Main goal of my session is an introduction to GlotPress, it’s usages and tools related to it. In addition I will share some good practices for translating WordPress themes and Plugins.

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