The document discusses translating WordPress, focusing on tools like GlotPress, plugins, and themes. It covers the features, history, and future developments of GlotPress, along with core functions and methods for creating translatable code. Additional tools and processes for translation in standalone and multisite environments are also presented.

1. Translate WordPress to Your
Language

2. About me and the company
Bigul Malayi
QA
OnTheGoSystems
• WPML
• Toolset plugins
• iCanLocalize

3. Agenda
• Translating WordPress Core
 Introduction to GlotPress
 Other Translation Tools
• Translating Plugins and Themes
• Translating Contents

4. Introduction to GlotPress
• What is GlotPress
• Features
• Its History
• How it will work
• The future

5. What is GlotPress
GlotPress is the open-source engine that
powers the translation of WordPress and
related projects

8. Features
• Different roles: Translators, Validators and Admins
• Translate strings
• Validate strings
• Manage strings by reject/approve them
• Having a glossary with common words
• Import/Export different formats

9. GlotPress History
• Started in April 2008 by Nikolay Bachiyski
• Uses BackPress as a framework
• And it’s OOP developed
• In 2013 Marko Heijnen started managing GlotPress
• In 2014 they have started first GSoC project

10. How it will work
• Uses BackPress which has a lot of classes
• A lot of the functionalities are copied over from
WordPress
• GlotPress has a lot of scripts
• Import/export originals or translations

18. Future
• Personal dashboard
• E-mail notifications
• Better string management
• Better search/filter
• New theme

21. Other Translation Tools
• GNU Gettext
• Poedit
• Launchpad
• Pootle
• KBabel

22. Translating Plugins and Themes
• How To Make Your Code Translatable
 Core Functions
 Providing More Information
• Creating Language Files

23. Core Functions
• Basics functions
__() _e()
• Not so basics functions
_x() _ex() _n()
esc_html__() esc_html_e() esc_html_x()
esc_attr__() esc_attr_e() esc_attr_x()

24. Core Functions
• Always use only static strings
• Don’t use I18N functions on variables
• Always provide text domains like
_e( ‘string’,'textdomain')

25. Providing More Information
• Context
_x('Sachin Tendulkar', 'A Cricketer', 'plugin-slug');
_x('Sachin Tendulkar', 'Best batsman ever', 'plugin-slug');
_x('Sachin Tendulkar', 'God of cricket', 'plugin-slug');
• Translator comment
/* translators: description for a picture of Sachin */
_e( ‘Sachin', 'plugin-slug' );

26. Creating Language Files
• Translation consists, mostly, of creating POMO
files
• POT file – Portable Object Template
• PO file – Portable Object
• MO file – Machine Object

30. Translating Contents
• Standalone WordPress environment
Polyglang
qTranslate
WPML (Premium)

31. Translating Contents
• WordPress Multisite
 Multisite Language Switcher
 Zanto
 Multilingual Press(Free & Premium)

32. Thank You All 

33. Questions?

34. Contact Me
• Mail – bigul.m@wpml.org
• Skype – bigulhere
• Facebook - http://facebook.com/mbigul