About the Client
WP Event Manager is a leading developer of WordPress plugins dedicated to empowering users with innovative tools that enhance their website functionality. The flagship product, WP-Event, simplifies event management for WordPress users by providing a user-friendly platform for creating, managing, and promoting events globally.
The Problem:
While WP-Event enjoyed significant success within the English-speaking WordPress community, its single-language interface limited its reach. This posed a significant barrier for potential users worldwide, hindering our ability to tap into a vast international market. We envisioned WP-Event becoming a global event management solution, but the language barrier presented a critical obstacle.
The Solution:
We embarked on a comprehensive WordPress translation plugin project to bridge the language gap and unlock WP-Event’s full potential. We aimed to translate the plugin into over 40 languages, catering to a diverse audience and expanding our reach exponentially.
8 Steps to WordPress Plugin Translation
During the translation and localization process, we have followed these 8 steps to translation WP-Events Plugin.
- Preliminary analysis of the text like volume, domain, file type.
- Choosing the CAT tool for translation.
- Choosing the right translator on the basis of domain experience
- Making the translator aware of the terminologies and glossaries to be followed
- Human translation
- QA by PM Team
- Final proofreading by the translator
- Delivery to the client
Challenges Faced:
- Strategic Targeting: Identifying the most impactful languages to target for our WordPress translation plugin required careful analysis. We needed to consider market trends, user demographics, and growth potential in key regions.
- Linguistic Nuances: Translating technical terms, date & time formats, and cultural references accurately across 40+ languages demanded meticulous attention to detail during the WordPress translation plugin process.
- Technical Integration: Ensuring seamless integration of translated strings with the existing plugin infrastructure and compatibility with various themes and plugins presented a technical challenge for the WordPress translation plugin.
- Quality Assurance: Maintaining consistency and accuracy across multiple languages while adhering to high-quality standards necessitated a robust QA process for the WordPress translation plugin.
Client Review:
Linguidoor’s WordPress translation plugin services were invaluable for WP Event Manager. Their expertise ensured an accurate and seamless multilingual experience. The translations opened up new global markets, receiving praise from international users. We highly recommend their professional translation and localization Services to businesses seeking to expand their reach worldwide.
— Ashok Dudhat, Founder & CEO
Conclusion:
The successful translation and localization of the WordPress Plaugin WP-Event Manger has been a transformative journey. We have witnessed a dramatic increase in website traffic from international users (insert specific data point on traffic increase). User feedback, like the one from [Client Name], highlights the enhanced user experience and engagement with the plugin in their native languages, a direct result of our WordPress translation plugin project. This project has not only expanded our user base but has also significantly boosted our brand awareness as a global event management solution.