BANGKOK
I N T R O D U C T I O N TO
TRANSLATING WORDPRESS IN THAI (th)
ABOUT ME:
PANTIP TREERATTANAPITAK, (PTE)
WORDPRESS SPEAKS 169 LANGUAGES
T H E T H A I T R A N S L AT I O N
O U R N E X T TA R G E T:
"WORDPRESS CORE AT 100%”
HOW DOES IT WORK
H OW D O E S I T WO R K ?
STEP 1: TRANSLATE TRANSLATE.WORDPRESS.ORG
H OW D O E S I T WO R K ?
STEP 2: APPROVE
H OW D O E S I T WO R K ?
STEP 3: RELEASE LANGUAGE PACKS: AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION UPDATES WITH NO USER ACTION REQUIRED
การใช้ WordPress ภาษาไทย
วิธีที่ 1: เลือกภาษา “ไทย” ขณะที่ทําการติดตั้ง WordPress
วิธีที่ 2: เลือก Site Language เป็นภาษา “ไทย”
WHO DOES IT?
A QUICK LOOK AT THE WORDPRESS POLYGLOTS TEAM
THE WORDPRESS POLYGLOTS
Close to 14,000 volunteers Worldwide collaborating to translate WordPress in 169 languages!
THE WORDPRESS POLYGLOTS
NATIVE SPEAKERS
DEVELOPERS
NON-DEVELOPERS
GLOBAL COMMUNIC ATION TOOLS
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WO R D P R E S S S L AC K
CHAT.WORDPRESS.ORG
T H A I C O M M U N I C AT I O N TO O L S :
TH.WORDPRESS.ORG/PARTICIPATION/
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WANT TO TRANSLATE WORDPRESS?
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STEP 1: CREATE AN ACCOUNT LOGIN.WORDPRESS.ORG
T R A N S L AT E : G E T S TA RT E D
STEP 2: GO TO TRANSLATE.WORDPRESS.ORG/LOC ALE/TH
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STEP 3: SELECT PROJECT AND SUB PROJECT
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STEP 4: TRANSLATE!
T R A N S L AT E : G E T S TA RT E D
THE TRANSLATE HANDBOOK MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG/ POLYGLOTS/HANDBOOK
T R A N S L AT E : G E T S TA RT E D
THAI LOC AL TEAM MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG/ POLYGLOTS/TEAMS/?LOC ALE=TH
T R A N S L AT E : G E T S TA RT E D
GLOSSARY TRANSLATE.WORDPRESS.ORG/ LOC ALE/TH/DEFAULT/GLOSSARY
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS • • • •
Don’t translate literally, translate organically Try to keep the same level of formality Keep it consistent Learn from other Thai localizations
COMMON MISTAKES • • • • • •
Transliteration instead of translation (plugins, themes) Deleting markup elements (be careful of the s%) Translating names of plugins/themes Ignoring translation context Use of Google Translate Translating what is not understood
THANK YOU!