Title: Default language when translation does not exist
Last modified: September 26, 2017

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# Default language when translation does not exist

 *  Resolved [skeletorkun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeletorkun/)
 * (@skeletorkun)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-language-when-translation-does-not-exist/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to use Loco translate for some of the texts in the theme i use. But I 
   don’t want to translate it all. For the strings I donT translate, it shows some
   gibberish.. how can i configure it so that it shows the default language (English
   in my case) instead?
 * Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdefault-language-when-translation-does-not-exist%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-language-when-translation-does-not-exist/#post-9532375)
 * I don’t know what gibberish you’re referring to, but Loco Translate offers no
   function to alter the default text provided by the theme author.
 * Whether it looks like English or not, it is what the theme developer has asked
   WordPress to display when there is no translation.

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