have you find the answer? I know it’s been six month but I stmbl upon you post.
The answer is pretty easy. Since you are trying to translate something from qtranslate, you can always echo it with a php string.
here is a workable solution for your problem :
<!–:tr–>Deneme<!–:–><!–:en–>Test<!–:–>
will be
<?php echo __(“<!–:fr–>Hello<!–:–><!–:en–>Hi<!–:–>”); ?>
this will trigger qtranslate to translate the html string….