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Welcome to the first edition of the Polyglots monthly newsletter! This monthly newsletter is a recap of news related to the WordPress Polyglots team.
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📰 News from Make/Polyglots
WordPress Translation Day 2021 is finished! This was a month-long celebration of translator contributions to the WordPress project. There were a total of 22 local events, six global live-streaming events, and sprints organized by more than three contributor teams. WordPress Translation Day 2021 resulted in 733,583 strings suggested, 518,710 approved, and 697 new translation contributors. There will be more news in the coming weeks, so if you have pictures from any local events you would like included, please share them in the polyglots-events channel!
A few other exciting updates involving the Polyglots team:
Coinciding with International Translation Day, @yordansoares (Locale Manager for es_VE) was highlighted in the People of WordPress series. Read his contributor feature.
The post, How to handle block pattern translations, has a discussion on two different methods for translating block patterns in the Pattern Directory. It explores the possibility of translating user-generated block patterns via the related GlotPress project or an alternative method of forking block patterns into another language.
Planning has started for WordPress 5.9. The expected release date is December 14, 2021. For translators, a hard string freeze is expected on November 30, 2021.
55.36% (+0.005%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.
🌍 Locale News and Resources
A new version of GlotDict, a browser add-on for translate.wordpress.org, was recently released. It gives improvements to consistency suggestions, localized dates, and non-translatable items.
Did you knowinternationalization was first added to WordPress in version 1.2, more than 15 years ago? Learn more about the history of translating WordPress in the Polyglots Handbook – History of the Team.
Are you looking for more ways to get started? If you’re translating or want to translate WordPress and any related projects into a specific language, here are some helpful resources: