Title: Translating problem Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Translating problem * Resolved [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/) * Hey there, * This is my website job page: [here](http://www.skillsz.pixub.com/vacatures-2/) * It’s in dutch. The two things I want translated are “choose a category” and “ date posted” which says “1 month ago” and when you click on the job at the top it says “Posted 1 month ago”. * I have tried opening the MO files but there is no translation for those 2 strings. * Please help me out on this matter. * Kind Regards, * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-job-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-job-manager/) Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [Scott Basgaard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottbasgaard/) * (@scottbasgaard) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441776) * Hey there, * Are you using Codestyle Localization? * [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/translating-wp-job-manager/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/translating-wp-job-manager/) * These strings are there and you should have no issues finding them in the ‘wp- job-manager’ text domain following those instructions. * Remember that some strings will appear as “Posted %s ago” for dates. * Hope this helps, Scott * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441800) * Hey there thanks! I found out my plugin had 144 untranslated strings. * Question: the %s.. How do I translate that? * There are many “%s” in my MO file. Do I just replace %s with Maanden/Months? * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441801) * Like.. Posted %s ago has been changed to “Geplaatst: %s geleden” so the “s” stands for month/months. How will it know when to change to Months instead of month after it’s been 2 “MONTHS” ago? * Also, * “Choose a category” is nowhere to be seen. * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441815) * Just found out “%s” creates the text: 1 Month * How can I change Month to Maand? * [Scott Basgaard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottbasgaard/) * (@scottbasgaard) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441911) * You’ll want to keep %s as this is replaced with other strings like (Day(s), Month( s)). * You can also find these as standalone strings which you should be able to translate and they’ll be used throughout the plugin. * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441913) * Hey there, * Thanks for the reply, Ok so I keep %s.. * I have searched for “month” and “day” everywhere.. but they are not in the plugin translation mo file. * I also checked if WordPress itself had them said to the desired translation which it has. It just does not set it for the plugin. * If you don’t mind, can you tell me where to find where to change day and month? After that I should be all done 🙂 * Thanks again, * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441950) * Im desperate to know :/ * Plugin Author [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/) * (@mikejolley) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441960) * We output time difference using [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/human_time_diff](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/human_time_diff), so you’d need to translate WordPress itself as thats where the ‘month’ string will be. * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441965) * hey there, * Thanks for the message, I already have that, see: [here](http://gyazo.com/d7a69592b00660f3143ce7432efa3b4a) * So im still clueless.. * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441967) * And see: [here](http://gyazo.com/3b3b847f3b5506a927cf8b9590de9087) * I also have my installation set to dutch: $table_prefix = ‘wp_nl’; * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441976) * Got it, worked! edited formatting.php file and added: * ``` /* translators: min=minute */ $since = sprintf( _n( '%s minuut', '%s minuten', $mins ), $mins ); } elseif ( $diff < DAY_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= HOUR_IN_SECONDS ) { $hours = round( $diff / HOUR_IN_SECONDS ); if ( $hours <= 1 ) $hours = 1; $since = sprintf( _n( '%s uur', '%s uur', $hours ), $hours ); } elseif ( $diff < WEEK_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= DAY_IN_SECONDS ) { $days = round( $diff / DAY_IN_SECONDS ); if ( $days <= 1 ) $days = 1; $since = sprintf( _n( '%s dag', '%s dagen', $days ), $days ); } elseif ( $diff < 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= WEEK_IN_SECONDS ) { $weeks = round( $diff / WEEK_IN_SECONDS ); if ( $weeks <= 1 ) $weeks = 1; $since = sprintf( _n( '%s week', '%s weken', $weeks ), $weeks ); } elseif ( $diff < YEAR_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ) { $months = round( $diff / ( 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ) ); if ( $months <= 1 ) $months = 1; $since = sprintf( _n( '%s maand', '%s maanden', $months ), $months ); } elseif ( $diff >= YEAR_IN_SECONDS ) { $years = round( $diff / YEAR_IN_SECONDS ); if ( $years <= 1 ) $years = 1; $since = sprintf( _n( '%s year', '%s years', $years ), $years ); } ``` * [Scott Basgaard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottbasgaard/) * (@scottbasgaard) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441977) * Nice! Happy to see you got this working 🙂 * Cheers, Scott * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441980) * This thread is now be marked as [RESOLVED] * Thread Starter [Marc2412](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc2412/) * (@marc2412) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translating-problem-1/#post-5441981) * . 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