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Request for
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
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access for Simple Subscriptions for Stripe & WooCommerce
I am the
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author and would like to request PTE access for the following
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ja
tobifjellner
zh_CN
tobifjellner
zh_TW
tobifjellner
ko_KR
tobifjellner
fr_FR
— es_ES
— de_DE
— it_IT
pt_BR
ru_RU
tobifjellner
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username: sampei1089
Plugin: Simple Subscriptions for Stripe & WooCommerce
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オーケー
added for ru_RU
Thank you for your help!
zh_CN
done.
Thank you for your help!
ko_KR
Done! I have also completed the translation of the explanation section. It is 100% complete.
Thank you! 감사합니다.
Thank you for your review the other day. I’ve made some additional updates, so I would appreciate it if you could take another look.
Hi
sampei1089
Thanks for getting in touch with the German
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. The translations have not been reviewed by our Polyglots team, but I took a quick look at them.
In general, the translations are of good quality. But some translations do not follow the rules set by the German Polyglots team. Once the changes have been made, please
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me here so I can make a final decision regarding the
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
rights.
The German language has 2 branches: The
formal
form of address (Sie) and the informal form of address (
default
, du). There are translations that are in the wrong branch (Sie instead of du).
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/theme page has at least PTE rights and can help.
We strongly recommend creating the German language
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according to the above rules in order to provide the users of your plugin/theme with the highest quality, professional and consistent
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Done for de_DE
tobifjellner
– PTE rights for now NOT granted
I have updated all translations to consistently use the informal “du” form and fixed capitalization where needed. Could you please review again?
de_DE
↑↑
Hi
sampei1089
How have you sourced the German translations? The updated
strings
String
A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.
for the informal “du” form are nonsense.
Therefore, we cannot grant
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
rights.
Hi Jens, sorry for the previous confusion. I’ve updated the translations—could you please take another look?
Jens Ratzel
5:12 pm on March 25, 2026
Hi @sampei1089,
How have you sourced the German translations? The updated
strings
String
A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.
for the informal “du” form are nonsense.
Therefore, we cannot grant
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
rights.
Hi
sampei1089
Before checking your translations, please let me know:
How have you sourced the German translations? Do you speak German yourself?
Hi Jens, just to be clear, I am not a native German speaker. In the previous update, I couldn’t get help from a friend who speaks a bit of German, so I made the mistake of applying bulk replacements without proper review. This led to the issues you pointed out, and I apologize for the confusion.
For this latest update, I’ve manually re-evaluated every single
string
String
A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.
, aiming to align with the official WordPress de_DE Glossary and community standards (specifically the ‘du’ form and ‘Abrechnungsturnus’). However, I don’t have full confidence in the result yet. I’d appreciate your feedback on the current status.
Jens Ratzel
26 mins ago
Hi @sampei1089,
Before checking your translations, please let me know:
How have you sourced the German translations? Do you speak German yourself?
de_DE
¡Hola!
Thank you for your interest in contributing to the es_ES translation!
Please refer to
this page for more information on
how we manage
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
requests and why we do NOT grant PTE status by default.
You can contact us by joining the #traductores-plugins channel on the
Spanish community Slack
Also, remember to check out our ‘
Translator’s Guide
‘, where we describe best practices and recommendations for creating perfect
localization
Localization
Localization (sometimes shortened to "
l10n
") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel."
for plugins and themes.
Last but not least, we NEVER accept machine translations without human review. Volunteer team members’ time is just as valuable as that of any other contributor, and we ask for a minimum of respect for our work.
¡Gracias!
ja
sampei1089
Thank you for the contribution.
I’ve reviewed and approved your translation and left 93
strings
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Please follow the Japanese style guide, even if you are a
plugin
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author, to ensure consistency of Japanese notation throughout the WordPress ecosystem.
In particular, please review rules 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, and others as applicable.
After making your corrections, please come back here and request PTE status again.
When you need our attention again, please add another comment here and make sure to use the locale tag
ja
to trigger a notification to us.
Alternatively, you may choose to contact us via Japanese Slack “WordSlack” (details in href=”https://ja.wordpress.org/support/article/slack/)
ja
Thank you for your review.
I have updated the translations according to the Japanese style guide (including rules 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, etc.).
Also, I found that one
string
String
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(page 14) still used an old
plugin
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name. I have updated the translation accordingly and will fix it in the code as well.
Could you please review them again and consider granting
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
access?
Thank you.
sampei1089
Thank you for the corrections. I’ve approved all of them and set you as a
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
ja
ご対応ありがとうございました。
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
に設定していただき、感謝いたします。
Ciao
sampei1089
To keep the quality of Italian translations high and make sure that they are really useful for users, we have some rules and guidelines for becoming a
PTE
Project Translation Editor
A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a
general translation editor
after a
request by the project author
or by the contributors themselves.
, such as to be an
Italian native speaker
and follow an 1:1 introductory chat with an expert Italian editor in our
Slack
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workspace.
We have an explanation for themes/plugins authors
in our handbook page “PTE status requests by Devs for Italian localization: the guidelines” (in English)
Translators can find how we are organized
in our handbook (in Italian)
We invite the person on your team who is a native Italian speaker to join us in the Italian Polyglots Slack channel:
log on to the
WP Italy Community workspace
with their personal WP account
, we have a page with
instructions on how to access our Slack if needed
then look for the polyglots channel,
then say Ciao and ask – in Italian – for PTE tutoring by referring to the
URL
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of this post.
Lidia,
Italian
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GTE
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A General Translation Editor (often referred to as GTE) is a person, who has global access to validate strings on
all projects for a specific locale.
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