Title: Overwrite a language string in a parent theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Overwrite a language string in a parent theme

 *  [baudesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baudesign/)
 * (@baudesign)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overwrite-a-language-string-in-a-parent-theme/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a localization question.
 * I am currently building a child theme base on the Hybrid parent theme, which 
   is localized, that is `hybrid > languages > hybrid-fr_FR.mo` exists.
 * But there are some strings that I want to overwrite in my child theme. Ex. I 
   want to replace the _Search this site… Rechercher sur ce site…_ string by _Search
   this blog… Rechercher dans ce blogue…_ (Yes, I excluded my pages from the search
   capacity).
 * Now, I could directly edit this file, but since this is a parent theme, it would
   be overwritten during an update.
 * I want to make my `[child theme folder] > languages > fr_FR.po` or should I say.
   mo file to have precedence over the file in the parent theme.
 * I can I do this?
 * Thanks
 * Pat

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