Lost in Translation – What I Learned by Contributing to the Polyglots

WordPress is growing rapidly! It now powers 26% of the web. One of the main reasons for it’s global success is, that WordPress speaks more than 100 languages! Who translates WordPress? And how can we get involved? This is the story of how you, as a WordPress Theme or Plugin author can grow your products by connecting to the Polyglots community.
– Presented at WordCamp Nola 2016

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1. @sonjaleix #WCNOLA Lost in Translation What I learned by Contributing to the Polyglots
2. 2003 Created 17.4% 21.0% 2011 and growing! 13.1% 15.8% 2012 2013 2014 now 26% wordpress is 13 years old
3. how many languages does speak?
5. WOrdPress speaks 100+ languages 162 locales
6. WHAT IS A LOCALE? language + place + more Colours, shapes, sizes, styles symbols, Images, icons, graphics Social codes: humor, etiquette, rituals, myths Date & time formats, phone numbers Weights, measurements, geographical references Political views, culture sensitive content
7. LISBON, portugal
8. client project 45% translated 75% translated 28% translated membership plugin forms plugin ecommerce plugin language pack: portuguese (brazil)
9. We need to translate all the things to make the internet accessible for everyone all over the world!
10. i18n: plugins & themes translate wordpress connect with polyglots
11. translate wordpress
12. Russian Spanish English italian German Portueguese Japanese French       top wordpress languages
13. WordPress 4.0 (2014) Non English downloads surpassed English downloads ENGLISH > 6,538,463 7,196,847
14. language selector released with wordpress 4.0
15. only 34% of locales are fully localized themes in your language plugins in your language WordPress Plugins Themes localize everything
16. translate wordpress login and select your language
17. AUSTRALIA canada new zealand south africa UK ENGLISH LOCALES 5 adapted version howdy!
18. ARGENTINA colombia guatemala chile spain spanish LOCALES 8 locales mexico peru venezulea
19. translate wordpress select a project to translate
20. polyglots goal release quality consistent Translations for
21. specific project PTE responsible project translation editor validates strings GTE responsible global translation editor specific locale validates strings + more
22. localized wordpress.org infos, style guide, and more find teams at Make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams
23. polyglots on slack #polyglots on wordpress.slack.com
24. i18n: plugins & themes
25. themes plugins 4,000 free 45,000 free themes and plugins and the growth of wordpress
26. Software l10n Translating Localization + so much more i18n creating Internationalization Translatable Software
27. i18n Internationalization translatable making https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/ internationalization/ https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/ internationalization/localization/
28. l10n Localization Translating http://translate.wordpress.org http://make.wordpress.org/ polyglots/teams
29. to grow your themes and plugins 
 make them accessible 
 in all languages.
30. Theme Handbook Plugin Handbook developer.wordpress.org/ plugins/ internationalization/ developer.wordpress.org/ themes/functionality/ internationalization/
31. i18n Internationalization test your i18n skills http://tinyurl.com/wpi18ntest A Challenge!
32. glotpress volunteers translate https://translate.yoast.com building a community yoast plugins
33. github.com/Yoast/i18n-module onboarding of new translators yoast plugins onboarding i18n widget volunteer
34. connect with polyglots
35. global wordpress translation day april 2016 Translating http://wptranslationday.org 24 hour live stream
36. online and aT local events translating
37. local l10n events
38. next global wordpress translation day november 2016 http://wptranslationday.org
39. do you want to be a pTE? all in one seo pack
40. PTEs can submit and approve translation strings.
41. PTEs are responsible for and invested in a single project.
42. grow your themes + Plugins ask active polyglots to become ptes make your themes and plugins translatable find good native-speakering translators connect to the polyglots community connect to people who translate your product invite your users to help with translations ask if they’d like to become pets
43. english is the global language
44. help translate wordpress Themes Wordpress core plugins translate.wordpress.org
45. i18n your PLUGINS + THEMES for l10n internationalize plugins + ThemeS developer.wordpress.org Plugin Handbook theme Handbook
46. grow your products globally make them ptes GROW user base find translators make.wordpress.org/polyglots
47. connect to the polyglots
 to make WordPress accessibly to the rest of the world!
48. @SONJALEIX #wcNOLA