#WPTranslation Day Sept 30 – Contributor Day

WordPress Translation Day is back. We’re eager to take part in it again.

Last year the team participated by captioning videos on LearnWP.

WPTranslationDay: Subtitling Videos on Learn

This year, we’re focusing on translating the content on LearnWP. Thanks to the work @rastaban started at 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. US Contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/., we’re well on our way to having various locales available.

See: Project Proposal: Content Localization

This event is open to various contributor groups again this year. @majaloncar will be on hand starting at 7UTC to help onboard contributors and various team members will be on hand for 12 hours. We will help folks get added as authors, copy post content into a new post, and translate directly in lesson plans and collect the results of the day. The goal will be to completely translate an item, so contributors might want to work in teams.

When we have completed the translation, we will ask proficient language speakers for a review of the translation.

A Zoom link will be provided here and in the #training Slack channel just before the event begins if you would like to join us for onboarding and co-working.

https://godaddy.zoom.us/j/93532221859?pwd=ZTFUK3hodDBFM1h3K2svZjQ0YU8ydz09

Priority content to translate:

Lesson Plans:

1. Pick a topic:
   • Introducing WordPress https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plans/general/ (Any of these)
   • Dashboard Overview
   • Settings
   • What to do when you forget your password
   • Setting A Static Page As Your Homepage
   • Pages Vs. Posts
   • How to Create a Post or Page with the WordPress Block Editor
   • Managing Media
   • Categories Vs. Tags
   • Managing Comments
   • What Is A Theme
   • Themes/Plugins Relationship
2. Comment on this post indicating what topic you are working on
3. Get author access to Learn and begin the translation (work with others to complete a single topic if possible)
4. Please complete all taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. on the 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., such as versions of WP, and corresponding audiences, and leave a note in Edit Flow at the bottom of the content with the corresponding English topic.
5. Note your progress on this post at the end of your time with us, and if you intend to do more to get it ready to publish.

Courses

• Getting Started With WordPress: Get Setup
• Same procedures as in Lesson Plans

Tutorials

• Submit an application to be a presenter
• Watch an existing video topic
• Prepare any slides or other materials to recreate the video
• Record, prioritizing quality audio

Online Workshop

• View upcoming Online Workshops
• Apply to facilitate

Recap:

30 Total Attendees:

@majaloncar @webtechpooja @eboxnet @pendraq @kharisblank @piermario @weblink @vanpariyar @lidialab @matteospi @piluch80

We’ve gotten 1 full lesson plan in Serbian, Italian, Spanish, and anticipate 1 or 2 back in Hindi and German as well. This was a great onboarding session to welcome new contributors as well.

Additionally, #polyglots folks stopped in to discuss workflow ideas on maintaining content versions with WP releases.  Finally, we have a pull request submitted converting reusable blocks to block patterns for lesson plans thanks to @Vagelis with help configuring Learn locally. He will then make a version of the lesson plan reusable blocks in Greek. We are awaiting information about GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 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 being enabled to support this, or the 6.1 release.

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