Author: Jean Pool

As my final post, I would like to reflect on the lessons and experiences I gained throughout this translation project. One of the most valuable things I learned was the true impact of contributing to an open-source community. Through this experience, I came to understand how even small contributions can help a large number of…

As one of my final posts for this project, I would like to present the final results and delivery of the more than 100 translations I completed for the Astra theme on WordPress. At this stage, the translations have already been reviewed, accepted, and officially published on the WordPress translation platform. This means that any…

In this stage of the project, I did not discover any new tools, but I continued making steady progress with the translations. As I spent more time working on the project, it became increasingly easier to understand how the platform functions and how to use the available resources to make the translation process more efficient.…

In this post, I would like to discuss one of the main challenges and turning points I encountered during the project. As mentioned in the previous post, as I continued translating more and more strings, I began to encounter texts that were significantly more complex. Some of them contained reserved words, longer descriptions, or specific…

During this stage of the project, I successfully translated more than 20 strings from English into Costa Rican Spanish. Initially, these translations were submitted for review, but they were approved fairly quickly, which was very encouraging. Below, I have included several screenshots showing some of the translations that have already been accepted. So far, there…

In the previous post, I talked about how I accessed the translation platform and my first experience exploring the WordPress translation site. In this post, I will discuss my experience making my first real contribution to the Costa Rican Spanish translations for WordPress. As I mentioned before, the process was quite straightforward. The translations are…

For this post, my main objective was to gain access to the translation tool. In this case, I visited the Translate WordPress platform and began by searching for the project I would be contributing to. As mentioned in the previous post, the project I selected is the Astra theme. Once I located the project, I…

For this first post, I would like to explain why I chose the Polyglots area. I was particularly interested in languages and translation, especially in helping people who are not native English speakers or who do not have a strong command of English. This is especially important when using a platform such as WordPress for…