Title: Translation file paths?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Translation file paths?

 *  [siipis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siipis/)
 * (@siipis)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-file-paths/)
 * I’m trying to figure out the most straightforward way to translate the Minamaze
   theme and I’m at loss with how to get the translations working. I located the
   two default folders WordPress assumes translation files live in (`wp-content/
   languages/themes` and `wp-content/themes/miniamaze/languages`), but adding .po
   and .mo files to either makes no noticeable difference. And older post on the
   forum suggests using the Codestyling Localization plugin, but it’s no longer 
   available. I tried substituting it with Loco Translate and managed to create 
   the files themselves no problem, then tried placing them in one or both of the
   language folders without seeing any changes on the site. The localization file
   I downloaded with the WordPress installation itself works just fine, so it’s 
   purely a theming problem.
 * The .po (and .mo) file, when created in the `wp-content/themes/miniamaze/languages`
   folder is simply called `[lang_code].po`, which might or might not have some 
   effect on Miniamaze finding it. I might be clutching at straws here, but I really
   have no idea why the translations aren’t being applied.
 * For clarity, I’m running Minamaze 1.3.4 on the latest WordPress release (4.4.2),
   and the language I’m trying to apply is Finnish.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translation-file-paths/)
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