Right now we’re excited to have a good time an enormous milestone – Ethereum.org now helps 30 languages! 🎉🎉🎉
Since we launched the Web site Translation Program seven months in the past, we’ve seen how decentralized collaboration can lead to a major influence within the ecosystem, benefiting a whole bunch of hundreds of neighborhood members all over the world.
As of right now, 467 volunteers from 52 language teams have helped make ethereum.org accessible to non-English talking communities of their mom tongues.
Thanks to those volunteers, 16% of all site visitors to ethereum.org is now directed in the direction of non-English variations of the positioning. Over time, this quantity has grown considerably.
Two months in the past, the web site group set a Q2 purpose of including six extra languages to the 24 that existed on the time. We’re honored to have completed this milestone by integrating the languages listed beneath:
- Norwegian v.1.1
- Chinese language Conventional v.1.1
- Malayalam v.1.1
- Ukrainian v1.1
- Lithuanian v.1.0
- Portuguese v.1.0
- Italian v1.0 -> v.1.1 (up to date)
Q3: Upgrading current languages to website v1.1
In Q3, we have set a brand new purpose of upgrading all languages to the most recent model of ethereum.org, v1.1, which displays to present content material on the positioning. Presently, we now have 16 languages ready to be upgraded to v.1.1, which builds on earlier content material. Furthermore, there might be extra content material up to date in Q3/This fall. The languages we’re targeted on now are listed beneath, paired with a share to point out the progress of the interpretation:
- Portuguese Brazilian (83%)
- Lithuanian (79%)
- Dutch (69%)
- Spanish (69%)
- Russian (59%)
- Portuguese (56%)
- Igbo (52%)
- Japanese (48%)
- Korean (48%)
- Greek (48%)
- Polish (48%)
- Slovenian (48%)
- Czech (48%)
- Persian (44%)
- Thai (38%)
- Vietnamese (19%)
Fascinated about contributing to our translation effort? We encourage you to work in the direction of the most recent model (v 1.1). If you happen to’ve already began engaged on a decrease model, that is superb too! We’ll add any accomplished model to the web site.
Once more, we want to have your steady assist in our Q3 purpose. After all, assist with unlisted languages is at all times welcome.
Newest Updates
Listed here are the most recent updates we’ve made throughout the web site translation program.
1. Acknowledgment web page
We might like to present credit score to all who’ve helped us hit this milestone, for which we’re very appreciative. We are going to quickly dedicate a particular recognition web page, which can comprise a listing of volunteer names (or nicknames for the privateness concious). If you would like to alter your present identify or to remain nameless, please change your Crowdin profile setting by following the instruction on the finish of this part.
2. Prime 10 contributor checklist
Sooner or later, there might be a separate desk displaying the names and a short abstract (i.e. language, variety of phrases) to acknowledge excellent contributions of those particular contributors, whereas additionally encouraging potential current and new volunteers to hitch our drive.
3. Refill your Github and Twitter handles
Together with the Acknowledgement web page, we might be constant in thanking contributors on Twitter. With each new language replace, we now have given a short acknowledgment to the contributors by mentioning their nickname (or actual identify) within the Twitter announcement.
On prime of the present format, we wish to tag contributors’ Twitter handles and point out their GitHub accounts within the Twitter announcement. With a view to standardize this course of, contributors can fill of their Crowdin profiles with the data they want us to share. The directions, listed beneath, may help function a reminder and a information for coming into needed data.
Directions for updating your Crowdin profile:
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Go to the [Account Settings]
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Fill out the [About Me] part with the data you need to share. This might be proven on our Twitter announcement.
a. Title (or Nickname):
b. Github:
c. Twitter:
d. Nameless: Sure / No
If you happen to don’t need to be launched or need to keep nameless, we respect your choice. Please depart the place empty and test the “nameless” subject with sure.
4. Content material translation program
Lastly, we’re excited to announce that we have efficiently wrapped up the primary batch trial of the Content material Translation Program. We additionally experimented with increasing our translation efforts to content material outdoors of Ethereum.org, with the three rigorously chosen articles beneath:
- Ethereum 2.0 phases by EthHub: German, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Arabic, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish
- On Collusion by Vitalik Buterin: German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish
- How does Ethereum work, anyway? by Preethi Kasireddy: German, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese
We have been delighted to have the ability to provide this nice content material in different languages. However for now, we might be shifting focus to quite a lot of new content material coming to ethereum.org. If you happen to’re already engaged on this ecosystem content material, no worries! We’ll be pleased to add it as quickly as you are completed.
Be part of our program
We’re very pleased with our current milestones and we sit up for serving extra world communities by including extra languages sooner or later. As at all times, an enormous thanks is owed to the entire volunteers who’ve given their time and power to assist this program. If you happen to aren’t but a part of this system and concerned about taking part, come be a part of us right here! 🦄
Particular because of Joseph Schweitzer for glorious suggestions and inlak16 for the wonderful celebration animation.