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tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) 8:41 am on April 15, 2026

Hi @anigue
Thanks for your contributions.
We’re going to handle this as a 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. request.
You pasted incomplete URLs. I edited them to make them working and readable.
Before publishing, I also added the relevant 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/ tag #es_CR to trigger a notification to your locale team. Now we’ll wait a bit for them to have a look and respond here.
tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) 9:36 pm on April 29, 2026
Hi again, @anigue
I had a look at your request, since the #es_CR team didn’t respond yet.
I made you 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 classic-widgets, mostly so that you can familiarize yourself with the user interface.
For WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.
https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ any typical 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/ team usually wants to see at least a couple of hundred stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. before they assign someone as translation editorTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the "Project Translation Editor" role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles:
General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor.
But, please fix a few things:
- We don’t translate the names of plugins and themes, but keep them unchanged. This makes it easier for users to be sure that they’ll find the very thing they wanted, both when installing and if/when they’re looking for support.
- In the link to 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. page, you should add “es-cr.” before “wordpress”.
We’ll try to do something to make you and other new Costa Rica translation contributors feel more welcome. Please join our global 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 “polyglots” and keep your eyes open for news from me or @tokyobiyori

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