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How to manage translations: Traditional tools versus Localization platforms The question is: How to manage translations (and translators) of your theme or plugin? 2. PO files (Portable Object) are compiled to binary MO files (Machine Object), which give faster access to the strings at run-time The result of translation is a PO file (POT file, but with translations).Special tools parse the source code files and extract the translatable strings into POT files (Portable Objects Template).Developers wrap translatable strings in gettext functions.Gettext is widely used in the open-source world: WordPress uses the gettext libraries and tools for Internationalization. Localization, abbreviated as l10n (there are 10 letters between the l and the n.) describes the subsequent process of translating an internationalized plugin.Īny developer can successfully internationalize a theme or a plugin to allow others to create a translation without the need to modify the source code itself.

Internationalization, often abbreviated as i18n (there are 18 letters between the i and the n) is the process of developing your theme or plugin so it can easily be translated into other languages. In this article I want to talk about translation management and collaboration platfoms to translate WordPress themes and plugins (GlotPress, Transifex, Oneskyapp, GetLocalization, etc). The most popular themes and plugins (with a great community behind) have been translated into many other languages, using crowdsourcing and cloud-based localization platforms such as GlotPress or Transifex. Translate themes and plugins can be expensive, but adding translations can greatly increase its market Authors submitting new themes to the official directory must ensure that all text strings are translatable.Ĭurrently many WordPress themes and plugins are translation-ready, but many of them have not been translated into other languages. In December the WordPress Theme Team updated its guidelines to require all new themes to be multililingual-ready. Internationalization will be a big focus of the coming year, including fully-localized plugin and theme directories on language sites Matt Mullenweg announced in a recent post (October 2014): Most popular themes and plugins have been translated into multiple languages using crowdsourcing and localization platforms such as GlotPress or Transifex. Currently many WordPress themes and plugins are translation-ready, but many of them have not been translated. WordPress is used all over the world and users and customers expect themes and plugins to be translatable and available in multiple languages.