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Training Team Meeting Recap – 30 May, 2023
This meeting followed this meeting agenda post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ account, you can set one up.) Introductions and Welcome Attendees Team meeting (APAC): @sagarladani…
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Come join the Training Team as a Translation Coordinator (Faculty role)
The Training Team is excited to announce a new role to the Faculty Program – Translation Coordinators. If you have experience translating content for the Training Team and are excited about helping even more people get involved, then Apply to Join today! Background The Training Team recently concluded the Content Localization Foundations project, which kick-started…
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Announcing GitHub updates for Subject Matter Experts and Content Translators
I’m pleased to announce that the two new GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done…
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Triaging Content Development Issues
The Training Team manages content development in the LearnWP Content – Development GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code…
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Triaging Content Localization Issues
The Training Team manages content translations in the LearnWP Content – Localization GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code…
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Creating New Content in Languages Other Than English
For the most part, the process of creating content in other languages will be the same as creating content in English. Please follow the respective guides in this handbook when doing so. Lesson Plans Tutorials Online Workshops Courses In addition, we ask you request a review from someone else who speaks your language.
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Adding Users and Content to Learn WordPress
Adding a Content Translator to Learn WordPress and Assigning them Content Note that you will require Administrator role status to add Contributors to Learn WordPress. Log in to Learn WordPress Navigate to Users -> Add New Type in the Contributor’s username or email and assign them the Contributor role Go to their content’s section (Ex.…
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Translating Content
If you are new to translating resources for WordPress, then we recommend you first read through the General Expectations for Translators. Most of the concepts listed there will apply to translating content for Learn, too. Once you have familiarized yourself with those expectations, then you can follow the steps below to translate each content type:…
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Reviewing Translations
All localized content on Learn WordPress should receive a translation review before it is published. Their reviewer should focus on these three areas: Is the language well-polished? (grammatically correct, no typos, etc.) Does the language follow the locale’s Glossaries and Style Guides? Does the translation follow the General Expectations for Translators? Recording a Reviewer’s Contribution If you…
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Recap and Next Steps: Training Team Onboarding
The Training Team’s new onboarding program has been completed by 25 people, of which more than half have continued on with regular contributions to the team. This post considers how the program can be improved further, and proposes a new optional Guide Program for those who would benefit from mentorship by an experienced contributor during…