Right now weβre excited to rejoice an enormous milestone – Ethereum.org now helps 30 languages! πππ
Since we launched the Web site Translation Program seven months in the past, weβve seen how decentralized collaboration may end up in a big impression within the ecosystem, benefiting a whole lot of hundreds of neighborhood members all over the world.
As of at the moment, 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 visitors to ethereum.org is now directed in direction of non-English variations of the positioning. Over time, this quantity has grown considerably.
Two months in the past, the web site staff set a Q2 objective of including six extra languages to the 24 that existed on the time. Weβre 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 web site v1.1
In Q3, we have set a brand new objective of upgrading all languages to the most recent model of ethereum.org, v1.1, which displays to present content material on the positioning. At the moment, we have now 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 centered on now are listed beneath, paired with a share to indicate 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%)
Enthusiastic about contributing to our translation effort? We encourage you to work in direction of the most recent model (v 1.1). In case you’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 objective. After all, assist with unlisted languages is at all times welcome.
Newest Updates
Listed here are the most recent updates weβve made throughout the web site translation program.
1. Acknowledgment web page
We would like to provide credit score to all who’ve helped us hit this milestone, for which we’re very appreciative. We’ll quickly dedicate a particular recognition web page, which is able to comprise an inventory of volunteer names (or nicknames for the privateness concious). If you would like to vary your present title 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 exhibiting 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 affix our drive.
3. Replenish 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 have now given a short acknowledgment to the contributors by mentioning their nickname (or actual title) 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. As a way to standardize this course of, contributors can fill of their Crowdin profiles with the knowledge they want us to share. The directions, listed beneath, can assist function a reminder and a information for coming into essential data.
Directions for updating your Crowdin profile:
Go to the [Account Settings]
Fill out the [About Me] part with the knowledge you need to share. This might be proven on our Twitter announcement.
a. Title (or Nickname):
b. Github:
c. Twitter:
d. Nameless: Sure / No
In case you donβt need to be launched or need to keep nameless, we respect your choice. Please depart the place empty and verify the βnamelessβ discipline with sure.
4. Content material translation program
Lastly, weβre 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 exterior 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 a number of new content material coming to ethereum.org. In case you’re already engaged on this ecosystem content material, no worries! We’ll be joyful to add it as quickly as you are completed.
Be a 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 all the volunteers who’ve given their time and power to assist this program. In case you arenβt but a part of this system and serious about taking part, come be a part of us here! π¦
Particular due to Joseph Schweitzer for wonderful suggestions and inlak16 for the superb celebration animation.