Translation Help

  • wpjoshua

    (@wpjoshua)


    18 years, 10 months ago

    I’m trying to translate a plugin but am having trouble. Can someone explain how to take someone else’s plugin that is written in German, change all the text strings so they use _e(), and create the translation file for English so that it will use the English translation on the default English WordPress installation?

    In case that wasn’t clear, the plugin author needs the plugin to remain in German so he can continue development. The translator wants to help out by making it run in English, but he can’t figure out how get the German-to-English to work in a default English WordPress installation? I’ve never done a translation before. There are lots of examples of English-to-Other Languages, but I can’t find any where the original plugin language is something else?

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  • LostInNetwork

    (@lostinnetwork)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    Get PoEdit. Use it to create a translation file once you have manually inserted all those _e() and __()

    In vi editor you can do all sorts of search-and-replace actions with as complicated regular expressions as you can comprehend. Much better than WinWord. Enjoy 🙂

    I don’t know about default languages and such, as I have not really done a lot of translations – and none where the original language would be in nonenglish.

    Thread Starter wpjoshua

    (@wpjoshua)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    Yeah, I’m using poedit. When I’ve added all those _e()’s but the site just displays whatever I have in the parenthesis.

    Thread Starter wpjoshua

    (@wpjoshua)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    So does anyone even know if it is possible to write a plugin in a language other than English, and then have it work in an environment where everything else is translated from English?

    Thread Starter wpjoshua

    (@wpjoshua)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone know where I can learn more about translation of plugins?

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