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Welcome to the first 2023 edition of the Polyglots newsletter — the monthly news roundup from the WordPress Polyglots teamPolyglots TeamPolyglots 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/. Happy new year!
As the year begins, plans for WordPress version 6.2 are already in progress. The proposed timeline includes a release at the end of March 2023. If you are interested in following along or helping with this version’s progress, follow the Make/Core contributor blog.
As we look ahead to celebrations and new releases, what are your plans for the new year? Share your team’s goals — or your personal goals! — in the comments to cheer each other on.
💻 UIUIUI 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. updates to translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.orgThe platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins.
@amieiro has proposed adjusting the translate.wordpress.org layout to accommodate four additional tabs in the sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. of each translation: MetaMetaMeta 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., Discussion, History, and Other localesLocaleLocale = 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/. This change will make the discussion tool more visible for translators.
The Polyglots team hosts a monthly Coffee Chat for casual conversation and a chance to connect with other Polyglots. Those chats typically take place on the third Thursday of each month at 22:00 UTC.
Are you interested in hosting a Coffee Chat or attending at a different time? Let us know in the comments, and we can make it happen!
📈 Latest Stats
The latest statistics are from December 20, 2022 to January 13, 2023. You can view the monthly difference in the number between the parentheses.
Releases
208 (+/- 0) locales, 67 (+2) up to date, 0 (+/- 0) behind by minor versions.
55.83% (-0.16%) of WordPress sites are running a translated version.
📰 More news and resources
WordCamp Europe’s Call for Speakers is now open! The Call for Speakers will close during the first week of February. Watch the WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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 website for updates.
On December 21, 2022, @amieiro hosted a TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. triage session for Polyglots-related tickets. If you missed the session, all the tickets are included in the announcement post, and additional comments are welcome in Trac.
The Dutch (#nl_NL) team has reached all green statuses in the top 500 themes, meaning there are no waiting stringsStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.! The next milestone is to shorten the list and bring all themes up to 93%.
Did you know…? Have you ever wondered where locale codes come from? Polyglots and translate.wordpress.org use the ISO 639 naming convention. Originally adopted in 1967, there are currently five parts of the ISO 639, all of which define standard abbreviations for languages and language groups.
WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ applies these standards in a number of ways for various languages. The definitive source of information is the automatically generated list of Translation Teams on the Make/Polyglots site. (As a note: the WP-locale often differs from the locale slug used on translate.wordpress.org.)
🏆 Get involved
Are you looking for more ways to get started? That’s awesome! If you’re translating or want to translate WordPress and any related projects into a specific language, there are some helpful resources.
Help subtitle or edit a WordPress Translation Day video to help encourage new contributors. If you can join these efforts, message @abhanonstopnewsuk and @meher in the polyglots-events channel on the Make WordPress Slack.
Does your language still not have its own support forumSupport ForumWordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations.? We can help you get started on Make/Polyglots or in the polyglots channel.
If you need any help, ask in the polyglots channel in the Make WordPress Slack at any time. We’re a global team, so there’s almost always someone around!
Some Galician GTEGeneral Translation EditorA 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. want to increase the engagement with the current translators, as well as recruit new ones and explain to all of them how to improve their workflow, to be more efficient.
Next January 25, at 12:00 UTC, we will have one “open hours” session. We want to do this monthly, and we hope that this will be the first of many initiatives that will enable local translation communities to become larger and more active.
We will share a Zoom link in the #tradutores-galego channel at the Spanish SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/, where we usually discuss the important questions related with our language, so people can join us.
Below, you can see the same text in Galician language.
Algúns GTE galegos queremos aumentar o compromiso cos traductores actuais, así como reclutar novos e explicarlles a todos eles como mellorar o seu fluxo de traballo, para ser máis eficientes.
O próximo 25 de xaneiro, ás 12:00 UTC (13:00 no terruño), teremos unha sesión de «horas abertas». Queremos facelo mensualmente, e esperamos que esta sexa a primeira de moitas iniciativas que permitan que as comunidades locais de tradución sexan máis grandes e activas.
Compartiremos unha ligazón de Zoom na canle #tradutores-galego no Slack español, onde adoitamos debater as cuestións importantes relacionadas con noso idioma, para que a xente poida unirse a nós.
Weekly localeLocaleLocale = 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
Review list of Training Team’s content ready to translate in this spreadsheet, share with your locale team members, and start translating.
FYI:
Tarifit locale (rif) added to GlotPressGlotPressGlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org.coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.pluginPluginA 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. (ref).
en_IE / English (Ireland) locale added to GlotPress core plugin (ref).
Weekly localeLocaleLocale = 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
In case you missed the State of the WordState of the WordThis 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/. 2022 live stream you can rewatch it on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook.
Help & feedback wanted:
Please add your feedback on adding tabs in the right sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. of the translation table under this comment.
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Welcome to the final 2022 edition of the Polyglots newsletter—the monthly news roundup from the WordPress Polyglots teamPolyglots TeamPolyglots 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/!
Before diving into this month’s newsletter, take a moment to celebrate and reflect on all Polyglots has done this year in Reflecting on 2022 in Polyglots. You – yes, you! – are an integral part of making WordPress accessible to users worldwide. Thank you! ♥️
Congratulations to @kharisblank, @chaion07, and @spiraltee for being selected as Polyglots team representatives for 2023! Polyglots nominated a total of 12 contributors for the role on the call for nominations. The team representativeTeam RepresentativeThe Polyglots team rep is responsible for communicating both directions for the polyglots team. That is, they communicate to other teams what’s happening with the polyglots team and communicate back to the polyglots team what’s happening with other teams, especially core position helps to promote sharing information across teams in the WordPress project. The role typically lasts for about a year, at which point new representatives may be nominated.
🌐 State of the WordState of the WordThis 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/. replay
State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. Every year, the event shares reflections on the project’s progress and the future of open sourceOpen SourceOpen 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.. This year’s event took place on December 15, 2022 with over 33 watch parties in 11 countries watching the event worldwide.
If you missed the livestream, you can catch the replay via the WordPress YouTube channel or on WordPress.tv. If your community is interested in translating subtitles into your local language, reach out in polyglots for help.
⛰️ Share your ideas for the 2023 Community Summit
The 2023 WordPress Community Summit will be held August 22 and 23, 2023 in National Harbor, DC (USA). The Community Summit brings together WordPress contributors, team leads, and diverse community voices to discuss important topics across contributor teams and community-wide, in-person.
The organizing team requests that all contributor teams share topics and ideas for the Summit by January 16, 2023. If you have ideas on Polyglots topics you would like discussed, please share them on the post or in the polyglots channel.
🔖 BlockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor coming to the support forums
The MetaMetaMeta 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. and Support teams have finished an initial test phase to introduce the block editor to the community forums. All feedback, bugs, and ideas were collected on #6608-meta. Thank you to everyone who helped test out the new feature!
Keep watch on the Make/Support team blog for ongoing updates. Once launched, block editor support will be added to all forums, including RosettaRosettaThe 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.
📈Latest Stats
The latest statistics are from November 21 to December 20, 2022. You can view the monthly difference in the number between the parentheses.
Releases
208 (+/- 0) localesLocaleLocale = 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/, 65 (+2) up to date, 0 (+/- 0) behind by minor versions.
55.99% (+0.08%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.
📰 More News and Resources
The December Polyglots Outreach post is now published. Check the post to see if your localeLocaleLocale = 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 on the list for outreach this month! You can also support this effort by helping contact the selected locale teams and/or contributing to the monthly community-building resource in the post. Not sure where to start? Add a comment on the post or a note in the polyglotsSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel.
There are ongoing experiments with converting translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.orgThe platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins. to a full-width layout. Please check the proposed layout changes and share any feedback you may have.
During 2022, we hosted regular “coffee breaks” – relaxed video meetings for Polyglots’ contributors without a set agenda. If you want to participate in this kind of informal gathering, but the timing doesn’t suit you, perhaps you would like to host your own meeting at another time? Let us know in the polyglots Slack channel, and we’ll help you make it happen!
Did you know…? You can check for translation and terminology consistency by using the Consistency Tool. The Consistency Tool allows you to search all projects or per project by stringStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. and will display the current translations for any matching stringsStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.. This can be a helpful tool for new translators who are unsure of best practices and GTEs who want to ensure consistency across their language. For GTEs, the browser extension for translate.wordpress.org, WPGP Tools, also includes a feature that allows you to bulk update strings with the correct terminology, if you notice inconsistencies. Keep in mind that this tool only matches full strings.
🏆 Get Involved
Are you looking for more ways to get started? There are some helpful resources if you’re translating or want to translate WordPress and any related projects into a specific language.
Help subtitle or edit a WordPress Translation Day video to help encourage and highlight the opportunities for new contributors. If you can join the efforts in this area, message @abhanonstopnewsuk and @meher in the polyglots-events channel on the Make WordPress Slack.
Does your language still not have its own support forumSupport ForumWordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations.? We can help you get started on Make/Polyglots or in polyglots.
I am the pluginPluginA 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. author for Hide GTM code. We have a number of great translation editorsTranslation EditorTranslation 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 that we’d like to be able to approve translation for our plugin(s). Please add the following WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ users as translation editors for their respective localesLocaleLocale = 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/:
Weekly localeLocaleLocale = 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.
Next week, on Wednesday 21, at 9:00 UTC, we are going to have a triage session for the Trac tickets. We will share the virtual room in the #polyglots channel a few minutes before. Feel free to suggest some ticket to review.
We are working to bring some new tabs in the GlotPress right sidebar, so we think it is interesting to convert translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.orgThe platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins. to full width. Below, you can see some screenshot from the new draft design.
We have added the full-width=true get parameter to be able to test this experiment. Please, take a look at this alpha changes, give us feedback and propose updates, if you think they are needed. To help you with the different URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org, we give a URL list with the current status and the full width:
PluginPluginA 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. list
Translating a stringStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.. The full width design has to be adjusted later in the right sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.
These screenshots were taken in a screen with a 1920×1080 resolution. You can see the PR here and the trac ticket here. We need your opinion. Please, add your feedback in the trac ticket, so we can have all the feedback in one place.
Weekly localeLocaleLocale = 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
Please share your preferences for 2023 team reps using this anonymous survey until 7th of December.
Help & feedback wanted:
We are doing some experiments to convert translate.wordpress.org to full width. We have added the full-width=true get parameter to be able to test this experiment. Please, take a look to this alpha changes, give us feedback and propose updates, if you think they are needed. To help you with the different URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org, we give a URL list with the current status and the full width:
CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. translation list – current / full-width
PluginPluginA 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. list – current / full-width
Translating a stringStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. – current / full-width (the design needs to be adjusted later for the right sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.)
I am the pluginPluginA 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. author for “Wrapping ShortCodeShortcodeA shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site.”. We have a number of great translation editorsTranslation EditorTranslation 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 that we’d like to be able to approve translation for our plugins. Please add the following WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ users as translation editors for their respective localesLocaleLocale = 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/:
I am the pluginPluginA 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. Contributor for Easy Donation for Woocommerce. I would like to become a PTEProject Translation EditorA 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. of this plugin for Gujarati language.
Weekly localeLocaleLocale = 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
Help & feedback wanted:
The Training Team’s Content Localization Foundations project has kicked off, and they’re currently at the stage of looking for folks to volunteer as Locale Ambassadors. Spanish, Japanese, German, French, and Italian are the five starting languages they are searching for Locale Ambassadors in (This was based on the most used languages in the WordPress.org stats page). Of course, these five are meant to be a starting point and not a decisive list, so we are happy if volunteers who speak other languages are interested as well. Please feel free to reach out to @piyopiyofox directly if you are interested in learning more. They are currently in the recruiting phase and next steps will be shared with volunteers in the project thread from early December.
Call for Polyglots Team Representatives is open until November 30, 2022. So far, we have six nominated contributors that are interested in accepting the role. Keep the suggestions coming. 🙌🏻
FYI:
This week we’ll have a “Polyglots coffee break”, – a video meeting with no set agenda, where we can talk about (almost) anything. It’s at 22 UTC hrs on Thursday, corresponding to Thursday, November 24, 2022, 22:00 GMT. The link to attend will be shared in our Slack channel when the meetings starts.
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Welcome to the November 2022 edition of the Polyglots monthly newsletter! It is a recap of news related to the WordPress Polyglots teamPolyglots TeamPolyglots 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/.
🖋 The Full Site EditorSite EditorSite Editors aka Rosetta site Editors are the users who have access to a specific Rosetta site associated with a locale. Site Editors can add General Translation Editors and appoint per project translation editors.Site Editors also have a complimentary role of a General Translation Editors even though they don't necessarily handle translations for the locale.Site Editors can create content on Rosetta sites - write blog posts, create showcase items and manage menu items. is now the Site Editor
It’s time to update those glossaries! Resulting from a discussion on the Make/Core site earlier this year, the term Full Site Editor will now be changed to Site Editor. This change aims to clarify the terminology for WordPress users and to make translating the term easier. For many localeLocaleLocale = 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/ teams, this will mean updating the current terminology in your locale’s glossary. Now is a great time to discuss and implement those changes with your fellow translators.
It’s that time of year! You may have noticed a few posts from Make WordPress contributor teams announcing a call for team representatives. But what is a team representativeTeam RepresentativeThe Polyglots team rep is responsible for communicating both directions for the polyglots team. That is, they communicate to other teams what’s happening with the polyglots team and communicate back to the polyglots team what’s happening with other teams, especially core? Often abbreviated to “team reps,” these people represent the team across the project, share key updates across all contributor teams, and generally help to support the team as a whole. You can read more about the team repTeam RepA Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. definition and expectations on the Team Reps page.
Current Polyglots team rep, @vladytimy, opened the call for Polyglots team reps for 2023. Contributor teams are expected to have a minimum of two team reps per year. Share your nominations in the post’s comment section by November 30, 2022.
@evarlese announced the start of a Polyglots Outreach Effort. Outreach will occur in monthly posts published on the Make/Polyglots blog, where General Translation EditorsTranslation EditorTranslation 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 from a handful of selected locale teams will be invited to share information on their team. The goals of this effort include a better understanding of which teams are active and inactive, as well as better ways global Polyglots can support each other’s community growth.
If you’re interested in helping in this effort, leave a comment on the announcement post or the first monthly post and share them with your network.
☕ Next Polyglots Coffee Break: November 24, 2022 @ 22:00 UTC
The Polyglots Coffee Break is an hour long casual video call to meet other Polyglots contributors around the world virtually. On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 22:00 UTC, join us for a casual discussion! The video link will be shared in the polyglots channel before the call.
📈Latest Stats
The latest weekly statistics are from October 21 to November 21, 2022. You can view the monthly difference in the number between the parentheses.
Releases
208 (+/- 0) localesLocaleLocale = 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/, 63 (-7) up to date, 0 (+/-0) behind by minor versions.
56.03% (+0.13%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.
📰 More News and Resources
The Training team is looking for volunteers to help localize content on Learn WordPress through the Locale Ambassador role. Locale Ambassadors will help to develop a process for contributing Learn WordPress content in languages other than English, translate key documentation, and help get localized workshops and lesson plans on the front page of Learn WordPress.
Have you ever wished there was an easier way to find posts on the Make/Polyglots blog? Now there is! In the right sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme., click on the Main Posts button to filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. out all requests to view only the main posts.
Check out these new discussions on Polyglots-related improvements:
#6560: Change how translations are tracked so both translators suggesting and editors approving stringsStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. can receive attribution.
#6561: Allow translators to favorite and track certain plugins, themes, or projects.
#6572: The diff colors in translation memory have been switched to reflect better what has been added and what has been removed.
Did you know…?
The WordPress translation command for plural handling — _n()—takes two English strings as input, the singular and plural. For Arabic, each occurrence then gets translated into six different versions, depending on the value of n.
But for 30 of our locales — such as Japanese, Dzongkha, and Persian — every such stringStringA string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. pair translates to only one (1) single string. For this to work correctly, the developer must always include the number itself in the string.
🏆 Get Involved
Are you looking for more ways to get started? There are some helpful resources if you’re translating or want to translate WordPress and any related projects into a specific language.
Help subtitle or edit a WordPress Translation Day video to help encourage the polyglots community and highlight the opportunities for new contributors. If you can join the efforts in this area, message @abhanonstopnewsuk and @meher in the polyglots-events channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
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