Title: Hi there, Author: Marco Rinia Published: December 22, 2021 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcorinia/) [Marco Rinia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcorinia/) 1:02 am _on_ December 22, 2021 Tags: [editor requests ( 9,216 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/editor-requests/), [nl_NL ( 474 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=nl_NL)    # Hi there, I have just translated 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. “**Mobile Contact Bar**” in **DUTCH( NL)**. Can someone check the translations? And if they are approved give the plugin author( s) a message to pickup the NL translation files and add it ASAP to an version update of the plugin to download/update for all users of it? URL: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/ * [#nl_NL](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=nl_NL) Thanks already! 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[tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) 1:07 am _on_ December 22, 2021 3. Hi [@marcorinia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcorinia/) Your post is now published and we’re waiting for the [#nl_NL](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=nl_NL) team to check and comment here. (By mentioning 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/) tag like I just did here and in your post before publishing it, a notification will be sent to the 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.**’s of that team.) 4. If you’re interested, (and if your translations are OK), they may make you Dutch 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. for this 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.. Are you interested? 5. And one piece of good news: As soon as a language pack gets generated for a plugin( or theme), this language pack will automatically get installed and used by all relevant WordPress servers, via the “updates” functionality. The first language pack gets generated when at least 90% of the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. of the plugin/theme have been translated (and approved). 6. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea5cf1a9df9bcd651321908528303a454c328977ac49b83465c61e850f4132b4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 7. [Pieterjan Deneys](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nekojonez/) 11:31 am _on_ December 22, 2021 8. I have checked the default version earlier and I have took a quick glance to the formal submissions and, at the moment I think you aren’t quite there yet for 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.. 9. Looking at the earlier submissions you did for other plugins, I think there should be some improvement first. 10. Things I notice: 11. * “Uw” / “U”, we don’t use in default and “Jij”/”Je”/”Jouw”, we don’t use in formal. * Wrong use of capitalization. * Strange translations like: [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170873&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&historypage](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170873&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&historypage) * Mistakes to the glossary: [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170814&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&historypage](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170814&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&historypage) 12. (In nl_NL, we translate “website” as “site” and not “website”.) 13. [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170784&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&historypage](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170784&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&historypage) ( StringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. stays string) 14. * We don’t translate 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. names. * Technical terms are wrongly translated: [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170813&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=desc&historypage](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mobile-contact-bar/stable/nl/default/?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=6170813&sort%5Bby%5D=translation_date_added&sort%5Bhow%5D=desc&historypage) 15. I just finished the translation of nl_NL default. Maybe it could help you see the mistakes if I set the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. with a mistake in the formal one on fuzzy…? So, you could take a look at them? 16. 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