Title: Translation file
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Translation file

 *  [pakkatuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pakkatuu/)
 * (@pakkatuu)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-file-3/)
 * Thank you for a nice theme. I’m trying to translate it in my language but what
   should be the name of the translation file cause it hasn’t worked so far?… tried
   these: fi_FI.mo/po, arcade-fi.mo/po). Or do I have to change some other options…?

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 *  [bandicootmarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinkerpriest/)
 * (@tinkerpriest)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-file-3/#post-4619046)
 * Translation files need to use your language code as a filename with the .po extension.
   Like this:
 * `fi_FI.po`
 *  Thread Starter [pakkatuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pakkatuu/)
 * (@pakkatuu)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-file-3/#post-4619210)
 * What might be the reason it doesn’t chage the language, though. I have saved .
   po and .mo files in the same place as the original .pot file (library/languages)
   and wp-config has the right settings. I haven’t translated everything yet, but
   none of those I already have, have changed. I placed the new language files in
   both parent theme’s and child theme’s directories.
 *  [bandicootmarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinkerpriest/)
 * (@tinkerpriest)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-file-3/#post-4619250)
 * Ah. If you are using a child theme, you have to add the language file to a child
   theme directory and use the function load_child_theme_textdomain(). There is 
   more info on this codex page:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/load_child_theme_textdomain](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/load_child_theme_textdomain)

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