[Resolved] Backslash Showing in comment-metadata (WordPress Comments)

[Marcus Lindblad]

Hi!

I’m using the Marketer Theme with WordPress running in Swedish language.
Appears that my comments are showing the time, but a backslash is escaping(?) or something.

See screenshot:

Is this a bug in Swedish translations or the theme?

I assume “kl.” is used for shorting “klockan” (clock in Swedish)

Would be appreciated if someone has a solution for this.

Thanks a lot!
/Marcus

[Tom]

Hi Marcus,

That’s strange – I just made the suggested change here:

Not sure when that will be accepted, so we can try to use a function for now:

add_filter( 'gettext', function( $text ) {
    if ( '%1$s \k\l\ %2$s' === $text ) {
        $text = '%1$s kl %2$s';
    }

    return $text;
} );

Let me know if that works or not 🙂

[Marcus Lindblad]

Hi Tom!
Thanks for the quick response.

I added it in the Snippets-plugin, but unfortunately it did not have any effect.

Tried also adding the dot but didn’t change anything either (Acting like I know coding lol)

[Tom]

Let’s try this:

add_filter( 'gettext', function( $text ) {
    if ( '%1$s at %2$s' === $text ) {
        $text = '%1$s kl %2$s';
    }

    return $text;
} );

If that doesn’t work, you might need to edit the Swedish .po file in wp-content/languages/themes using a program like PoEdit: https://poedit.net/

[Marcus Lindblad]

Didn’t work unfortunately 🙁

Thanks a lot for your help Tom, will translate it instead!

[Marcus Lindblad]

Fixed it easily through Loco Translate.

No clue why the backslashes are there.
Should just say “kl.”, “kl” or “klockan”

Thanks for helping me out!

[Tom]

Awesome!

I’ve made the suggested edit to the translation – hopefully one of the editors approves it soon.

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