{"id":70158,"date":"2026-08-21T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/?p=70158"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:38:17","slug":"pte-request-hi-polyglots-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/2026\/08\/21\/pte-request-hi-polyglots-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"#pte-request Hi Polyglots, I am&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Polyglots,<\/p>\n<p>I am the <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>plugin<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Plugin<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/<\/a> or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.<\/span><\/span><\/span> author of Wellenbrecher and would like to request <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>PTE<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Project Translation Editor<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>A Project Translation\u00a0Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific\u00a0project\u00a0(for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one\u00a0specific locale. A\u00a0project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/glossary\/#general-translation-editor\">general translation editor<\/a>\u00a0after a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/rosetta\/theme-plugin-directories\/#requesting-new-translation-editors\">request by the project\u00a0author<\/a> or by the contributors themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/span> access for German.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wellenbrecher\/\n<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp-plugins\/wellenbrecher\/\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"o2-tasks\">\n<li class=\"o2-task-item o2-task-sortable o2-task-completed\" data-item-hash=\"9bd51edb722df0b1aa46e1f3ca585d83\" data-hash-instance=\"0\" data-item-text=\"#de_DE - @hafenstudios (@tobifjellner)\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"\" value=\"\" checked disabled> <span class=\"o2-task-item-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/teams\/?locale=de_DE\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>de_DE<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/hafenstudios\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>hafenstudios<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/tobifjellner\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>tobifjellner<\/a>)<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The formal branch is translated and waiting for approval: 219 of 228 <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>strings<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>String<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, imported today. It was written by a native German speaker following the German style guide and glossary, not machine translated. The nine remaining originals are the plugin name, the author name, two URLs, the short description, one formatting-only <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>string<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>String<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, and the terms XML-RPC, Status and Plugin, which are identical in German.<\/p>\n<p>The informal branch follows once the \u201cdu\u201d wording is finished. We keep the two as genuinely different texts rather than one text copied twice.<\/p>\n<p>One note on wording, so nobody has to guess: the product names of the supported form plugins (Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and so on) stay untranslated on purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Happy to correct anything that does not match the style guide.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your work,<br>\nHorst<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/tag\/editor-requests\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>editor-requests<\/a><\/p>\n<nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2026%2F08%2F21%2Fpte-request-hi-polyglots-i-am%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><span class='o2-resolve-wrap'><a href=\"#\" title=\"Clear to-do\"  class=\"o2-resolve-link o2-disabled-action genericon  genericon-close\"  data-action=\"resolvedposts\"  data-actionstate=\"resolved\" >Clear to-do<\/a><ul><\/ul><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Polyglots, I am the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. 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