#27
Keiko Sato
WP Taverm Jukebox with Alex Harlan
Episode
#27 – Keiko Sato on Japanese Locale Wrangling
Keiko Sato lives where a string that fits in English does not fit in the button. We talk GlotPress, context, and release week.
by Alex Harlan·March 11, 2026·with Keiko Sato
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https://wptaverm.com/feed/podcast/Japanese WordPress is not a translation of a screenshot. It is layout, density, and a button that cannot grow. Keiko walks through the tickets that look like copy and are actually UI.
We talk about release week, fuzzy strings, and why ‘just make the English shorter’ is not a locale strategy.
If you ship UI, listen before you freeze a string in a 90-pixel button.
