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Topic: Loco Translate

ejder077

Participant

May 17, 2019 12:00 pm

Hi,

If I want to use Loco Translate to translate some words from XStore, which file should I translate? XStore Child or XStore?

https://ibb.co/TbfT86h

I am using XStore Child if I am right.

Thank you
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Theme version: Child 5.2

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Rose Tyler

Support staff

May 17, 2019 12:23 pm

Hello,

You need to translate parent xstore theme, you don’t need to translate child theme. I think you did not make changes in the child theme that have child theme text domain.
Please read this article https://xstore.helpscoutdocs.com/article/30-base-theme-translation
Feel free to ask, if you have any other questions.

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ejder077

Participant

May 17, 2019 12:33 pm

Since I am using XStore Child now, if the theme is updated later, will I lose my translation?

Also, the Po. files (https://ibb.co/TbfT86h) were created by me just an hour ago, I did not make any change in these 2 files. Since I selected the wrong location (Languge/loco/theme/xstore) when I was creating it, can I just delete them and recreate a new one? Will that causes any negative effect?

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Olga Barlow

Support staff

May 17, 2019 2:37 pm

Hello,

1) You need child theme translation files only in case you added custom code in child theme that includes localization functions, for example
echo _n( '%s star', '%s stars', 1 ); etc.
If you don’t include in child theme any strings that require translation you don’t need translation files for the child theme.

2) You can use one of the directories:
either /wp-content/languages/themes/ or /wp-content/languages/loco/themes/ It’s ok. But don’t use /wp-content/themes/languages becasue you’ll loose translation after theme update.
Also, after any theme update, we would recommend you to Sync translations http://prntscr.com/npu8x3

Regards

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