PTE Request for TourTask

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tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) 5:43 pm on June 25, 2026

The 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. role is meant for an individual translation contributorTranslation Contributor Translation Contributors (formerly known as Translators) are volunteers that focus on translating projects into their language. They contribute to improving their language either in a small way, like fixing a typo, or a large way, likes translating entire projects., who personally speaks the target language.

Note that uploading machine/AI translations that haven’t been checked by a human is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

You’ll find some ideas around how/where to find translation contributors in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/plugin-theme-authors-guide/

How have you obtained all other translations?

For now, I’m removing the to-do status of this post, since there currently aren’t any stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. pending to be checked 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party..
Peter Smits 6:04 pm on June 25, 2026

@tourtask
There are as @tobifjellner indicated no suggestions waiting to proof that you can translate the project properly.
@tobifjellner done
Request denied for nl_NL
Yui 6:08 pm on June 25, 2026

No stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for russian.
And we will not accept unchecked machine translations.
TourTask 8:43 am on June 27, 2026

I speak Swedish natively, and near native English and Spanish, so those ones I can do for sure. The other ones I do not have advanced knowledge of.
- tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) 10:42 am on June 28, 2026
  
  @tourtask
  I still don’t see any suggested stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for #sv_SE
  Why don’t you double-check them and then upload them.
  Best would be if you first glanced through https://wpsv.se/engagera-dig/stilguide-for-oversattningar/ where you’ll also find information on how to reach me and Fredrik.
  
  The Spanish team requests aspiring PTEs to get in touch with them on 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/ for initial introduction and translation feedback via chat. Read more at https://es.wordpress.org/team/handbook/traducciones/pte/
  
  Regarding English: make sure that the strings 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. follows the grammar, spelling and style for US English, because WordPress expects that to be the case. Next, you can suggest corrections for #en_GB and other English 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/ and request 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. status here with a new post.
沈唁 9:20 am on June 30, 2026

#zh_CN done.

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