for waiting stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in the nl_NL locale 👏🏻
- @psmits1567 shared a proposal to track when fuzzybot changes a stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. status to fuzzy after re-approving some fuzzy strings where nothing appeared different.
- If others see this, please collect or share the example in a Google Spreadsheet to help track what might cause this.

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