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Lidia Pellizzaro 5:55 pm on February 20, 2026
Hi @dot4all,

to keep the quality of Italian translations high and make sure that they are really useful for users, we have some rules and guidelines.
I saw that in your 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. the original stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. of the UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. are in Italian. The Readme file is in English.

We have a long queue for revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision., maybe you can consider to become an Italian 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. for your project to have the Readme file fully translated.

Please see “PTE status requests by Devs for Italian localization: the guidelines” (in English) and our handbook (in Italian).

Then join us in the Italian Polyglots 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/. channel:
- log on to the WP Italy Community workspace, we have a page with instructions on how to access our Slack if needed,
- then look for the polyglots channel,
- then say Ciao and ask – in Italian – for PTE tutoring by referring to the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org of this post.
Lidia,
Italian 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/. 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.

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