{"id":2497,"date":"2021-08-11T18:05:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2021-08-11T18:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:13:20","slug":"how-to-become-a-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/how-to-become-a-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Directorist Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world itself is multi-lingual, so why should your directory website stick only in one language?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using a quality WordPress directory plugin that is integrated with a language translator functionality opens up endless possibilities of your directory site to the entire world. It also expands the area of accessibility of your websites to a greater audience that benefits both your user experience and your organic traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make your directory website multi-lingual, you can use any third-party plugin or you can use any directory plugin that has the inbuilt capacity to become a translator of a particular language. This article will guide you on how to become a translator of a giant directory plugin named <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/directorist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Directorist<\/a> and make your directory website multi-lingual. Before going into the guide, let me show the benefits of being a site as multi-lingual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"Benefits_of_Translating_a_WordPress_Directory_Site\">Benefits of Translating a WordPress Directory Site?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Translating your directory site isn\u2019t just some selfless endeavor. Still, translating has some real advantages for any type of site. Let&#8217;s take a close look at the two most significant ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>It Improves SEO Opportunities&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 If you see the total competition in the English SERP, you would find it pretty fierce. But what about Spanish? Or German? Or heck, even Bangladeshi (that\u2019s where I live!)? Monetizing international traffic through translating your site is a great way to open up a&nbsp;wide range. of scope for your directory website. Marketers like Neil Patel tried this very strategy and received a massive&nbsp;47% increase in organic traffic.<\/li><li><strong>Provides Better Accessibility&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 We live in a global village. Just because someone doesn&#8217;t live close to your country doesn\u2019t mean they will not be interested in what you&#8217;re offering. Translation not only makes your site more accessible to these people, but it makes it easier to&nbsp;convert them into customers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from these two very benefits, you can certainly come up with other benefits as well, but those are the main two you should be gunning for the <a href=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/how-to-make-directorist-multi-lingual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">translation process<\/a>. Let&#8217;s move to the guideline part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"How_to_Become_a_Translator_for_Directorist\">How to Become a Translator for Directorist<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help your community by localizing Directorist very easily by being a Driectorist translation. If you are wondering how to do that, here is how you can follow this step-by-step guide to make it happen. In this article, I&#8217;m showing the 2 different ways to become a Directorist translator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"Method_1\">Method 1<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> To start the process, first of all, you need to Register on <a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WordPress Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Go through the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/translating\/glotpress-translate-wordpress-org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">guidelines<\/a> so that the moderators do not flag your account for breaking a rule<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/translating\/glotpress-translate-wordpress-org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Select a locale and click on <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">contribute translation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: <\/strong>Navigate to the plugins tab then look for Directorist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation6-1024x677.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2625\" width=\"791\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation6-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation6-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation6-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation6.png 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>&nbsp; Select stable latest release<a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/r5h4K8p.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation7-1024x648.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation7-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation7-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation7-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation7.png 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6: <\/strong>Click on details then enter your preferred string and suggest:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/Translatin-of-stable-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/Translatin-of-stable-.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/Translatin-of-stable--300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/Translatin-of-stable2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2617\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/Translatin-of-stable2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/Translatin-of-stable2-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> Translate the strings one by one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation3-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2618\" width=\"780\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation3-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation3-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation3-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translation3.png 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"Method_2\">Method 2<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> The first thing you need to do is Register on <a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WordPress Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Go through the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/translating\/glotpress-translate-wordpress-org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">guidelines<\/a> so that the moderators do not flag your account for breaking a rule<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/translating\/glotpress-translate-wordpress-org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Translate the strings of Directorist using Loco Translate\/Poedit. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/directorist\/advanced-settings\/translating-directorist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stable guidelines<\/a> to make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Select a locale and click on <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">contribute translation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Import the Portable Object (.po) file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/1rpolvZ-1024x539.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/1rpolvZ-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/1rpolvZ-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/1rpolvZ-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/1rpolvZ.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translate4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2621\" width=\"659\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translate4.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/translate4-300x256.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the two ways you can have to become one of the valued translators of Directorist. A human translator would be the best suited for editing a machine translation to protect against the worst errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When choosing the right translation solution for your directory site, you should prioritize clarity beforehand. For pages like sales or other conversion-focused pages, a professional human translator is crucial. Machine translation is enough for regular content pages of your directory website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope, this article helped you to understand better the whole translation process in terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/directorist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Directorist<\/a> plugin. You can be one of the contributors to the WP community by translating Directorist. If you have anything relevant to share, please, feel free to leave a comment below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world itself is multi-lingual, so why should your directory website stick only in one language? 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