The document discusses mentoring for new Italian WordPress translators (PTEs). It describes the goals of mentoring, which include improving Italian translations and engaging new community members. It outlines the roles of mentors and mentees, and explains the mentoring process used by the Italian WordPress community, which involves translating strings with feedback from a mentor on Slack. The overall aim of mentoring is to create a supportive community of Italian translators.

1. MENTORING NEW PTES:
THE ITALIAN CASE
TRANSLATING WORDPRESS: BEST PRACTICES

2. IT WAS 2016, APRIL, AND THE
ITALIAN POLYGLOTS COMMUNITY…
T H E B E G I N

3. • IMPROVE ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS
(and make them more consistent)
• REORGANIZE THE PROCESSES AND WORKFLOWS
• ENGAGE NEW PTES
• HELP THE ITALIAN POLYGLOTS COMMUNITY GROW
WA N T E D T O

4. • REWROTE THE POLYGLOTS’ PAGE ON THE ITALIAN ROSETTA
• REVIEWED THE ITALIAN GLOSSARY
• BEGUN WEEKLY MEETINGS ON SLACK (and wrote a repor t
after)
and
• LAUNCHED THE PTE MENTORING PROGRAM
S O W E

5. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO
PEOPLE
(MENTOR and MENTEE)
NORMALLY WORKING IN A SIMILAR FIELD
OR
SHARING SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.
M E N T O R I N G … W H AT ’ S T H AT ?

6. M E N T O R I N G … W H AT ’ S T H AT ?

7. • A GUIDED LEARNING PATH
• A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
• COMMON GOALS
M E N T O R I N G … W H AT ’ S T H AT ?

8. M E N T O R I N G … T H E R O L E S
MENTEE
• F R I E N D L I N E S S
• W I L L ( T O L E A R N )
• H U M I L I T Y
• I N V O LV E M E N T
• R E S P E C T
MENTOR
• E X P E R I E N C E
• C O M P E T E N C E
• F R I E N D L I N E S S
• E M P H AT Y
• C O M M U N I C AT I O N
S K I L L S
• R E S P E C T

9. • CUSTOM TAILORING (every person is unique)
• VELOCITY (learning by doing)
• COLLABORATION (to make community stronger)
M E N T O R I N G … W H Y ?

10. • TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE LOCALIZATION FOR
ALL PRODUCTS IN THE WP ECOSYSTEM
• TO HAVE MORE CONSISTENT TRANSLATIONS
• TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF «INCORRECT»
TRANSLATIONS AND THE TIME SPENT ON
REJECTING AND REVISING
S O , M E N T O R I N G I N W O R D P R E S S … W H Y ?

11. S O , M E N T O R I N G I N W O R D P R E S S … W H Y ?
TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF ITALIAN
TRANSLATORS THAT KNOW EACH OTHER,
AND CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER WHEN
NEEDED

12. 1. ACCOUNT ON SLACK
2. TRANSLATE SOME STRINGS - (GUIDELINES -
TOOLS)
3. FEEDBACK BY MENTOR - DIRECT MESSAGE
4. GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY
M E N T O R I N G … H O W ?

13. SLACK
DM, #polyglots #live-polyglots #team-pte-
mentorship #global-pte
M E N T O R I N G … W H E R E ?

14. 1. MAKE A REQUEST TO BECOME PTE
(ON SLACK ITA - #POLYGLOTS, OR ON
MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG/POLYGLOTS)
T H E P T E M E N T O R I N G ( T H E I TA L I A N WAY ) : 5 S T E P S

15. 2. FILL THE FILE «ADOTTA UN
PROGETTO» (ADOPT A PROJECT)
PUT SLACK&WP NICKNAME AND LINK OF
PROJECT TO BE ADOPTED AND GET A MENTOR
ASSIGNED
T H E P T E M E N T O R I N G ( T H E I TA L I A N WAY ) : 5 S T E P S

16. 3. TRANSLATE SOME STRINGS, PING
THE MENTOR ON SLACK
T H E P T E M E N T O R I N G ( T H E I TA L I A N WAY ) : 5 S T E P S

17. 4. STAY INVOLVED WITH YOUR
MENTOR
T H E P T E M E N T O R I N G ( T H E I TA L I A N WAY ) : 5 S T E P S

18. 5. ONCE A PTE, YOU WILL NEED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE ITALIAN
LOCALISATION AND IN THE ITA AND
INT’L COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
T H E P T E M E N T O R I N G ( T H E I TA L I A N WAY ) : 5 S T E P S

19. @ALICEORRU
@G.ALLEGRETTA
@GIULIANOGROWLER
S P E C I A L T H A N K S T O
} The Italian pte’s
mentors:
you’re great
and
@wolly, my mentor, who made me GTE and taught me every about the
WordPress translations: thank you!

20. THANK YOU!
L A U R A S A C C O
M E N T O R E D I G I TA L E , W P L O V E R , I TA L I A N G T E
@ l a s a c c o o n S l a c k a n d w o rd p re s s . o rg