WordPress is translated into many languages which are translated by volunteer community members. The Polyglots Team is responsible for both translating and managing this process.
Responsibilities
The WordPress project is large in scale. As of June 2020, over half (55.6%) of all sites running WordPress are running them in a language other than US English. The work that the Polyglots team does ensures that the experience for all of these users’ is seamless and natural in their native language.
As a result, Polyglots team members focus on translating and coordinating the process around translating:
- WordPress core
- Bundled themes in WordPress (Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Thirteen, etc.)
- BuddyPress
- bbPress
- Rosetta (localized websites and forums)
- Plugins (i.e. Akismet)
Additionally, Polyglots team members are able to translate any plugin or theme into their locale.
Because of language complexities, the Polyglots Team helps identify RTL issues and some design-specific problems that may affect localized versions of WordPress.
Get Involved
If you would like to start translating WordPress, visit Get Involved page.
It is possible that an individual or a team is already working on translating WordPress into your language, but they haven’t finished yet. To find out, subscribe to the Polyglots P2, introduce yourself, and ask if there’s anyone translating into your language.
There is also a list of localization teams, which you can check to see if a translation is in progress.