Introducing the Polyglots Team Reps for 2025 and Beyond

Now that the voting for the Polyglots Team has concluded, I’m pleased to announce that @jainnidhi and @luisrull along with myself have agreed to serve as 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/. Reps for 2025 and beyond. This team brings deep experience to the role, with both @jainnidhi and @luisrull have been a 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. for Hindi (#hi_IN) and Spanish (#es_ES) respectively including @chaion07 having served multiple times as a Team RepTeam Rep A 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..

About our new Reps

Ahmed Kabir Chaion

Ahmed Kabir Chaion is a long-time Contributor to WordPress sponsored by Rocket.net. He is the Lead Organizer of WordCamp Dhaka 2025 and one of the Co-organizers for the Dhaka WordPress 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. He’s also been an organizer for WordCamp Asia 2023, 2024 & 2025. Ahmed has been a CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Contributor to every single major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the introduction of new major features and functionality. since the 5.6 version. Furthermore he has been recognized as a Noteworthy Contributor for 7 major releases till date.

Nidhi Jain

Nidhi Jain is a seasoned WordPress Developer and Technical Support Specialist with a passion for innovation and community building. Nidhi’s journey goes beyond code; she’s a dedicated contributor to the WordPress community. Whether sharing insights at WordCamps, offering technical guidance, or actively participating in community forums, Nidhi is committed to the spirit of collaboration.

Luis Rull

Luis Rull is a passionate WordPress advocate, community leader, and CEO of mecus.es, a company dedicated to building innovative WordPress solutions. With a career spanning development, operations, and education, Luis has held key roles including Special Projects at Platzi.com and Training Operations at UXLearn and Torresburriel Estudio.

About the Team Rep role

Expectations for team reps can vary from team to team. In general, Polyglots team reps help to:

  • Prepare for and run Polyglots weekly team chats. These chats can be assigned to any team members to lead and help facilitate.
  • Providing quarterly Polyglots updates to other contributor groups.
  • Generally representing Polyglots across the project, or in the occasional chat.
  • Improving the Polyglots handbook from time to time.
  • Maintain a high-level perspective and awareness on current Polyglots projects.
  • Lead the Polyglots Table at WordCamps including help facilitate other contributors to represent as Table Leads.

On behalf of @amieiro, @spiraltee and myself, I would like to thank you all for allowing us to serve the role. It’s an absolute honor to be able to support this amazing community of individuals who share their time, energy, and talents with the WordPress software project. Congratulations to our new Team Reps! We are confident that the role is in very capable hands.

P.S. Please feel free to leave a comment or a few words of encouragement for our new team reps.

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Call for Polyglots Team Representatives- 2025

It’s time to select the team representatives for 2025 across the WordPress project for 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/.!

What is a Team RepTeam Rep A 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.?

Within the WordPress project, each contributor team has a minimum of two team representatives. 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 rep definition and expectations on the Team Reps page.

Currently, the Polyglots team has three representatives: @chaion07 @spiraltee @amieiro and we thank each of them for their contribution to the WordPress project and dedication toward the Polyglots Team.

Expectations for team reps can vary from team to team. In general, Polyglots team reps help to:

  • Prepare for and run Polyglots weekly team chats. Currently, there’s a spreadsheet used to track who is available to run the weekly meetings, this helps to effectively split the workload.
  • Providing quarterly Polyglots updates to other contributor groups.
  • Generally representing Polyglots across the project, or in the occasional chat.
  • Maintain a high-level perspective and awareness on current Polyglots projects.
  • Lead the Polyglots Table at WordCamps including help facilitate other contributors to represent as Table Leads.

It is also worthy to note that;

  • Experienced mentors will also be around to support the team reps.
  • You also don’t have to be a Team Rep to help facilitate weekly meetings.
  • This opportunity presents the possibility for you to expand your network within the WordPress community and gain a deeper insight into how it works.

Team Reps should expect to dedicate 1 to 2 hours per week to these activities. Any active Polyglots contributor can be a Team Rep, and we can have more than two Team Reps. Likewise, an existing Team Rep can continue in the position, as well, though having new people in these roles is encouraged!

Opening nominations

Any active Polyglot can be a Team Rep, and anyone can nominate a Team Rep. Self-nominations are also accepted. Everyone is welcome to give some thought as to who is a good fit for this role and nominate them in the comments of this post.

Duplicate nominations are also welcome – so if someone has already shared your suggested team rep, please feel free to add your support. Likewise, while the person you’re nominating is expected to be an active Polyglots contributor, they do not have to be active in the global/international Polyglots community, so please share this post within 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/, too!

Nominations for Polyglots Team Reps will be open until February 26, 2025. Those selected as Team Reps will take over these responsibilities starting in March 2025 and would be in this position for a period of 12 months, until the end of March 2026.

After the nominations close, if there are enough nominees that we need to make a selection, we would publish a poll before the end of March, so everyone can cast their votes. Keep in mind that whoever is selected as a team rep will need to accept the role. So if someone nominates you, and you aren’t available or interested, don’t worry! Simply let us know in the comments or in a DM to me that you do not wish to accept the nomination.

If you have any questions about the Team Rep role, want to learn more, or any other doubts, please share them here in the comments!

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Call for Polyglots Team Representatives

It’s time to select team representatives for 2024 across the WordPress project, including 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/.!

What is a team repTeam Rep A 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.?

Within the WordPress project, each contributor team has a minimum of two team representatives. 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 rep definition and expectations on the Team Reps page.

Currently, the Polyglots team has three representatives: @chaion07 @kharisblank @spiraltee

Expectations for team reps can vary from team to team. In general, Polyglots team reps help to:

  • prepare for and run Polyglots weekly team chats. Currently, there’s a spreadsheet used to track who is available to run the weekly meetings, this helps to effectively split the workload.
  • providing quarterly Polyglots updates to other contributor groups.
  • generally representing Polyglots across the project, or in the occasional chat.
  • maintain a high-level perspective and awareness on current Polyglots projects.

It is also worthy to note that;

  • Experienced mentors will also be around to support the team reps.
  • You also don’t have to be a team rep to weekly meetings.
  • This opportunity presents the possibility for you to expand your network within the WordPress community and gain a deeper insight into how it works.

The coming year will be interesting. We’re migrating to a new chat platform; We need to figure out how to better cooperate with the various teams that deal with translations (marketing, training, documentation, tv, and to some extent – community); all localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ will (hopefully) change to the new WordPress theme; the translation process may soon be changing – AI-powered tools open up quite interesting opportunities; and perhaps YOU have some ideas of how the polyglots team could make WordPress even better?

Team reps should expect to dedicate 1 to 2 hours per week to these activities. Any active Polyglots contributor can be a team rep, and we can have more than two team reps. Likewise, an existing team rep can continue in the position, as well, though having new people in these roles is encouraged!

Opening nominations

Any active Polyglot can be a team rep, and anyone can nominate a team rep. Self-nominations are also accepted. Everyone is welcome to give some thought as to who is a good fit for this role and nominate them in the comments of this post.

Duplicate nominations are also welcome – so if someone has already shared your suggested team rep, please feel free to add your support. Likewise, while the person you’re nominating is expected to be an active Polyglots contributor, they do not have to be active in the global/international Polyglots community, so please share this post within 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/, too!

Nominations for Polyglots team reps will be open until January 16, 2024. Those selected as team reps will take over these responsibilities starting in January 2024 and would be in this position for the full year, until December 2024.

After the nominations close, if there are enough nominees that we need to make a selection, we would publish a poll the before the end of January, so everyone can cast their votes. Keep in mind that whoever is selected as a team rep will need to accept the role. So if someone nominates you, and you aren’t available or interested, don’t worry!

If you have any questions about the team rep role, want to learn more, or any other doubts, please share them here in the comments!

#announcement, #team-reps

Call for Polyglots Team Representatives

It’s time to select team representatives for 2023 across the WordPress project, including 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/.!

What is a team repTeam Rep A 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.?

Within the WordPress project, each contributor team has a minimum of two team representatives. 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 rep definition and expectations on the Team Reps page.

Currently, the Polyglots team has three representatives: @evarlese, @amieiro and @vladytimy

Expectations for team reps can vary from team to team. In general, Polyglots team reps help to:

  • prepare for and run Polyglots weekly team chats
  • providing quarterly Polyglots updates to other contributor groups
  • generally representing Polyglots across the project, or in the occasional chat
  • maintain a high-level perspective and awareness on current Polyglots projects

Team reps should expect to dedicate 1 to 2 hours per week to these activities. Any active Polyglots contributor can be a team rep, and we can have more than two team reps. Likewise, an existing team rep can continue in the position, as well, though having new people in these roles is encouraged!

Opening nominations

Any active Polyglot can be a team rep, and anyone can nominate a team rep. Self-nominations are also accepted. Everyone is welcome to give some thought as to who is a good fit for this role and nominate them in the comments of this post.

Duplicate nominations are also welcome – so if someone has already shared your suggested team rep, please feel free to add your support. Likewise, while the person you’re nominating is expected to be an active Polyglots contributor, they do not have to be active in the global/international Polyglots community, so please share this post within 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/, too!

Nominations for Polyglots team reps will be open until November 30, 2022. Those selected as team reps will take over these responsibilities starting in January 2023 and would be in this position for the full year, until December 2023.

After the nominations close, if there are enough nominees that we need to make a selection, I will publish a poll the first week of December, so everyone can cast their votes. Keep in mind that whoever is selected as a team rep will need to accept the role. So if someone nominates you, and you aren’t available or interested, don’t worry!

If you have any questions about the team rep role, want to learn more, or any other doubts, please share them here in the comments!

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Call for Polyglots Team Representatives (finished)

It’s time to select team representatives for 2022 across the WordPress project, including 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/.!

What is a team repTeam Rep A 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.?

Within the WordPress project, each contributor team has a minimum of two team representatives. 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 rep definition and expectations on the Team Reps page.

Currently, the Polyglots team has five representatives: @petya @ocean90 @nao @casiepa @tobifjellner

Expectations for team reps can vary from team to team. In general, Polyglots team reps help to:

  • prepare for and run Polyglots weekly team chats
  • providing quarterly Polyglots updates to other contributor groups
  • generally representing Polyglots across the project, or in the occasional chat
  • maintain a high-level perspective and awareness on current Polyglots projects

Team reps should expect to dedicate 1 to 2 hours per week to these activities. Any active Polyglots contributor can be a team rep, and we can have more than two team reps. Likewise, an existing team rep can continue in the position, as well, though having new people in these roles is encouraged!

Opening nominations

Any active Polyglot can be a team rep, and anyone can nominate a team rep. Self-nominations are also accepted. Everyone is welcome to give some thought as to who is a good fit for this role and nominate them in the comments of this post.

Duplicate nominations are also welcome – so if someone has already shared your suggested team rep, please feel free to add your support. Likewise, while the person you’re nominating is expected to be an active Polyglots contributor, they do not have to be active in the global/international Polyglots community, so please share this post within 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/, too!

Nominations for Polyglots team reps will be open until November 26, 2021. Those selected as team reps will take over these responsibilities starting in January 2022 and would be in this position for the full year, until December 2022.

After the nominations close, if there are enough nominees that we need to make a selection, I will publish a poll the first week of December so everyone can cast their votes. Keep in mind that whoever is selected as a team rep will need to accept the role. So if someone nominates you, and you aren’t available or interested, don’t worry!

If you have any questions about the team rep role, want to learn more, or any other doubts, please share them here in the comments!

#team-reps

Team Rep Results

Zé Fontainhas and Remkus de Vries. Congrats! The term starts with the new year, so I’ll be in touch before then to make sure everyone is on the same page regarding expectations.

8 people voted, of which 5 are active members of the polyglots group.

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Team Reps

Hello Polyglots! We’ve been working the past couple of months on communication between contributor groups to make WordPress a better community, and it’s time for your group to elect a couple of team reps to communicate on behalf of translators. We appointed Zé as the acting team repTeam Rep A 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. for polyglots when we started, since he’s the person who seemed best able to fill the role until the next vote came around. Zé can continue on as team rep if elected, but you also need a 2nd rep.

These folks will be responsible for reporting on the progress of the group to the other team reps via weekly updates, as well as occasional chats and such. If you haven’t seen the spiel on one of the other team blogs about how team reps/voting/terms work, the longer explanation is after the jump.

Note: It should be folks who want the responsibility. Anyone interested in being a 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/. rep should leave a comment saying as much so people know who they can/should vote for. Voting is open until December 15, and results will be posted here once voting closes.

Go vote!

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