Global WordPress Translation Day 2 on November 12th, 2016

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The first Global WordPress Translation Day was so much fun and made a real difference for us as a global team. That’s why on November 12th, we’re doing it again and everyone can join!

What are we doing?

Local translation contributor days – as many as possible (last time we had more than 50, let’s beat that!)
Remote events for as many languages as possible to support contributors who would like to join from their home
24 hours of live streaming sessions about localizationLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "l10n") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel." and internationalizationInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. (L10nLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "l10n") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel." and i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks.).

Who are the sessions for?

New contributors who would like to learn how to translate WordPress in their language
New and experienced translation editorsTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the "Project Translation Editor" role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles: General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor – the sessions will have useful tips and advice how to build and maintain a strong translation team
Developers who would like to find translators for their projects – the sessions will teach you how to work with 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/. and how to build a translation community around your products
Developers who would like to learn how to prepare their plugins and themes for localization
Everyone who would like to learn how translations work in WordPress and get a general idea of the work of the Polyglots team.

When is it happening?

On November 12th, 2016, starting at exactly 0:00 UTC.

See when the event starts for you!

Why are we doing it?

To have fun and get to know each other better.
To encourage more translation contributors to get involved and expand the WordPress Polyglots team
To improve the general understanding of how WordPress deals with translations among the development community
To create strong connections between the 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 and theme authors and the WordPress translation community

How can you join?

Translate – Just join us on November 12th in your own timezone and translate WordPress or your favourite plugins and themes to your language at http://translate.wordpress.org
Watch live sessions at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gwtd2/
Organise a local event – put your name down for organising an event in the “Local events” tab on the GWTD2 org spreadsheet
Organise a remote event – put your name down for organising a remote event in the “Remote events” tab on the GWTD2 org spreadsheet
Join the organising team of Global WordPress Translation Day – open the org spreadsheet on the Tasks tab and find something you’d like to help out with!
Speak – Become a speaker during Global WordPress Translation Day – suggest a topic by filling this short survey

Please also comment below if you’d like to get involved but are not sure how. We’ll help you out!

That’s it for now. Let’s make the second one even better.

Cheers!

Petya

P.S Important links:

Organiser spreadsheet: https://goo.gl/XCvgSb
CrowdCast event: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gwtd2/
WPTranslationDay official website: http://wptranslationday.org/