Title: Translation and update problems Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Translation and update problems * Resolved [danbp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbp/) * (@danbp) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-and-update-problems/) * Hi and thank you for your plugin. But i’m a little angry because 1) major incident I translated the whole 1.3.3 plugin and just updated to 1.3.4. Both po/mo files disapeared, despite they where correctly identified by their textdomain. (pta- member-directory-fr_FR.po/mo) This should be solved urgently. * 2) wrong _x usage instead of __ or _e (made the menu building simplier would be better i guess) and very verbose explanation in some places, whith many duplicates. The keyword _x is wrong in the plugin .po file. Should be declared _x:1,2c (to be readable by the translator at least) * What could be the necessity of these two strings(for ex.) Or, select a different recipient: Or select a different recipient: One is sufficent i guess. As to what use the comma ? Perhaps the **or** must be in lowercase at this place ? * Some items won’t come into foreign language on the left sidebar admin menu (All Members/Members/Positions/Locations). * Wrong keywords in poEdit make unable to read the comments you added, such as Post Type General Name for Members. (read here please: [http://www.cssigniter.com/ignite/wordpress-poedit-translation-secrets/](http://www.cssigniter.com/ignite/wordpress-poedit-translation-secrets/)) * Options and Sort Position are correctly translated. * Echoing the string outside of the HTML tags (pta-member-directory.php:1208) * ``` _e

No Positions to display

\n \t\t\t\t

Positions can be added from the Positions submenu, or when adding a new member.

``` * is not correct. The line break too. * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-member-directory/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-member-directory/) Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Plugin Author [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/) * (@dbar-productions) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-and-update-problems/#post-4214573) * I’m sorry you are angry, but your point #1 had nothing to do with me. Anytime you upgrade ANY plugin, it’s going to overwrite the old files. If you don’t send me your translation files to include in the next update, then they are NOT going to be there. That’s just the way WordPress updates things… I assure you that I didn’t program anything into my plugin to search out and delete files. * Nobody has sent me any translation files to use with this plugin yet, and I’m not a translator. If you want to send me your translation files for the plugin, I’m happy to include them in the next update release, and then they will become part of my plugin’s files in the WordPress repository. * This is my first plugin, and the translation preparation is fairly hard to figure out. I’ve done my best to make the plugin translation ready from various tutorials I’ve found online, but I’m more than happy to accept help to correct any issues and make it easier for all translators to work with. * As far as some of the strings appearing more than once, that’s just the way that the Poedit program does things. Some of those text strings are generated/used in different areas of the plugin, so they get listed twice by Poedit. * If you want to help me with the translation and ensuring that everything is set up correctly for other translations as well, then I am very much happy for the help and will certainly give you credit for it in the plugin. If you wish to do that, then I would suggest contacting me privately (web site link in my profile) so we can correspond via email instead of through this support forum. * Otherwise, saying you are angry doesn’t help me, especially since this is something I created in my spare time as volunteer work for my son’s school, and I am not getting paid, and you didn’t pay to use it. It’s free, and there is no warranty or guarantee. Of course, if you look at the other support threads, you’ll see that I do care about making things right and am always quick to respond to try to fix issues, as well as adding new features that people request, even though they are not needed for our school. * Plugin Author [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/) * (@dbar-productions) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-and-update-problems/#post-4214770) * Thanks for the help! * Marking this resolved and will put your translation into the next release. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Translation and update problems’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/pta-member-directory/assets/icon-128x128.jpg?rev=980637) * [Member Directory and Contact Form](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-member-directory/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-member-directory/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-member-directory/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-member-directory/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-member-directory/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-member-directory/reviews/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-and-update-problems/#post-4214770) * Status: resolved