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Naoko Takano 5:40 am on March 27, 2019
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WordPress Translation Day 4 Meeting Notes (March 26, 2019)

Attendance: @nao, @zetaraffix, @xkon, @ugyen, @ronakganatra, @bhargavmehta, @tobifjellner, @pedromendonca, @fitehal, @kartiks16, @gounder, @rohit, @knutsp, @nandez, @kafleg, @afsana

This was the eith weekly meeting for WordPress Translation Day 4 (Saturday, May 11, 2019). Here’s the meeting archive link.

Team Updates

Design/Communications

  • @zetaraffix and @webcommsat are working on defining scheduling and preparing tasks and assets for social media
  • Translation help welcome for social media messaging. Focus now will be on pushing Calls and spreading the word

Web/Admin

  • @xkon pushed the Blog / Blog page fixes live with @zetaraffix in the weekend
  • @audrasjb will be coordinating with @zetaraffix on the maps
  • @xkon will continue working on the overall page and media, speakers, etc.
  • If anyone sees issues or points for improvement, they’re encouraged to 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.” @xkon in #polyglots-events or directly talk to him
  • @afsana asked: Can one city host multiple events without causing conflict on the site?
    • Answer: Yes. But submit the local event form for each event to be properly listed on the site.
    • Use of Meetup.com or its WPTD template is both optional
    • Online events can be submitted as well
    • Read/translate the blog post for event organizers

Livestreaming/Contents

  • @gounder said they received a couple of speaker applications and hoping for a few more through some reach out, but are still far from our target.
  • Need help with Promoting Speaker Call. If anyone has a speaker suggestion, they’d be happy to contact them
  • Last day for Speaker Calls is 7th April (early submission is helpful!)
  • Idea: look at WordPress.tv archives and 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./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. schedules related to 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., translation, 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."

Outreach

  • @jordicuevas, @fitehal, @kartiks16 have laid a ground so others can help them with outreach. Gathered all meetup chapter names + URLs and getting started with contacting them
  • Will use local 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/. channels for reaching out
  • Tips for contacting all organizers: Go to the Photos tab on Meetup.com chapter page and use “Contact” link on the left sidebarSidebar A 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.

Reminders

  • TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. board – It’s not mandatory to subscribe to it. You can turn the notification off if you’d like (Click your avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name. on the right top > Settings > Notifications)
  • Please contact @nao if teams need more hands or volunteers want to help out more – she will coordinate to close the gap.
  • Next meeting time is Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 1:00 PM GMT in #polyglots-events.
#gwtd, #gwtd4, #wptranslationday

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Naoko Takano 3:15 am on March 20, 2019
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WordPress Translation Day 4 Meeting Notes (March 19, 2019)

Attendance: @nao, @zetaraffix, @xkon, @ugyen, @ronakganatra, @bhargavmehta, @tobifjellner, @pedromendonca, @fitehal, @kartiks16, @jordicuevas, @rohit

This was the seventh weekly meeting for WordPress Translation Day 4 (Saturday, May 11, 2019). Here’s the meeting archive link.

The site is live!

Team Updates

New team members: @kartiks16 and @tokyobiyori on Outreach Team and @vrajshah705 on Communication Team (as a social media wrangler)

Design

Outreach

  • With help from @vedanshu of Community Team, gathered 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. chapter and country data
    • At GWTD3, 23 Chapters from GWTD2 did not host a meetup. 71 could be 90+
    • Out of 99 Countries, Only 42 Have Participated in Translation Day
    • Currently, there are 715 Meetup Chapters across 99 Countries. Many new chapters were initiated this year. Let’s Welcome them to Polyglots
  • The team worked on dividing up the chapters to reach out. They can use more help if anyone wants to volunteer
  • Outreach status sheet is being prepared
  • @nao and others finished up blog post draft

Website/Admin

  • @xkon + team launched https://wptranslationday.org on Sunday
  • @audrasjb is handling the event map
  • @nemanja will be handling the blog section
  • BlockBlock Block 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 is set to default
  • There still are some more design tweaks to be done; please don’t publish posts/pages without checking first
  • The team won’t be using TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. for internal task tracking

Livestreaming

Notes on Trello Task Management

  • @webcommsat updated the labels to mark status
  • @nao shared tasks that need volunteers or help with scoping (currently in the area of blog post & documentation writing only)
  • Teams are encouraged to create task cards that need volunteer(s), and set the label to green

Reminders for Organizing Team

  • Please file all docs/assets for the event under our Google Drive folder.
  • If you need to access the event’s Trello board & website dashboard, please message @nao or @webcommsat (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/. ID: @abhanonstopnewsuk) on Slack
  • Always refer to the event date as “May 11” not 11/5 or 5/11 to avoid confusion.
  • The official event title is “WordPress Translation Day 4” (“Global” is removed) and social media hashtag is #WPTranslationDay (no trailing “4”)

Awesome team work, everyone! See you next week: Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 1:00 PM GMT in #polyglots-events

#WPTranslationDay #gwtd, #gwtd4

#events

Naoko Takano 5:49 am on March 13, 2019
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WordPress Translation Day 4 Meeting Notes (March 12, 2019)

Attendance: @nao, @zetaraffix, @xkon, @jaqueline, @ugyen, @bornforphp, @nukaga, @ronakganatra, @bhargavmehta, @tobifjellner, @Webcommsat, @gounder, @pedromendonca, @fitehal, @mbigul, @casiepa, and @nemanja

This was the sixth weekly meeting for WordPress Translation Day 4 (Saturday, May 11, 2019). Here’s the meeting archive link.

Reminders for Organizing Team

  • Please file all docs/assets under the Google Drive folder for the event.
  • If you need to access the event’s TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. board & staging website, please ask.
  • Always refer to the event date as “May 11” not 11/5 or 5/11 to avoid confusion.
  • The official event title is “WordPress Translation Day 4” (“Global” is removed) and social media hashtag is #WPTranslationDay.

Team Updates

  • The staging site has been set up with the updated design by @xkon
  • @xkon sent out to organizing team members login info for the staging
  • @zetaraffix is now working on assets for social media & press
  • Calls for Speaker & local event are set up based on last time’s pages
  • @xkon is working on the privacy policy
  • @nemanja is collecting organizer bio
  • @gounder is working on call for speakers post
  • @nao & @nukaga got the event Meetup.com template published with help from the community team
  • We will upgrade to the Crowdcast Professional plan ($89 for 250 attendees and the additional cost is 30¢/person) for one month. WPMU DEV will be sponsoring the cost
  • @webcommsat asked @casiepa and the Livestreaming Team about YouTube multistreaming on WPTV channel
  • @kafleg and @fitehal help Jordi for the Outreach Team
  • @webcommsat started a list of blog ideas for planning topics
Join us in 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/. #polyglots-events if you have questions and feedback. Next meeting is Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 6:00 AM GMT.

#gwtd, #gwtd4

Naoko Takano 1:54 am on March 6, 2019
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WordPress Translation Day 4 Meeting Notes (March 5, 2019)

Attendance: @Nao, @zetaraffix, @xkon, @jordicuevas, @ibdz, @ronakganatra, @bhargavmehta, @tobifjellner, @Webcommsat, @sergeybiryukov, @pedromendonca, @imnok, @priyankabehera155, and @nemanja

This was the fifth weekly meeting for WordPress Translation Day 4 (Saturday, May 11, 2019) Here’s the meeting archive link. (This post includes some discussionn before & after the meeting as well).

Reminders for Organizing Team

  • Please file all docs/assets under the Google Drive folder for the event.
  • Make sure to join & follow the event’s TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. board. Ask @webcommsat or @nao for access.
  • Always refer to the event date as “May 11” not 11/5 or 5/11 to avoid confusion.
  • The official event title is “WordPress Translation Day 4” (“Global” is removed) and social media hashtag is #WPTranslationDay.

Updates from Design Team

@zetaraffix shared 2 mocks for the front page and asked for feedback.

I would like to focus on pushing the data visualization as much as we can, giving last year’s work an updated look but without wasting too much time on disruption.

  • Light Version
    Light Version
  • Dark Version
    Dark Version

@ibdz shared his Design Proposal slide deck

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14DLzw2zyVV6ZLCaBmpUg6s2BYchrr7av_Ji7eNkUiiE/edit?usp=sharing

Some ideas:

The team continued discussion after the meeting about the direction.

Updates from Web/Admin Team

@xkon said to work on the structure (basic setup is the same as last year) + extra pages by the end of the week.

He asked @sergeybiryukov to take a look at map visualization tool http://kepler.gl/

March 9th is the expected date for getting application forms for local event organizers and speakers ready on the live site.

Livestream Session Idea

@tobifjellner‘s idea: collect 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. questions from developers (on the wptranslationday.org website?) and have an interactive Q&A/AMA panel.

Updates from Outreach Team

@jordicuevas is working on call for local event organizers P2p2 "p2" is the name of the theme that blogs at make.wordpress.org use (and o2 is the accompanying plugin). When asked to post something "on the p2" by a member of the Polyglots team, that usually means you're asked to post on the team blog https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/. post and will be sharing the draft (Google Docs) with @webcommsat. Post to be published after the initial site launch since application form link needs to be live.

Timeline

@zetaraffix shared a rough timeline doc with dates for web/comm/design teams. Onboarding schedule and deadlines for calls/selections/content are to be added. Please add comments.

Important Upcoming Dates

  • March 7: Design fix [Design Team]
  • March 9: Initial site launch [Web/Admin Team]
  • March 9 (? or within a day or so): Call for local event organizers P2 post [Comm & Outreach Team]

#events, #gwtd, #gwtd4

webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK 9:37 am on March 1, 2019
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WordPress Translation Day 4 is coming

Save the date – Saturday, 11 May 2019 will be the 4th edition of WordPress Translation Day (#WPTranslationDay). 

This 24-hour global event will be dedicated to the translation of all things WordPress, from coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. to themes, and from plugins to marketing.

The event will be a celebration of the Make WordPress 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/., shining a spotlight on the thousands of volunteers worldwide who give their time and skills to make this online platform available to even more people.

Global World Translation Day 4 logo

During the last Global WordPress Translation Day, 71 local events took place worldwide, involving 29 countries.

More information including minutes from the planning meetings will be published on Make WordPress Polyglots P2 under #GWTD4 tag in the coming weeks. Also, you can keep connected via the @TranslateWP twitter account.

If you are interested in helping with this event or following the discussion, you can also follow WordPress 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/. polygots-events channel.

#GWTD4 #GWTD


Feature on #WPTranslationDay and interviews with some of the translators

WordPress Translation Day Website

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Jordi Cuevas 3:34 pm on February 26, 2019
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#GWTD4 Planning Meeting – 26 Feb 2019

13:00 UTC – Polyglots-events SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (archive link)

Meeting Attendance

@nao @gounder @webcommsat @tobifjellner @nemanja @xkon @casiepa @patilswapnilv @nukaga @prathameshp @ibdz @audrasjb @zetaraffix @jordicuevas

Notes by @jordicuevas

Ideas for live streaming session contents:

Timeline

  • work on the speaker/local event application forms and privacy statement.
  • Have a 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. template setup.
  • link the call for speakers  and organize event google forms in the march MeetUp newsletter.
  • The Outreach/Mentor team will get the call for organizers for the next planning  meeting.

Design ideas

  • website team will get started right away based on last year’s theme and layout
  • The design team will review the theme and layout from GWTD3 WordPress, and being aware of brand building propose a change in the color schema and typography.

Next meeting: Tuesday 5 March 2019, 13:00 UTC

#gwtd, #gwtd4

#weekly-meetings

webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK 11:43 pm on February 23, 2019
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#GWTD4 Planning Meeting – 19 Feb 2019

13:00 UTC – Polygots-events SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel

Meeting Attendance

@nao, @webcommsat, @jordicueuas, @tobifjellner, @Stefano76, @zetaraffix, @audrasjb, @ibdz, @xkon. @casiepa (asynchronous).
Notes taken by @abhanonstopnewsuk

Discussion on Local team’s role

  • One of our main goals for GWTD is to get more people involved in translating. But just posting call for 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. organizers isn’t usually enough.
  • Outreach team can help by talking to more 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/ teams and inviting them to organize local events, prepare for the meetup, and mentor new or inexperienced GTEs
  • @jordicuevas, Local Team Lead, to arrange to contact GTEs and meet with the team
  • @jordicuevas requested to identify regions and teams that can use some helping hands and assign team members to reach out to them directly (@nao)
  • Marketing/ Communications – Discussion on finding to capture data from this research and to identify the GTEs who needed operational and marketing information, and for this to be done in a good data handling manner. This could also be used for enabling them to offer marketing ideas, advise of their promotions and provide quotes or short videos for the wider publicity.
  • Register of interest form – discussed for translators to be able to register for information about the event and partipating
  • Call for organizers – on the P2p2 "p2" is the name of the theme that blogs at make.wordpress.org use (and o2 is the accompanying plugin). When asked to post something "on the p2" by a member of the Polyglots team, that usually means you're asked to post on the team blog https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/. and through other identified channel (further discussion to be arranged between local and communications teams)

Website

https://wptranslationday.org/htmlarchive/gwtd03/

  • Register of interest form to be updated including data handling and permissions statement, year, etc
  • privacy page to be created
  • call for organizers
  • Website

Community-events MeetUp Newsletter

  • Request to be sent to include GWTD4 date and deadline for future issues before the event

Storage of files and for future events

  • Discussion of where could store paperwork in draft, visual assets to be of more use to the existing planning, GWTD4 and future events.
  • Discussion on whether there was a shared MakeWordPress area, if the MakeWordPress website had a system of collating form information easily in the same way as WordCamps websites for processing requests for RSS feeds or volunteer submissions.
  • Post meeting, @casiepa shared a link to a Google shared folder for the current team.
  • A trelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. board has been created in draft by @abhanonstopnewsuk which captured communications and marketing elements emerging. Contact her to be added to the board with your Trello ID and email address it is inked.
  • @audrasjb started a base architecture for the website. Will add a card to the Trello board with a link to the google doc. Has a few question about the GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repositoryWordPress Localization Repository The WordPress Localization Repository at https://i18n.svn.wordpress.org/ is a Subversion repository where official WordPress translations are maintained. See Working with the Translation Repository for details. access and also about the siteground server access to. Base architecture is at a design-free stage. @casiepa to look at what information SiteGround paperwork he has. The site is a flat, htmlHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. site at the moment
  • Sub groups can create tools which assist them as long as they are linked, where appropriate, from the main organization channels.

Next meeting: Tuesday 26 February 2019, 13:00 UTC



#gwtd, #gwtd4

#weekly-meetings

Naoko Takano 2:08 am on February 18, 2019
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Global WordPress Translation Day 4 Meeting Notes (Feb 12, 2019)

Attendance: @Nao, @zetaraffix, @xkon, @jordicuevas, @ibdz, @bhargavmehta, @tobifjellner, @fahimmurshed, @Webcommsat, @casiepa, @priyankabehera155, @patilswapnilv, and @nemanja

The second meeting for Global WordPress Translation Day 4 (GWTD4, Saturday, May 11, 2019) started at 13:00 UTC and was closed at 14:15 (meeting archive).

Team Organization

Design/Communication Teams are combined (background).

Live Stream Content Team is small, so you’re welcome to help them out and/or switch over to the team. The role is similar to session team for WordCamps.

Teams are encouraged to have meetings and discussions on #polyglots-events SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel.

Event Format

Confirmed/Agreed

  • 24-hour live stream with curated contents (live & recorded videos)
  • Local events during the 24-hour period

Ideas

  • Use the preceding week to promote awareness of translation-related activities (mentoring new translators and building resources such as getting started guide/ glossary/style guide)
  • Have several (pairs of?) local hosts run the live streaming as a team relay rather than a marathon

Next Meeting

Next weekly meeting will be on February 19, 2019 13:00 UTC in #polyglots-events.

#gwtd, #gwtd4, #weekly-meetings

raffaella isidori 2:29 pm on February 6, 2019
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First Meeting for GWTD4 – Feb 5 2019

present:
@Nao
@zetaraffix
@xkon
@nandz
@yui
@jordicuevas
@ibdz
@audrasjb
@bhargavmehta

This was the first meeting to set up the team and consolidate decisions for the next edition of Global WordPress Translation Day, the 4th (GWTD4).

Event Date

After some discussion, an agreement was reached on the date: GWTD4 will be on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

Teams

A Google spreadsheet has been open for some time now for volunteers, teams and leads will be confirmed and official list disclosed in next meeting (February 12, 2019 13:00 UTC in <a href=”https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/polyglots-events/”>#polyglots-events</a>.

Meeting started at 13:00 UTC and was closed at 14:30 (#).

#gwtd, #gwtd4

Naoko Takano 2:19 am on January 23, 2019
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Global WordPress Translation Day 4 – Call for Organizers

After Global WordPress Translation Day 1 (GWTD1) in April 2016, GWTD2 in November 2016, and GWTD3 in September 2017, we took a break last year. But the good news is here… GWTD4 planning is back on track! Let’s work together to organize a global event, where we learn more about and improve WordPress translation.

This is an official call for organizers. 

Continue reading →

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

Naoko Takano 6:12 am on August 29, 2018
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Global WordPress Translation Day 4: Preliminary Planning

What is Global WordPress Translation Day (GWTD)?

For the past years, GWTD has been a 24-hour-long event consisted of:

  • Offline & online 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. day events, hosted by local 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. organizers.
  • Live stream on Crowdcast, hosted by 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/. volunteers and local event attendees.

Here are links to past event archive pages:

You can check out more posts on event planning and announcements through #GWTD tag.

When should we organize the next event?

September 30 was chosen last year because that date was declared as the International Translation Day by the United Nations General Assembly in May 2017. 

There are some comments 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/. #polyglots-events that it will be too short of notice for us to start organizing the event now and having the event on Sept 30 again this year.

Maybe mid- to late-October could be a possibility?

Local Meetup Format

Offline & online translation contributor day events are the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. of the Translation Day, when we all work on translating WordPress core and related project all around the world.

The basic guide is available on Polyglots Handbook page:

[Guide] Organize a local event on Global WordPress Translation Day

What kinds of live-streaming contents are useful/meaningful?

  • Contents type: Sessions, panels, interviews
  • Content language: English, 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/ languages
  • Type of speakers: GTEs, PTEs, translators with special skills, 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 authors, 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. developers, GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org. developers, others?

Feedback & Volunteers Welcome!

If you have any thoughts or would like to be involved in the planning/organizing, please leave a comment on this post.

(Edit) We had these roles last year. The list may change because we are still determining the scope of the event – sharing just for FYI go get some ideas.

  • Communication (marketing) volunteers
  • Design volunteers
  • Outreach volunteers
  • Website/admin volunteers
  • Live Streaming content volunteers
  • Local events mentors

You can also join the Slack #polyglots-events for discussion.

tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner) 9:51 pm on August 8, 2017
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Agenda weekly Polyglots chat Aug 9, 2017

Agenda Polyglots chats Aug 9, 2017

Here’s an agenda for the chats this week.

  • Weekly 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
  • There have been small changes to several of the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./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. projects lately. A convenient way to check if you need to catch up on a few stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for WordPress core, Browse Happy, 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 directory, etc. is to visit https://translate.wordpress.org/stats
  • Remember to regularly check if you’ve got any pending editor requests. As always, you can find them here (replace YOUR_LOCALE with your locale slug): https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/YOUR_LOCALE/?resolved=unresolved
    Also remember to enable notifications for mentions of your locale on https://profiles.wordpress.org/YOUR-ORG-USERNAME/profile/notifications/
  • Global WordPress Translation Day 3
  • Open discussion

Chat times:

Global WordPress Translation Day – Chat times:

See you there!

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tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner) 5:53 am on August 2, 2017
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Agenda weekly Polyglots chat Aug 2nd 2017

Hello polyglots,

Here’s an agenda for the chat today.

  • Weekly 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
  • Please respond to your editor requests: there are 36 open editor requests. You can find them here (replace YOUR_LOCALE): https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/YOUR_LOCALE/?resolved=unresolved
  • 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. for WordPress 4.8.1. The release should have happened yesterday, but was postponed by one day. Many 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% on the dev project, but quite a few still need to catch up. There are only some 10 stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. new, so if you released 4.8, then this is a relatively quick task. Make sure that your locale is at 100%!
  • Global WordPress Translation Day 3: Call for speakers is open! Time to start planing your local translation event! Welcome to take part in the preparation work and planning. The next meeting for organizers will take place between the first and the second Polyglots weekly meeting Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 11:00 AM GMT+2 on #polyglots-events
  • Open discussion

Chat times:

Global WordPress Translation Day – Chat times:

See you there!

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#gwtd, #weekly-meetings

Birgit Olzem 4:01 pm on August 1, 2017
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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:

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tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner) 5:49 am on July 26, 2017
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Agenda for weekly Polyglot chats on July 26 2017

Hello polyglots,

Here’s an agenda for the chat today.

  • Weekly 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
  • Please respond to your editor requests: there are 34 open editor requests. You can find them here (replace YOUR_LOCALE): https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/YOUR_LOCALE/?resolved=unresolved
  • 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. for WordPress 4.8.1. There are a few new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in WordPress that need to be translated before launch of WordPress 4.8.1. Make sure that your locale is at 100%!
  • Global WordPress Translation Day 3 Planning: The next meeting for organizers will take place between the first and the second Polyglots weekly meeting Wednesday 09:00 UTC on #polyglots-events
  • Open discussion

Chat times:

Global WordPress Translation Day – Chat times:

See you there!

#weekly-meeting-agenda, #weekly-meetings, #gwtd