Recap: WordPress Translation Contributor Day in Tokyo (July 21, 2018)

Date: July 21, 2018
Event URL: https://wbtokyo.doorkeeper.jp/events/76899
Twitter: #wbtokyo, @wb_tokyo

Participants: @nao, @mayukojpn, @atachibana, @mirucon, @toru, @lunaluna_dev, @shinyab, @sysbird, @musus, @kwbtdisk, @rehonic89428, @takashi9, @ymatsuhashi, @show-ko, @masanishio, @phyo16, @tuh48963

Last Saturday, we spent an afternoon at Temple University Azabu Campus translating some themes, plugins and more.

Several new contributors joined us, thanks to Temple professors @shinyab @ymatsuhashi who shared the event with their students who are using WordPress.

“T” for Temple U! Photo credit @sysbird

What We Worked On

We had a very productive day translating various projects. A couple of Temple students who are native Chinese speakers worked on #zh-tw themes. They are linked in the list below. It would be great if Chinese (Taiwan) GTEs could review them.

We also had some discussion on how to translate eCommerce terms (for WooCommerce and others), 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/’s accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) feature.

Plugins

  • Gutenberg
  • Limit Login Attempt
  • Disqus Comment System
  • AMP for WP
  • WordPress Importer
  • Elementor

Themes

  • IAMSocial
  • OceanWP
  • Sydney
  • Cutomize (zh-tw)
  • Graphene (zh-tw)
  • Portfolioo (zh-tw, ja)

Docs

  • Community Handbook (MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. Organizer: Getting Started)
  • ja.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/ blog post

@mayukojpn and I also reviewed various projects. She did a great job onboarding new contributors as well.

Special thanks to Temple U for letting us use the facility! And @show-ko for coming to help watch my son 🙂 Here are some more photos from @sysbird and myself.

#event-recap, #events, #ja

Resources to help translate GDPR terms and new strings for WordPress 4.9.6

Dear polyglots,

As posted last night, we’re expecting WordPress 4.9.6 to land this week and it has a lot of GDPR terminology included in the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.. There have been several requests for help 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 not just GDPR but also some specific terms mentioned in newer strings.

I’m posting here several resources that can help you while translating these strings:

GDPR translation resources:

  • A place with GDPR information from a WP and platform point of view is https://privacy.blog/
  • The GDPR law translated in all EU languages: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2016.119.01.0001.01.ENG
  • EU terminology (also covers European languages): http://iate.europa.eu/

Translation tips for specific terms:

Thank you to @presskorp who has gotten some explanations of some of the terms that you find among the new strings. Here are the explanations:

  • “personal data eraser” – is basically a tool that helps administrators erase the personal data of a particular user on the site
  • “personal data exporter” is basically a tool assembles into a file the personal data of a particular user on the site
  • at the technical level, both tools use “erase” and “export” functions exposed by coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. or plugins to do their work – they call these functions repeatedly until all the data is erased or assembled

If any of you have found other difficult terms within the new strings that they’ve gotten explained by a developer, please post them in comments here so you can help other translators that are struggling.

Thank you!

 

 

#release

Please prepare your locales for the release of WordPress 4.9.6

Hello everyone,

WordPress 4.9.6 is due to be released this week and there are a significant number of stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. added to it. This is a global pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” for teams whose translations for WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., the WordPress admin, and network admin are not yet at 100%. If you could do your best to get the translations as far as possible before the release, that would be great.

Thank you in advance to all teams for your hard work! And thank you to the 15 teams whose translations are already at 100%

Dev between 95% and 100% (58)

#af@semblance_er, @hugmin42, @kobusb, @kokkieh, @rianbotha, @snapalot
#sq@besnik
#eu@musinho, @elurnet, @hey_neken, @ikusimakusi, @erralin, @murgilduta, @sergixnet, @unaizc
#bel@agfare
#bn_BD@wzislam, @badsha_eee, @tareq1988
#bg_BG@tyxla, @nofearinc, @nbachiyski, @petya, @silvinafurnadzhieva, @kldn, @vloo
#ca@cubells, @msoravil, @domenec, @dverger, @hervada, @marcqueralt, @mgrau226, @nuria_trad, @txanny, @xavivars
#zh_CN@jiehanzheng, @jimmyxu
#zh_HK@chrischiu, @greglui, @ckykenken, @gamerz, @tangrufus, @wisley, @zh-hk
#zh_TW@mrmu, @bibi-wang, @sandwich1168, @carrielis, @s9011514, @iamafu, @kaiconan, @esofthard, @pseric
#hr@yuraz, @mirta, @vipteam
#cs_CZ@kalich5, @pavelevap, @mobby2561
#da_DK@ellegaarddk, @georgwp, @intoxstudio, @koesterandersen, @culturemark, @thomasdk81, @tohevi
#nl_NL@chantalc, @jeroenrotty, @mbootsman, @defries, @rubenw, @tacoverdo
#nl_BE@davelo, @jeroenrotty, @casiepa
#eo@cindio
#et@erkoristhein, @uncleowl, @mstannu, @petskratt, @priiduonu, @ragulka, @ristoniinemets
#fi@arhipaiva, @daniel-koskinen, @arkimedia, @teemusuoranta
#fr_BE@casiepa, @pauldewouters
#fr_CA@fgienr, @jfarsen, @jsmoriss, @martinbouillaud, @mialevesque, @choumich, @rhialto
#gl_ES@egalego
#ka_GE@dimitrigog
#de_CH@aliyanage, @pandulu, @openstream, @swissspidy, @grapplerulrich
#el@dyrer, @ifrountas
#gu@afzalmultani, @chandrapatel, @dipeshkakadiya, @krupajnanda, @mehulkaklotar, @pranalipatel, @sanjaydabhoya, @sanketparmar, @shahpranaf, @ashokrane
#he_IL@ramiy, @yoavf
#hi_IN@ankit-k-gupta, @gagan0123, @gyan, @hardeepasrani, @juhise, @monikarao, @rajeevbhandari, @saurabhshukla, @1anand
#hu_HU@aguseo, @balcsida, @csurga, @djzone, @fgywp, @wphuorg, @surbma, @tojgli
#id_ID@sofyand, @ekajogja, @hudatoriq, @ivankristianto, @johanbun, @qzoners, @tfirdaus
#jv_ID@ekajogja, @mrfoo, @itxitx, @mova-nugraha-ardi, @movanugraha, @pallawa
#kab@yacine2953
#kk@iakkz, @kaznet, @uki2017
#ko_KR@chris_dev, @drssay, @martian36
#lt_LT@ideag, @jonasltu, @pokeraitis
#ms_MY@webgrrrl, @mohdrafie, @zeo, @tarmiziaffandi
#mr@fitehal, @mkrndmane, @prathameshp, @codexdemon, @patilswapnilv
#ne_NP@rabmalin, @shivashankerbhatta, @meissudeep
#nb_NO@bjornjohansen, @peterhoob
#nn_NO@chriscena, @meinmycell, @hgmb, @peterhoob
#fa_IR@parsmizban, @gonahkar, @mani_monaj
#pl_PL@aleksanderkuczek, @eclare, @swoboda, @iworks, @marsjaninzmarsa, @szymon-skulimowski, @waclawjacek
#pt_BR@allysonsouza, @anyssa, @claudiosanches, @deblynprado, @dianakc, @gabriel-reguly, @rafaelfunchal, @sheilagomes, @valeriosza
#pt_PT@alvarogois, @goblindegook, @nbar, @pedromendonca, @vanillalounge
#sr_RS@dimadin, @lanche86
#sk_SK@angeloverona, @igorlopasovsky, @kavoros, @xkatka, @savione
#sl_SI@hekos
#es_AR@andrezrv, @battaglr, @eliorivero, @fgilio, @gustavodc, @juanfra, @kilinkis, @damonh, @franfernandz, @nicosantos
#es_CO@andrescifuentesr, @leoland, @yvallejo
#es_GT@xicoofficial, @wowdevshop
#es_VE@jordicuevas, @dragondeluz
#th@dussarong, @kazama, @mennstudio
#bo@bumpagyal, @krishnann, @sonamdawa, @tibetanitech, @wpwalker, @zangkar-tsultrim
#tr_TR@wordpress-tr, @m_uysl, @selmankandeniz, @trkr
#ug_CN@alim-ahat, @moorshidi, @sepra
#uk@romanbon, @sergeykovalets
#ur@mrahmadawais, @hibashaikhpk, @maedahbatool, @farhandanish1, @sajidzaman, @saqibameen
#uz_UZ@ulugov, @azamat88
#vi@htdat, @huynetbase, @khoipro, @nguyenvanduocit, @thachpham92, @philiparthurmoore, @tatthiennguyen, @thup90, @tonybui-1, @rilwis, @tucq, @dinhtungdu

Dev between 90% and 95% (5)

#is_IS@birgire, @egill, @gudmundur, @valurthor
#km@nipaulcam, @so_vichet, @vannkorn
#lv@armandsdz, @capsx, @edzuss99, @elvisandersons, @grivitis, @lauvz, @p0stman, @karlismaj, @karlisupitis, @kskaredovs, @maris-o, @mikslatvis, @orvils, @peteris, @rmkapins, @timlatvia, @rolandinsh, @unigunde, @veisis, @webhaus
#es_CR@elpuas, @caco26i, @zoncho, @fonsotranslations, @giankocr0, @jascore7, @lidarroy, @m00g, @remediosgraphic
#es_MX@hiwhatsup, @marcozink

Dev between 50% and 90% (29)

#hy@aaleksanyants, @progmastery
#az@muhsinmushviq
#bs_BA@kenan3008
#ceb@undefinedmj
#fur@ensoul
#haz@tohave
#ckb@sia-neriman
#lo@defagoart, @douangtavanh
#mk_MK@kuzmanov, @chombium, @gocemitevski
#ml_IN@abhilashenair, @mbigul, @harishanker, @jagadees, @jayeshsan, @kcjagadeep, @manojkmohan, @nejwrks, @nitkr
#me_ME@aidvu, @vaera
#ary@sa3idho
#my_MM@dennismaang, @minnkyaw, @herzcthu
#oci@cedric3131
#ps@sajadsafi, @msadat
#pa_IN@kuldeepsidhu88, @pikasingh
#roh@vindu, @gion-andri, @jachen, @swissspidy
#sah@bacr, @halantul
#gd@akerbeltzalba, @alasdairmaccaluim, @macmhicheil
#szl@gkkulik
#si_LK@anandawardhana, @bckurera, @chevindu, @dazunj, @himasha, @malinthe, @mohanjith
#azb@tohave
#es_CL@bredebs, @ejner69
#es_PE@reyson
#sw@mrfroasty
#tl@carl-alberto, @krzheiyah, @kel-dc
#ta_IN@arunprakash, @chinnz25, @farookibrahim, @hareesh-pillai, @imanickam, @menakas, @simplysaru, @varunms, @venkatsr
#ta_LK@bagerathan
#te@veeven

If you have any questions before the release, please ask them in a comment here or in the Polyglots channel 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/.

Kind regards,

Petya

#release

WCEU (WordCamp Europe 2018) contributor day mentors and projects

Hello everyone,

WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2018 will happen in Belgrade, Serbia in June. Traditionally WCEU is one place where a lot of 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/ members gather together which gives us the opportunity to work on global team topics and projects and make decisions about pressing issues.

We also have a lot of brand new contributors joining who need onboarding about the way the Polyglots team works.

To make 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ as productive as we can for the team, here’s what we need:

  1. Assign contributor day mentors for brand new contributors who will
    • Do an introduction to the team, our processes, and tools – a presentation of how translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins. works and a short intro to our team structure. Here’s an example of that presentation, @glueckpress could we also have your slides?
    • Help new contributors create 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/ accounts, get 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/ and get on translate.wordpress.org
  2. Assign contributor day mentors for the experienced contributors and define important projects/topics to tackle. You can be a team mentor during contributor day if:
    • You are a General Translation EditorGeneral 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. or Project Translation editorProject 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. with some experience
    • You are interested in working on global Polyglots issues like improving documentation and process, helping get more GTEs and PTEs onboarded

Traditionally WCEU is also a great place to get more Polyglots global team mentors onboarded, so if you’re interested in joining the global team, I would be happy to talk to you about the role and how you can help.

If you will be on the ground during contributor day and you’d like to volunteer to help out other contributors, please raise your hand in the comments and let us know.

If you have an important topic you think needs to be discussed or a project that needs to be started/completed, please share that in a comment as well.

Thank you all in advance!

#events, #wceu

2017 year in review – share your local experience

2017 year in review – share your local experience

Dear polyglots,

We’re getting closer to the end of yet another year and thousands of new translations are rolling for WordPress, plugins, and themes every day. We’re finishing another successful year and stats are coming soon. But before we publish the end of year stats, it would be wonderful to hear how the year went for your local translation teams.

Could you post a comment here sharing:

  1. What went well this year for your team? What were your local successes?
  2. What didn’t go so well? What are you currently struggling with?
  3. Is there anything you’re missing in your translation work, something that’s high on your wishlist that you’d like the leadership team to concentrate on in the next year?

Thank you in advance!

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Feedback & ideas for footer links in Rosetta sites

Hey everyone,

The metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. team has been working on the new RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. theme and on Rosetta sites in general and they need our feedback. Calling on all 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/ managers and people with an opinion about local sites, please help out with feedback and thoughts on footer link functionality in Rosetta:

Quoting the ticket:

Rosetta sites currently have no footer links, primarily because the links in the Global footer aren’t always relevant for them. I would, however, like to add a few links back that are project-relevant, as well as a select few that are sensible for the Rosetta sites themselves.

#rosetta

Call for speaker – #WPTranslationDay 3

announcement graphics call-for-speaker

The third Global WordPress Translation Day is happening in less than two months. We’re excited to announce that we’ve now opened the speaker application form.

The Global WordPress Translation Day is the signature event of the WordPress Polyglots (one of the biggest contribution team in the WordPress ecosystem): a huge, global, translation marathon that will bring all the Polyglots together at the same time for a 24-hours live event and for hundreds of synced local events.

WPTranslationDay 3 is … well, everywhere!

In the 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC of September 30, 2017, a series of live sessions will be aired live via Crowdcast.

The sessions, some offered in the local languages, will provide information, training, inspiration, case studies, Q&A sessions and more on the WordPress ecosystem: a “global Polyglots chorus” that will run from East to West, as the time zones roll out.

So this is an official invitation

We want this event to be even bigger than the 2 previous ones and we want you to be part of it! We’re building a program packed with amazing presentations, to reflect, and celebrate the incredible diversity of the WordPress Polyglots and of the whole WordPress community.

One of the purposes of the Global WordPress Translation Day is to train as many translation contributors as we can, and show them how to get involved and contribute successfully.

InternationalizationInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. is not a feature, it fixes a usability issue for many users whose primary language is not English.” – Dominik Schilling / Global Polyglots technical team lead

In the preceding two events we had several talks in languages other than English, which greatly helped with the onboarding of many new translation contributors. There will be slides prepared for you, which you can translate to your native language and use for your presentation.

Alongside training the new WP Polyglots, it is very important to evangelize developers on writing code which is opportunely internationalized (or, in other words, well prepared for being translated). A proper i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. (that’s the short way to write internationalization) is fundamental to have a digital product well localized in many other languages. Talks and training on this topic are very welcome!

Our third focus, this year, will be on inspiring and propelling new and smaller communities by sharing the stories and the experiences behind some of the largest local Polyglots’ communities.

Translating WordPress means more than just translating it from one language into another. It’s about accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), usability and culture, as well as legal and formal requirements of each 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/.

That’s why we need you to take an active part in this year’s edition of the Global WordPress Translation Day!

So apply now, and claim your spot!

Need some inspiration? Check out the presentations from last year’s events. Videos from WordPress Translation Day 1 ,Videos from WordPress Translation Day 2

APPLY TODAY!

Please use the application form linked below to share your ideas with us. We encourage potential speakers to upload more than one application, but no more than three submissions will be accepted from an applicant. If you choose to submit more than three, the first three will be the only applications considered. If you run into problems submitting your application, please contact us via e-mail or slack.

 

Call for speaker – Speak at Global WordPress Translation Day 3

All applications must be submitted by August 31, 2017, at 23:59 UTC

Looking forward to contributing with you. Happy translating! 

Birgit
Global 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/ mentor
Lead for communication – Global WordPress Translation Day organizing team.


Further reading

Want to read more about previous Translation Days, watch videos and learn how they were organized? Here are a few links:

Quick links:

#events, #wptd

Global WordPress Translation Day #3

Infobanner for Global WordPress Translation Day

It is happening again! On September 30th, international translation day, we’re inviting everyone who wants to help translate WordPress, themes, and plugins into their own language, to join us for a 24-hour global translation sprint!

What are we doing?

For everyone who’s new to the Translation Day events, here’s a summary of what we do during one:

  • Local 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. days – on site events in different cities around the world (last time we had more than 60, let’s beat that!)
  • Remote support for as many languages as possible to help contributors who would like to join from their home
  • 24 hours of live streaming sessions dedicated to different topics around WordPress localizationLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "l10n") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel." and internationalizationInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. (L10nLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "l10n") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel." and i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks.).

Who are the sessions for?

  • Everyone who would like to learn how to translate WordPress in their language
  • New and experienced translation editorsTranslation 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 – the sessions will have useful tips and advice how to build and maintain a strong translation team
  • Developers who would like to find translators for their projects – the sessions will teach you how to work with 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/ and how to build a translation community around your products
  • Developers who would like to learn how to prepare their plugins and themes for localization
  • Everyone who would like to learn how translations work in WordPress and get a general idea of the work of the Polyglots team.

When is it happening?

On September 30th, 2017, starting at exactly 00:00 UTC. (See when the event starts for you!)

Please see all relevant details on our event website.

 

Why are we doing it?

  • To have fun and get to know each other better.
  • To encourage more translation contributors to get involved and expand the WordPress Polyglots team
  • To educate existing translation contributors and project translation editors to reduce the amount of waiting stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings..
  • To improve the general understanding of how WordPress deals with translations among the development community
  • To create strong connections between 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. and theme authors and the WordPress translation community
  • To educate translation editors to use the existing tools to improve the experience.

How can you join?

Looking forward to contributing with you. Happy translating! 

Birgit
Global Polyglots team mentor
Lead for communication – Global WordPress Translation Day organizing team


P.S Important links:

Further reading

Want to read more about previous Translation Days, watch videos and learn how they were organized? Here are a few links:

#global-wordpress-translation-day-3, #gwtd, #wptranslationday

#events

We’re in hard string freeze for 4.8.1 – Prepare your locales for the the release

Dear Polyglots,

The last stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for 4.8.1 have been imported to the development project and that means no strings will change anymore before Tuesday, August 1st, the expected release date for WordPress 4.8.1.

If your 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/ is not yet at 100%, it means there are still some things to do for you as 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.:

  1. Please check the WordPress 4.8.1 status and translate or approve the remaining strings. To qualify for an automatic release, you need to have all strings translated.
  2. (If needed) Prepare the SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. directory for your locale for automated packages.

If you have any questions, you can find us of course on Slack.


This is also a global pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” for GTEs for 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/ that are currently at more than 50% and less than 100%.
Currently 22 locales at 100%, congratulations and thank you !

Dev between 95% and 100% (50)

#sq@besnik
#ar@alex-ye, @rasheed
#eu@elurnet, @hey_neken, @ikusimakusi, @erralin, @murgilduta, @sergixnet, @unaizc
#bel@agfare
#bg_BG@tyxla, @nofearinc, @nbachiyski, @petya, @silvinafurnadzhieva, @kldn, @vloo
#zh_CN@jiehanzheng, @jimmyxu
#zh_TW@mrmu, @bibi-wang, @sandwich1168, @carrielis, @s9011514, @esofthard, @iamafu, @kaiconan, @pseric
#hr@yuraz, @mirta, @vipteam
#da_DK@ellegaarddk, @georgwp, @intoxstudio, @koesterandersen, @culturemark, @thomasdk81, @tohevi
#en_NZ@jjripikoi, @wealthy, @ryanhellyer, @tareiking, @toherangi, @webaware
#en_ZA@andrewza, @hlashbrooke, @nickduncan, @seags, @travislima
#et@erkoristhein, @uncleowl, @mstannu, @petskratt, @priiduonu, @ragulka, @ristoniinemets
#fi@arhipaiva, @daniel-koskinen, @arkimedia, @teemusuoranta
#fr_CA@fgienr, @jsmoriss, @martinbouillaud, @mialevesque, @choumich, @rhialto
#ka_GE@dimitrigog
#el@dyrer, @kosvrouvas
#gu@afzalmultani, @chandrapatel, @dipeshkakadiya, @krupajnanda, @mehulkaklotar, @pranalipatel, @sanjaydabhoya, @sanketparmar, @shahpranaf, @ashokrane
#he_IL@ramiy, @yoavf
#hi_IN@ankit-k-gupta, @gagan0123, @gyan, @hardeepasrani, @juhise, @monikarao, @rahul286, @rajeevbhandari, @saurabhshukla, @1anand
#hu_HU@balcsida, @csurga, @djzone, @fgywp, @wphuorg, @tojgli
#is_IS@birgire, @egill, @gudmundur, @valurthor
#id_ID@sofyand, @ekajogja, @hudatoriq, @ivankristianto, @johanbun, @qzoners, @tfirdaus
#ja@extendwings, @tai, @nao, @odysseygate, @tenpura, @takayukister
#kab@yacine2953
#ko_KR@chris_dev, @drssay, @martian36
#lv@armandsdz, @capsx, @edzuss99, @elvisandersons, @grivitis, @p0stman, @karlismaj, @karlisupitis, @kskaredovs, @maris-o, @mikslatvis, @orvils, @peteris, @rmkapins, @timlatvia, @rolandinsh, @unigunde, @veisis, @webhaus
#lt_LT@ideag, @jonasltu, @pokeraitis
#mk_MK@kuzmanov, @chombium, @gocemitevski
#ms_MY@webgrrrl, @mohdrafie, @zeo, @tarmiziaffandi
#mr@fitehal, @mkrndmane, @rahul286, @codexdemon, @patilswapnilv
#ary@sa3idho
#ne_NP@rabmalin, @shivashankerbhatta, @meissudeep
#nb_NO@bjornjohansen, @peterhoob
#nn_NO@chriscena, @meinmycell, @hgmb, @peterhoob
#fa_IR@gonahkar, @mani_monaj
#pl_PL@aleksanderkuczek, @eclare, @iworks, @szymon-skulimowski, @waclawjacek
#ro_RO@adrianpop, @deconf, @dancaragea, @jnhghy
#sr_RS@dimadin, @lanche86
#sk_SK@kavoros, @savione, @xkatka
#sl_SI@hekos
#es_CO@andrescifuentesr, @leoland, @yvallejo
#es_GT@xicoofficial, @wowdevshop
#es_MX@hiwhatsup, @marcozink
#es_VE@jordicuevas, @dragondeluz
#th@dussarong, @kazama, @mennstudio
#tr_TR@wordpress-tr, @m_uysl, @selmankandeniz, @trkr
#uk@romanbon, @sergeykovalets
#ur@mrahmadawais, @hibashaikhpk, @farhandanish1, @sajidzaman, @saqibameen
#uz_UZ@ulugov, @azamat88
#cy@carlmorris, @gruffprys, @gwgan

Dev between 90% and 95% (2)

#bn_BD@wzislam, @badsha_eee, @tareq1988
#oci@cedric3131

Dev between 50% and 90% (30)

#hy@aaleksanyants, @progmastery
#az@muhsinmushviq
#bs_BA@kenan3008
#ceb@undefinedmj
#cs_CZ@kalich5, @neoen, @pavelevap, @mobby2561
#haz@tohave
#kk@iakkz, @kaznet, @uki2017
#km@so_vichet, @vannkorn
#ckb@sia-neriman
#lo@defagoart, @douangtavanh
#ml_IN@abhilashenair, @mbigul, @harishanker, @jagadees, @jayeshsan, @manojkmohan, @nejwrks, @nitkr
#mn@gansukh, @uranbold
#my_MM@dennismaang, @minnkyaw, @herzcthu
#ps@sajadsafi, @msadat
#pa_IN@kuldeepsidhu88, @pikasingh
#sah@bacr, @halantul
#gd@akerbeltzalba, @alasdairmaccaluim, @macmhicheil
#szl@gkkulik
#si_LK@anandawardhana, @bckurera, @chevindu, @dazunj, @himasha, @malinthe, @mohanjith
#azb@tohave
#es_CL@bredebs, @ejner69
#es_PE@reyson
#sw@mrfroasty
#tl@carl-alberto, @krzheiyah, @kel-dc
#ta_IN@arunprakash, @farookibrahim, @hareesh-pillai, @imanickam, @menakas, @simplysaru, @varunms, @venkatsr
#ta_LK@bagerathan
#tt_RU@qdinar
#te@veeven
#bo@bhod, @krishnann, @sonamdawa, @tenim, @tibetanitech, @wpwalker, @zangkar-tsultrim, @bumpagyal
#ug_CN@alim-ahat, @moorshidi, @sepra

The release is due on Tuesday, August 1st, which makes this a little bit of a short notice so thank you in advance to everyone who makes time to get their locale to 100%.

Happy translating <3

Pascal.

#announcement #hard-freeze #wordpress-4-8-1

#release

Notes from the Polyglots Chats on May 31st

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/ Stats

Releases: 169 (±0) locale, 63 (-5) up to date, 32 (+5) behind by minor versions, 0 (±0) behind by one major version, 14 (±0) behind more than one major version, 51 (±0) have site but never released, 9 (±0) have no site.

Translations: 169 (±0) total, 16 (-49) at 100%, 56 (+49) over 95%, 2 (-2) over 90%, 29 (+2) over 50%, 58 (±0) below 50%, 105 (±0) have a language pack generated, 8 (±0) have no project.

Requests: There are 39 unresolved editor requests out of 801 (+25) total and 5 unresolved locale requests out of 49 (+1) total.

Translators: There are 406 (+4) 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., 1 576 (+28) 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. and 13 619 (+364) translation contributors. (A 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/ account could have multiple roles over different locale)

Site language: 49,745% (+0,063%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site. Upcoming Release

Translating WordPress 4.8

  • 4.8 RC1 is out, final release is targeted to be on June 8 (#)
  • The About page wording may change (#)
  • String freezeString freeze The term "string freeze" is used by the core team to mark the end of changes to the strings of an upcoming release. A string freeze also means that there will be no more strings added to the core project. Sometimes a string freeze has two phases a soft freeze and a hard freeze. A string freeze is announced on the Polyglots blog by the current release lead. schedule: June 1
  • No news on video/subtitles yet.

Finalizing WCEU 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ Topics

  • 120 people will contribute to Polyglots of which 23 completely new, 48 contributed and 46 (very) experienced.
  • “New General Translation EditorsTranslation 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 onboarding / Mentorship program and new translation contributors onboarding plan” – Similar to the Community Team, how about putting together something like their training program? Or at least, a checklist or some sort. More structured way to get people started. (@nao)
    • @tobifjellner said sv_SE team is working on a local version of onboarding doc. Would be good to collect existing materials from teams and share good & bad practices (style, glossary and work procedure).
  • Contributor onboarding
    • @fxbenard points out that contributors mostly come to translate something they use, and then disappear
    • How to ‘review’ a contributors work in a quicker way (it’s very frustrating if work has been done but it takes ages before it gets approved)
    • Proposed goal: Prepare a written strategy for effectively onboarding new contributors (e.g. list of attention points and draft list of actions, to be detailed more after WCEU ?)
  • PTE Onboarding
    • Proposed goal: Clarify the role of the PTE for new contributors and sign up as many new PTEs as we can
  • Translating
    • Proposed goal: Complete at least 1 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./theme/project for each locale that has contributors present during Cday
  • GTE – Compare experiences
    • @lasacco would  love to know from the other GTEs which are the things going well or failed in their locale
    • Proposed goal: Compare GTE experiences and come with a list of Do/Don’t items. Adding the ‘How did I solve this’ where possible.
  • @luisrull and @arnaudbroes would love to talk about strategies to improved polyglots communities engagement and efficiency, plus helping new people
  • Inform contributors what to do after adding suggestions
    • @tobifjellner: there needs to be information flowing about where to look.
    • @pedromendonca: The biggest income a new contributor can have is the help of another humans. Know how and where to put questions, discuss doubts,…
    • Information could be links to polyglots handbook, to page(s) on localized RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. sites, to the list of local slacks, etc.
    • What to do if there is no PTE, or how can the contributor somewhere link to the existing PTE?
    • Proposed goal: Create a list of items where information/pointers should be improved and what information should be given.
  • Statistics/chat/notification inside the translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins. platform site
    • @vitormadeira indicates that would be a (somehow) easy feature to start motivating people who contribute for one project and just leave…
    • No comparison / top tables , but related to ‘self-details’: how many stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. one have already contributed, How many strings of “my” strings were approved, How many of “my” strings have been rejected, what projects did one work on, …
    • @sheilagomes and @vitormadeira pointed out that other ways could be explored to ‘lock’ translations or have the possibility to communicate (chat?)
    • Also if a GTE is maintaining a plugin, it looks like there is no PTE for it
    • Proposed goal: Creat a list of how the community sees possible improvements to GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org.
  • Waiting strings
    • @lasacco indicates that they have a problem in managing the many waiting strings
    • @pedromendonca indicates that this could be because of a too low number of PTE and/or low or unclear communication
    • Some 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/ have global PTE and the GTE that deal with them. Other locales wait for a pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” or until a PTE is appointed
    • Proposed goal: Create a list of approaches to reduce the list of waiting strings
  • @pedromendonca thinks also on how to improve consistency in some of the most widely used plugins.

Open Topics

  • i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. of default plugin (#): Readme is fully translatable as of now, but there is no further plan for i18n right now. Akismet can be used as a sample if needed.

Asia-Pacific slack meeting log

2nd meeting log

#weekly-meeting-notes, #weekly-meetings

Global WordPress Translation Day 3 – call for organisers

Hi everyone,

After WordPress Translation Day 1 in April 2016 and WordPress Translation Day 2 in November 2016, we can start thinking about the next global translation event to push WordPress, plugins and themes toward being available in more languages.

This is an official call for organisers. 

What is WordPress Translation Day?

WordPress Translation Day is a remote conference combined with a global 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ that happens for 24 hours in as many locations as possible around the world.

It has a 24 hour live streaming schedule with speakers and trainsers from the current Translation teams onboarding new contributors, sharing knowledge, and discussing important issues. One of the goals of the live streaming is to get to know each other and to introduce our teams to other teams across the globe working on the same projects.

The other really important part of WordPress translation Day are the local events – contributor days dedicated to translation, organised by volunteers.

What are the roles of the WordPress Translation Day organisers?

  • Communication (marketing) volunteers – tasks include event announcements, social media announcements, social media support during the event, spreading the word and helping people find information
  • Design volunteers – tasks include creating banners, posters and swag for the event
  • Outreach volunteers – a really important role – direct contact with potential local organisers is really important and our outreach volunteers get in touch with local WordPress event organisers and invite them to oraganise a local event during WordPress translation day. They also provide information and support and put organisers in touch with mentors.
  • Website/admin volunteers – we have a website we use to market the event wptranslationday.org – it needs content managers and admins to help communicate the event better, upload the schedule, post announcements and speakers, etc.
  • Live Streaming content volunteers – tasks include putting out call for speakers, speaker selection, finding and mentoring speakers, supporting speakers during the event
  • Local events mentors – an important role on the team. The local events mentors help event organisers structure and announce their events, get people to attend and advice them on resources they can use during the event

Who can join the team?

Anyone who would like to dedicate time and effort to organise WordPress Translation Day is welcome to join the team. If you have a couple of hours a week to spare, 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/ would really appreciate your help. WordPress Translation Day has been essential for many local communities around the globe and each edition helps more people to understand us better, join us and become a part of the global family.

When is WordPress Translation Day going to be?

That depends on when a team forms. One suggestion is that WordPress Translation Day 3 is on September 30th, International Translation Day.

Further reading

Want to read more about previous Translation Days, watch video and learn how they were organised? Here are a few links:

 

#global-wordpress-translation-day, #gwtd, #translation-day, #wordpress-translation-day

#events

WordPress Community summit 2017 – representation and Polyglots topics

WordPress Community summit 2017 – representation and Polyglots topics

For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, the community summit is a global gathering of contributors from all make.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/ teams from all over the world for a few days of discussions and coworking on topics that are closely related to the future of WordPress.

This year’s community summit will be in Paris on June 13-14, before WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ (June 15) and WordCamp Europe 2017 (June 16-17). The previous community summits were in the US – Philadelphia in 2015 and San Francisco in 2014. The first ever community summit was in 2012 in Tybee, GA.

Polyglots representatives and topics for the 2017 community summit

A couple of weeks ago the Community team posted about the 2017 community summit and requested all teams to step up with a couple of things:

  1. A list of topics/issues which are relevant for the progress of the team and the WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project as a whole, prioritizing topics or tasks which are sensitive enough to specifically require in-person discussion.
  2. A list of representatives to attend the Community Summit (not limit-determined, but please keep in mind that our venue capacity limit is of 190 attendees), with selections based on several factors, including: representation of a wide, diverse range of opinions (based on the agreed-upon topics selected by each team), diversity, inclusion, and activity of the contributors.
  3. One or two contributors who are willing to help with the organization of the event: posts, communication, travel assistance, finding sponsors, etc. The intention of this approach is to propose a more open and team-focused Community Summit with transparent participation from all active contributors and reps of each team. This way we can hopefully anticipate barriers and cross-team difficulties that might come up, and avoid them.

Representatives

Every 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/ manager/General Translation EditorGeneral 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. who is interested in going to the community summit can step up and volunteer/nominate themselves. Don’t be shy to step up to represent the team – it doesn’t matter how involved you have been with meetings or discussions so far. If you have opinions and are willing to help with some of the topics listed below, you would be a great asset during the community summit.

Topics

After discussing things during weekly chats for a couple of weeks, this is the official post where you can nominate yourself or a fellow contributor to represent the team during the community summit and you can comment on the topics that we have singled out for the two day event:

Topics related to 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/ working with the community team

  • Increase outreach (RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. sites outreach, jump starting and upgrading our locale sites to best fit the community)
  • Organise local contributor days

Topics related to the team working with the metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. team

  • Improvement of translation and communication tools 2.0 (we’ve already got the first phase of this going with the O2s, GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org. improvements, etc).
  • Cross locale PTEs implementation discussions and
    brainstorming ways of getting rid of the current bottleneck of improving 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./theme translations

Polyglots Processes

  • New General Translation EditorsTranslation 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 onboarding/ Mentorship program
  • New translation contributors onboarding
  • Handbook review / updates

Polyglots Leadership team growth plan

  • We need more people representing different regions to get involved
  • A plan to attract and keep them
  • Grow the communication side of the polyglots leadership team
  • Grow the technical side of the leadership team

Volunteers to help organise the community summit

If you would like to help the organising team of the community summit, please put your name forward. Tasks expected from volunteers would include posts, communication, travel assistance, finding sponsors, etc. but at this point, we don’t know many details.

Please get involved with this as this is a chance for our team to single out the important issues we currently have and to brainstorm and find solutions for them. We need as many people as possible to give an opinion on topics and even if you can’t make it to the event, your position is valuable and will be taken into consideration.

Thank you!

Petya

#community-summit, #community-summit-2017

#events

Subtitles for the 4.7 Release Video

Dear polyglots,

The WordPress 4.7 release video finalized and presented tonight during the State of the WordState of the Word This is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US. It looks at what we’ve done, what we’re doing, and the future of WordPress. https://wordpress.tv/tag/state-of-the-word/., so let’s get this going and translate it to as many languages as we can.

Here are the instructions to subtitle the video:

1. Open the release video project on Amara

2. To add your language click “Add a new language”

3. Select your language. This will load the subtitle editor.

4. On the left side of the subtitle editor you’ll see the English subtitles. On the right side you can translate into your own language. Follow the instructions to add the subtitles and sync them.

5. Add the translations to your language, sync them and don’t forget to

6. Save and Publish the subtitles.

If your language’s language code is not supported by Amara, you can add the subtitle file here and we will try and add them manually to WordPress.tv.

The deadline for translating the video is Tuesday, December 6th. I realise this is very short notice, but we will be grateful for any help that we can get.

Thank you to everyone in advance. Your work is so important for so many people around the globa

Love,

P.

#subtitles, #video, #wordpress-4-7

#release

We’re in hard string freeze for 4.7 – Prepare your locales for the the release

Dear Polyglots,

The last stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for 4.7 (the about page strings) have been imported to the development project and that means no strings will change anymore before Tuesday, December 6th, the expected release date for WordPress 4.7.

That means there are two things for all GTEs to do now:

1. Translate the 4.7 project, Admin and Network admin

It’s time to head to translate.wordpress.org and finish translating the last batch of new strings.

Please don’t forget that in order to qualify for an automatic release, you need to have all strings in the following projects translated 100%:

There is also a new default theme that comes with 4.7 – Twenty Seventeen which can also use some of your time.

2. Prepare the SVN directory for your locale for automated packages

Handbook page for reference: Automated release packages

Does my 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/ qualify for automated release?

  • If all you have is a license, readme, and wp-config-sample.php (or no custom changes at all), everything will be automated for you if you follow the instructions above. Both language packs and release packages will automatically be created. If you are not at 100% at that time, then language packs and release packages will be created when you reach 100%. If you later modify a translation (to fix a typo, for example), your language pack and release packageRelease package release package is a packaged version of WordPress. That is, a ZIP file consisting of WordPress in its entirety, along with PO and MO files for core, the PO and MO files of default themes and Akismet, and any custom changes a locale has. In the past, most locales built their release package using the form in Rosetta’s dashboard. will be regenerated.
  • If you have extensive custom changes, you will need to manually create a package via RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. as you have done in the past.

On Slack, watch out for messages like this one:

translation-bot

Your locale is good to go if you see your locale in the “x release packages for y were built” message.


This is also a global pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” for GTEs for 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/ that are currently at more than 50% and less than 100%.

4 locales are already at 100% – thank you!

Dev between 95% and 100% (15)

Dev between 90% and 95% (14)

Dev between 50% and 90% (51)

The release is due on Tuesday, which makes this a little bit of a short notice so thank you in advance to everyone who makes time to get their locale to 100%.

Happy translating <3

Petya

#announcement

#hard-freeze, #wordpress-4-7

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WordPress 4.7 is in soft string freeze

Hello everyone,

WordPress 4.7 RC1 was announced on Friday and with it, all the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in this release with the exception of the About page strings are now effectively frozen. A soft string freeze means they won’t be changed and no new ones will be added before the release in the first week of December.

Translate the 4.7 project, Admin, Network admin, Continent & cities and Twenty Seventeen

If your Development project is not translated to 100%, this is a good time to take care of that. Head to translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins. and translate:

20 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/ are already at 100%, very well done! Here’s a pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” for the GTEs of locales that are at more than 50% right now.

Dev between 95% and 100% (15)

Dev between 90% and 95% (14)

Dev between 50% and 90% (51)

Upcoming hard string freezeString freeze The term "string freeze" is used by the core team to mark the end of changes to the strings of an upcoming release. A string freeze also means that there will be no more strings added to the core project. Sometimes a string freeze has two phases a soft freeze and a hard freeze. A string freeze is announced on the Polyglots blog by the current release lead.

According to the development schedule, hard strings freeze should come on November 29th (+1d) and the release is expected on December 6th (+1d). There will be another post here and a global ping when that happens.

Thank you all for your hard work!

#soft-stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.-freeze, #wordpress-4-7

#release