Polyglots Table: A Recap from WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day

WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day took place on 20 February 2025 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). The Polyglots Table was led by Carl Alberto ( @carl-alberto ) & Faisal Ahammed ( @faisalahammad ) with Ahmed Kabir Chaion ( @chaion07 ) the Polyglots TeamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/. Rep being in the attendance.

Here’s the link to the Translation Event Page for WC Asia 2025. We had 92 people (23 new contributors 🎉) who contributed in 30 languages (Arabic, Assamese, Bengali (Bangladesh), Cebuano, Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (New Zealand), English (South Africa), English (UK), German, German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kannada, Lithuanian, Malay, Marathi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish (Spain), Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Yoruba), translated 44949 stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. and reviewed 8359 strings.

The Polyglot Table not just became a venue in translating stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. into different languages—it became an extension of the community team. Many first-time translation contributors were encouraged to participate after attending local meetups. Additionally, the Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. played a crucial role in fostering face-to-face interactions and collaboration among global WordPress users, many of whom had previously only connected online via 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/..

We want to thank everyone for their contributions and for joining the Polyglots Table. We would also like to thank the Organizing Team of WordCamp Asia 2025 for hosting the contributor day and for having the polyglots table. Props to @carl-alberto and @faisalahammad for helping out everyone and for reviewing this P2p2 "p2" is the name of the theme that blogs at make.wordpress.org use (and o2 is the accompanying plugin). When asked to post something "on the p2" by a member of the Polyglots team, that usually means you're asked to post on the team blog https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/..

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