This document discusses translating WordPress into Thai. It provides an introduction to Pantip Treerattanapitak and the WordPress Polyglots translation team. The summary explains the three step process for translating WordPress - translating text on Translate.WordPress.org, approving translations, and releasing the updated language pack. It also encourages people to get involved by creating an account and selecting a project to translate.

1. BANGKOK

2. TRANSLATING WORDPRESS IN
THAI (th)
INTRODUCTION TO

3. PANTIP TREERATTANAPITAK, (PTE)
ABOUT ME:

4. WORDPRESS
SPEAKS 169 LANGUAGES

5. THE THAI TRANSLATION

6. "WORDPRESS CORE AT 100%”
OUR NEXT TARGET:

7. HOW DOES IT WORK

8. STEP 1: TRANSLATE
TRANSLATE.WORDPRESS.ORG
HOW DOES IT WORK?

9. STEP 2: APPROVE
HOW DOES IT WORK?

10. STEP 3: RELEASE
HOW DOES IT WORK?
LANGUAGE PACKS:
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION UPDATES WITH NO
USER ACTION REQUIRED

11. การใช้ WordPress ภาษาไทย

12. วิธีที่ 1:
เลือกภาษา “ไทย”
ขณะที่ทําการติดตั้ง
WordPress

13. วิธีที่ 2:
เลือก Site Language เป็นภาษา “ไทย”

14. A QUICK LOOK AT THE
WORDPRESS POLYGLOTS TEAM
WHO DOES IT?

15. THE WORDPRESS POLYGLOTS
Close to 14,000
volunteers Worldwide
collaborating to
translate WordPress
in 169 languages!

16. THE WORDPRESS POLYGLOTS
NATIVE SPEAKERS
DEVELOPERS
NON-DEVELOPERS

18. GLOBAL COMMUNICATION TOOLS
+

19. CHAT.WORDPRESS.ORG
WORDPRESS SLACK

22. THAI COMMUNIC ATION TOOLS:
TH.WORDPRESS.ORG/PARTICIPATION/

23. WANT TO TRANSLATE WORDPRESS?
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

24. STEP 1: CREATE AN ACCOUNT
LOGIN.WORDPRESS.ORG
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

25. STEP 2: GO TO
TRANSLATE.WORDPRESS.ORG/LOCALE/TH
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

26. STEP 3: SELECT PROJECT AND SUB PROJECT
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

27. STEP 4: TRANSLATE!
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

28. THE TRANSLATE HANDBOOK
MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG/
POLYGLOTS/HANDBOOK
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

29. THAI LOCAL TEAM
MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG/
POLYGLOTS/TEAMS/?LOCALE=TH
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

30. GLOSSARY
TRANSLATE.WORDPRESS.ORG/
LOCALE/TH/DEFAULT/GLOSSARY
TRANSLATE: GET STARTED

31. • Don’t translate literally, translate organically
• Try to keep the same level of formality
• Keep it consistent
• Learn from otherThai localizations
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

32. • Transliteration instead of translation (plugins, themes)
• Deleting markup elements (be careful of the s%)
• Translating names of plugins/themes
• Ignoring translation context
• Use of GoogleTranslate
• Translating what is not understood
COMMON MISTAKES

33. THANK YOU!