{"id":62,"date":"2014-02-20T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zedejose.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2018-10-13T16:39:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T15:39:47","slug":"edit-flow-cant-nice-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b6%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zedejose.com\/edit-flow-cant-nice-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b6%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b8\/","title":{"rendered":"Edit Flow: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0442\u043a\u0438."},"content":{"rendered":"

Edit Flow<\/a> is a fantastic plugin: it basically\u00a0turns a standard WordPress installation into a newsroom, with complete control of the editorial workflow.\u00a0As far as code quality is concerned, it is enough to say that it is prominently featured as one of the recommend plugins on WordPress.com’s VIP service<\/a>,\u00a0and that the WordPress.com VIP team itself contributes to the development of the plugin.<\/p>\n

I’ve gladly used a few times in the past, and have nothing but praise for the superior and elegant way it’s implemented.<\/p>\n

Well, almost.<\/p>\n

You see, up to now, I’ve only used it on sites whose content is in English; however, now that I’ve recommended Edit Flow for a new project I’m consulting on (a very large WordPress installation for on-line news that are\u00a0not<\/span> in English), my troubles began. Granted, for a normal, admin-only plugin, those troubles could be ascribed to the chapter of “not a big headache, none of it is front-facing, visitors aren’t aware of its presence”, but in this case there is a significant difference: editors and journalists. These are people whose job is to prepare and edit content, and whose command of the English language, unlike that of their own, is most definitely not a requirement. In other words, they need their tools to work, and as much as possible out of their faces, so that they can focus on what matters: content. Again, that’s content that’s not in English, and which (as expected in a newsroom) is heavily transacted in WordPress’ admin area. tl;dr: the plugin’s interface needs to be in, say, French.<\/p>\n

That’s when we discovered some localization issues.\u00a0It was a dark and stormy night.<\/p>\n

Je ne regrette rien<\/h2>\n

Here’s what I did (and if you didn’t know, what every translator more or less usually does):<\/p>\n