Title: PTE Request for Backpilot Author: Backpilot Published: September 1, 2026 Last modified: September 7, 2026 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) [Backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) 11:33 am _on_ September 1, 2026 Tags: [editor requests ( 9,266 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/editor-requests/), [es_ES ( 611 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=es_ES), [fr_FR ( 959 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=fr_FR) # PTE Request for Backpilot Hello Polyglots! I am 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. author of Backpilot. We have prepared translations for the plugin and would like to be able to approve them and keep them maintained going forward. Please add my WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) username 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2026/09/01/pte-request-for-backpilot/?output_format=md#general-translation-editor) and [Project Translation Editor](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2026/09/01/pte-request-for-backpilot/?output_format=md#project-translation-editor)( 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#general-translation-editor) after a [request by the project author](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/rosetta/theme-plugin-directories/#requesting-new-translation-editors) or by the contributors themselves.) for the following 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/): * https://wordpress.org/plugins/backpilot/ — de_DE – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) * [#es_ES](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=es_ES) – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) * [#fr_FR](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=fr_FR) – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) — it_IT – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) — nl_NL – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/)— pl_PL – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) — uk – [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) The translations have been imported as suggestions and are awaiting review. Thank you a lot! 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[Peter Smits](https://profiles.wordpress.org/psmits1567/) 11:54 am _on_ September 1, 2026 3. Request denied I had to make to many improvements. [@tobifjellner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/) done for [#nl_NL](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=nl_NL) 4. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3e3d7b607460020fa93f80642f1db72f5510f4d31e9dd9a543e97e3549be6cf8? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 5. [Peter Smits](https://profiles.wordpress.org/psmits1567/) 11:55 am _on_ September 1, 2026 6. Also check the changes requested, and improve them 7. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8ea5c30504b06fcbb5f3cd6847a07f00e5938f808d1dfc0d736d1525b84bc20? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 8. [Johannes Jülg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timse201/) 1:29 pm _on_ September 1, 2026 9. Before we can process your 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#general-translation-editor) after a [request by the project author](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/rosetta/theme-plugin-directories/#requesting-new-translation-editors) or by the contributors themselves. request, please answer the following questions: 10. * How did you (honestly) obtain the translations? * Are you fluent in German yourself to objectively evaluate the quality and take linguistic nuances into account? * Are you aware of our 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/) Glossary and Style Guide? * Are you aware that we do NOT accept unedited/unproofed AI/machine translations? 11. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c00d5de7fdcf70f8b7620cefb0df0018272bd68f9e9c5aee62f356edad0f0a03? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 12. [iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iworks/) 6:44 am _on_ September 2, 2026 13. [#pl_pl](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=pl_PL) looks like machine translation. Grammar & style issues. 14. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b114ac3dfd4eedd6e3148f372388bca0de808515ed92b2a0989a7fc1d431f0aa? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 15. [Sergey Kovalets](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeykovalets/) 8:18 am _on_ September 4, 2026 16. [#uk](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/?locale=uk) request declined. use of machine translation. 17. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd6c40fcc238b3966a2360d5e3f4da6ecae69f69b631aea70e2eabf34cdc1c89? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 18. [Lidia Pellizzaro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lidialab/) 2:23 pm _on_ September 6, 2026 19. Ciao [@backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/), 20. to keep the quality of Italian translations high and make sure that they are really useful for users, we have some rules and guidelines for becoming 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#general-translation-editor) after a [request by the project author](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/rosetta/theme-plugin-directories/#requesting-new-translation-editors) or by the contributors themselves., such as being an Italian native speaker, using a personal WP account and following an introductory chat with expert Italian editors in our Italian Polyglots channel [#polyglots-it-pte](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/polyglots-it-pte/) at the international WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) workspace. 21. Please note: [new Italian guidelines have been recently published](https://it.wordpress.org/news/2026/06/new-guidelines-for-pte-requests-for-italian-translations/). 22. [Translators can find how we are organized in our handbook (in Italian).](https://it.wordpress.org/team/handbook/polyglots/) 23. If you are a native Italian speaker or if you have a native Italian speaker who wants to become PTE for 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party., please join us or ask them to join us in the Italian Polyglots channel [#polyglots-it-pte](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/polyglots-it-pte/) at the international WordPress Slack workspace, with their personal account, 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. 24. 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/](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.** 25. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cdb6a350337d74cf569837c29c558feb14b1e3502d93332d34dfa640363911a3? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 26. [Backpilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backpilot/) 11:21 am _on_ September 7, 2026 27. Thank you all for the replies, and sorry for the late response – we missed the notifications on this thread. 28. [@timse201](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timse201/), to answer your questions honestly: 29. * The translations were drafted with an AI tool from the English source and then checked on our side. They were not proofread by native speakers for each language. Our team speaks Ukrainian and English only, and I have to admit that even the Ukrainian stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. were not properly proofread before the import – our fault. * We were not familiar with the 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/) glossaries and style guides, and we were not aware of the rules on AI/machine translations. We understand now that both are preconditions. 30. Given that, we withdraw 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](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#general-translation-editor) after a [request by the project author](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/rosetta/theme-plugin-directories/#requesting-new-translation-editors) or by the contributors themselves. request for all 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/). We will not ask for editor rights again without a native speaker on our side. 31. [@psmits1567](https://profiles.wordpress.org/psmits1567/), [@iworks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iworks/), [@sergeykovalets](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeykovalets/) – thank you a lot for taking the time to correct and approve part of strings. We will go through every “change requested”, fix the ones with clear instructions, and leave the rest to your judgement rather than resubmitting more guesses. For Ukrainian we will review the strings ourselves and submit corrections. 32. [@lidialab](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lidialab/) – thank you for explaining the Italian process. We will only come back to it with a native Italian speaker, from their own account. 33. For German, French and Italian, the 74 waiting suggestions can stay in the queue for the teams to accept, correct or reject at their own pace, or be discarded if you prefer. 34. Thanks again for your patience and for the work you already put in. ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2026/09/01/pte-request-for-backpilot/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fpte-request-for-backpilot%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. # Post navigation [← Hello, I’m the author of…](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2026/09/01/hello-im-the-author-of-2/) [I am the plugin author… →](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2026/09/01/i-am-the-plugin-author-143/)