WordPress 6.2 Translation Status (March 14, 2023)

If you received a notification about this post, the reason is (most probably) that you’re registered as a General Translation EditorGeneral 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. for one or several WordPress 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/. If you believe that is an error, please reach out to the Polyglots Global Mentors’ team via a comment to this post or in the polyglots channel on the Make WordPress Slack.

WordPress 6.2 is planned to be released on March 28, 2023. Currently, it’s at Release Candidate 2. Let’s work together to make sure the complete translations arrive in time!

  • Please see the post WordPress 6.2 ready to be translated for translation instructions. As noted in the post, the import of WordPress 6.2 introduced about 260 new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings., with 110 partial matches marked as fuzzy. 
  • As usual, please confirm that your 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/ is ready for the automated release of a new WordPress package. (In short: if your locale uses any customized files—in most cases, localized versions of readme.html and/or wp-config-sample.php—then your locale needs to define the directory /branches/6.0 on i18n.svn.wordpress.org. Note that commit access to this directory is handled separately from 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. role for a locale.)

Please don’t forget to join the polyglots channel on the Make WordPress Slack for important updates and to ask any questions. Your inquiry will help other translators, too!

Ready for release (65 locales)

Congrats to these 45 teams for getting the translation ready for the release! 🥳

#sl_SI, #zh_HK, #pt_AO, #pt_PT_ao90, #he_IL, #dsb, #hsb, #kab, #es_CO, #da_DK, #vi, #bs_BA, #es_EC, #hu_HU, #mn, #pt_PT, #de_CH, #es_CR, #de_CH_informal, #fy, #ne_NP, #fr_CA, #bg_BG, #fa_AF, #es_VE, #zh_CN, #es_MX, #eu, #fa_IR, #as, #en_CA, #es_AR, #el, #nl_NL_formal, #fi, #id_ID, #sk_SK, #ar, #lv, #nb_NO, #nl_NL, #ja, #en_AU, #tr_TR, #pt_BR

And extra kudos to these 20 teams for translating everything to 100%! 🎉

#hr, #sq, #de_DE, #nl_BE, #ca, #gl_ES, #cy, #pl_PL, #it_IT, #de_DE_formal, #ko_KR, #en_GB, #es_ES, #eo, #fr_FR, #cs_CZ, #ru_RU, #ro_RO, #zh_TW, #sv_SE

/dev/ & /admin/ each needs ~10% more (13 locales)

You’re on the right path! To be ready for release, make sure /dev/ is at least 90% and /dev/admin/ is 75% translated! For more information, please check out this post.

Below is a list of locales, GTEs, and the number of remaining strings (in parentheses) to be ready for this release.


Happy translating, and thank you to everyone who is making WordPress available in your language 🥳

#6-2, #pre-release-status