[Resolved] Recommended translation plugin

[themedleb]

Hello, what is your recommended translation plugin for your theme (and other plugins)?

[Leo]

This should help: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/translator-plugin/#post-295050

[themedleb]

Thank you, I will give them a try.

[themedleb]

After installing PolyLang It just gave me around 30 strings, and for ex. “Post Comment” button isn’t one of the strings. And it ruined the website: the homepage shows “nothing found” message, and single posts shows less widgets …

I just need to translate the website from its actual language to my language, I don’t need multilingual website for the moment, just one language which is my language.

[themedleb]

I tried Loco Translate plugin, it found all the strings (around 180 strings) that can be translated but after I translated the button for testing, it has no effect on the website.

[themedleb]

After visiting my language’s page of the GeneratePress theme on WordPress.org, I have found most of strings got translated already but not approved yet, I tried to export the .mo file into my computer but found most the file not translated. How can I approve/contribute to the translation on translate.wordpress.org? and after I get the .mo file, where should I put it? Taking in account it should be in the child theme.

[Tom]

You need to contribute a couple translation suggestions, then let me know your username and I can request that you become an editor.

Thanks!

[themedleb]

My username in WordPress.org is themedleb.

Thank you.

[Tom]

It doesn’t look like you’ve contributed any translations: https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/ar/default/wp-themes/generatepress

They won’t accept editors without seeing they speak the language fluently.

[themedleb]

Oh, didn’t know that’s required, I am fluent of course, it’s my native language, but never contributed there, already contributed into an android application in xda-developers. Anyway, I’m in a hurry, can you please give me an easy method to translate my website manually? taking in account putting the translation into the child theme so I won’t lose the translation after every update.

Thanks in advance.

[Tom]

You would likely need to do something like this: https://github.com/2ndkauboy/textdomain-overwrite

[themedleb]

[UPDATE] I figured out that Loco Translate plugin is working but since I was testing it to translate the “Post Comment” button, It didn’t end up translated, that’s why I thought Loco Translate doesn’t work, but now with this plugin I actually translated many strings (back to top button, search bar widget, …), but the “Post Comment” button can’t be translated, I don’t know why. I tried the plugin textdomain-overwrite and did exactly what’s on the README.md file, but didn’t work or maybe I didn’t know how to use it, is there any other way to translate the “Post Comment” button? I think that’s all what left for me in the front-end.

Thank you Tom for your kind support.

[themedleb]

I even tried to replace the “Post Comment” string in the wp-content\themes\generatepress\comments.php but no effect.

[themedleb]

Problem solved, the string “Post Comment” isn’t from the theme (Even it looks exactly the same as the theme’s), the button is from the plugin wpdiscuz, finally I translated it successfully, thank you for your great support, and I’m really sorry of what we went through.

Thank you.

[Tom]

Glad you got it working! 🙂

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