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

Sonja Leix
August 11, 2016

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

Sonja Leix

August 11, 2016
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  1. @sonjaleix
    #WCNOLA
    Lost in Translation
    What I learned by Contributing to the Polyglots

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  2. 2003
    Created
    17.4%
    21.0%
    2011
    and growing!
    13.1%
    15.8%
    2012
    2013
    2014
    now
    26%
    wordpress is 13 years old

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  3. how many languages does speak?

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  5. WOrdPress speaks
    100+ languages
    162 locales

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  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

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  7. LISBON, portugal

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  8. client project
    45%
    translated
    75%
    translated
    28%
    translated
    membership
    plugin
    forms
    plugin
    ecommerce
    plugin
    language pack: portuguese (brazil)

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  9. We need to translate all the things
    to make the internet accessible for
    everyone all over the world!

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  10. i18n: plugins & themes
    translate wordpress
    connect with polyglots

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  11. translate wordpress

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  12. Russian
    Spanish
    English
    italian
    German
    Portueguese
    Japanese
    French
     
     
     
    top wordpress languages

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  13. WordPress 4.0 (2014)
    Non English downloads surpassed English downloads
    ENGLISH
    >
    6,538,463
    7,196,847

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  14. language selector
    released with wordpress 4.0

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  15. only 34% of locales
    are fully localized
    themes in your
    language
    plugins in your
    language
    WordPress Plugins
    Themes
    localize everything

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  16. translate wordpress
    login and select your language

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  17. AUSTRALIA
    canada
    new zealand
    south
    africa
    UK
    ENGLISH LOCALES
    5 adapted version
    howdy!

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  18. ARGENTINA
    colombia
    guatemala
    chile
    spain
    spanish LOCALES
    8 locales
    mexico
    peru
    venezulea

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  19. translate wordpress
    select a project to translate

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  20. polyglots goal
    release quality
    consistent
    Translations for

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  21. specific project
    PTE
    responsible
    project translation editor
    validates strings
    GTE
    responsible
    global translation editor
    specific locale
    validates strings + more

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  22. localized wordpress.org
    infos, style guide, and more
    find teams at Make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams

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  23. polyglots on slack
    #polyglots
    on
    wordpress.slack.com

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  24. i18n: plugins & themes

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  25. themes
    plugins
    4,000 free
    45,000 free
    themes and plugins
    and the growth of wordpress

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  26. Software
    l10n
    Translating
    Localization
    + so much more
    i18n
    creating
    Internationalization
    Translatable
    Software

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  27. i18n
    Internationalization
    translatable
    making
    https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/
    internationalization/
    https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/
    internationalization/localization/

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  28. l10n
    Localization
    Translating
    http://translate.wordpress.org
    http://make.wordpress.org/
    polyglots/teams

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  29. to grow your themes and plugins 

    make them accessible 

    in all languages.

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  30. Theme
    Handbook
    Plugin
    Handbook
    developer.wordpress.org/
    plugins/
    internationalization/
    developer.wordpress.org/
    themes/functionality/
    internationalization/

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  31. i18n
    Internationalization
    test your i18n skills
    http://tinyurl.com/wpi18ntest
    A Challenge!

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  32. glotpress
    volunteers
    translate
    https://translate.yoast.com
    building a community
    yoast plugins

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  33. github.com/Yoast/i18n-module
    onboarding of new translators
    yoast plugins
    onboarding
    i18n widget
    volunteer

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  34. connect with polyglots

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  35. global wordpress
    translation day
    april 2016
    Translating
    http://wptranslationday.org
    24 hour live stream

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  36. online and aT local events
    translating

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  37. local l10n events

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  38. next global wordpress
    translation day
    november 2016
    http://wptranslationday.org

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  39. do you want to be a pTE?
    all in one seo pack

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  40. PTEs can submit and approve translation strings.

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  41. PTEs are responsible for and invested in a single project.

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  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

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  43. english is the global language

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  44. help translate wordpress
    Themes
    Wordpress core
    plugins
    translate.wordpress.org

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  45. i18n your PLUGINS + THEMES
    for l10n
    internationalize
    plugins + ThemeS
    developer.wordpress.org
    Plugin
    Handbook
    theme
    Handbook

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  46. grow your products globally
    make them ptes
    GROW user base
    find translators
    make.wordpress.org/polyglots

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  47. connect to the polyglots

    to make WordPress accessibly to
    the rest of the world!

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  48. @SONJALEIX #wcNOLA

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