At present we’re excited to rejoice 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 may end up in a major influence within the ecosystem, benefiting tons of of hundreds of neighborhood members world wide.
As of immediately, 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 crew set a Q2 aim of including six extra languages to the 24 that existed on the time. We’re honored to have achieved this milestone by integrating the languages listed under:
- 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 present languages to website v1.1
In Q3, we have set a brand new aim of upgrading all languages to the newest model of ethereum.org, v1.1, which displays to present content material on the positioning. Presently, we have now 16 languages ready to be upgraded to v.1.1, which builds on earlier content material. Furthermore, there will likely be extra content material up to date in Q3/This fall. The languages we’re targeted on now are listed under, paired with a proportion 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%)
Concerned with contributing to our translation effort? We encourage you to work in the direction of the newest model (v 1.1). When you’ve already began engaged on a decrease model, that is wonderful too! We’ll add any accomplished model to the web site.
Once more, we want to have your steady help in our Q3 aim. In fact, help with unlisted languages is all the time welcome.
Newest Updates
Listed here are the newest updates we’ve made throughout the web site translation program.
1. Acknowledgment web page
We would like to offer 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 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. High 10 contributor record
Sooner or later, there will likely 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 present and new volunteers to affix our power.
3. Refill your Github and Twitter handles
Together with the Acknowledgement web page, we will likely 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 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. 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 under, may help function a reminder and a information for coming into needed info.
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 will likely be proven on our Twitter announcement.
a. Title (or Nickname):
b. Github:
c. Twitter:
d. Nameless: Sure / No
When you don’t need to be launched or need to keep nameless, we respect your choice. Please depart the place empty and verify the “nameless” area 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 exterior of Ethereum.org, with the three fastidiously chosen articles under:
- 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 will likely be shifting focus to loads of new content material coming to ethereum.org. When you’re already engaged on this ecosystem content material, no worries! We’ll be completely satisfied to add it as quickly as you are completed.
Be a part of our program
We’re very pleased with our latest milestones and we sit up for serving extra world communities by including extra languages sooner or later. As all the time, an enormous thanks is owed to the entire volunteers who’ve given their time and power to help this program. When you aren’t but a part of this system and serious about collaborating, come be part of us here! 🦄
Particular because of Joseph Schweitzer for wonderful suggestions and inlak16 for the superb celebration animation.
