Title: Translation
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Translation

 *  Resolved [lbasurto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbasurto/)
 * (@lbasurto)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-325/)
 * Hi, how can I change manually the error message to Spanish?, thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/min-max-quantities-for-woocommerce/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/min-max-quantities-for-woocommerce/)

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 *  Plugin Author [johnwickjigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny-manziel/)
 * (@johnny-manziel)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-325/#post-5933749)
 * create language specific file like bewlow
 * e.g ; “languages\min-max-quantities-for-woocommerce-ar_AE.po”
 * Below are step few step:
 * Steps for a successful translation process
    Translating WordPress Theme is easy,
   but labor-intensive. All of our themes include a language file (.pot) to make
   translating to a different language possible. Once you’ve got your theme, open
   up the zip file and find the language folder (if you are using a quickstart package
   you will find the language folder in the following location: /wp-content/themes/
   gavickthemename/languages) and look for a language file named themename.pot, 
   for example ShopAndBuy.pot.
 * Unfortunately, to display text in a foreign language, you have to create .po 
   and .mo language files.
 * That’s why we suggest you use Poedit (www.poedit.net), an easy to use open source
   program available for Mac OS X, Windows and UNIX/Linux. It is possible to use
   any text editor but it is much easier to use Poedit rather than a regular text
   edit so I strongly recommend you download it.
 * Open Poedit and go to File -> New catalog from POT file and select the POT in
   your theme’s languages folder.
 * A properties box will pop up asking you about general information. In the Language
   field enter the language name you want to translate.
 * When you click “OK” button you’ll be asked what you want to name your translation
   file. The name is important and there’s a particular format you will need to 
   follow. Each language and country has a specific code you will need to use when
   saving translation files. For instance if you have translated a Gavick WordPress
   theme to Spanish you should use “es_ES.po” as the file name, or if you have translated
   it to German, then “de_DE.po” would be the correct naming structure. This will
   make sure that WordPress understands what language you are referring to.
    Save
   your language file.
 * Now you can start translating the Gavick theme. Go through every line of text
   and translate it to the required language. The String translation mechanism allow
   for the replacing of texts in the original language with texts in other languages.
   Using this tool you or a hired translator cannot change anything else. They only
   translate the texts that you give them.
    If you think that there is text that
   won’t require translation you may leave them as they are in the original language
   and you may translate them later if required. Below is example from the Polish
   translation process.

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 * Last reply from: [johnwickjigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny-manziel/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-325/#post-5933749)
 * Status: resolved