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Swapnil V. Patil

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Translating WordPress Themes & Plugins

74,652,825Whoa! That’s a big number, aren’t you proud?

How many people around the globe use WordPress?

“According to the WordPress Survey, two-thirds of WordPress users live outside the US.That’s a lot of people who probably speak English as a

second language – and also people who develop websites for those who might not speak English at all.

GNU gettext frameworkA theme should be localized using the GNU gettext framework. In other words, the theme should be ready to be translated.Open up the Theme’s zip file & find the language folder. It should contain a POT file.WordPress uses the GNU gettext localization framework for translation.

Understanding Localization FrameworkWordPress uses the GNU gettext localization framework for translation and there are three types of files used in the framework:

1.POT2.PO3.MO

The POT filePOT (Portable Object Template) files: The first step in the translation process is using a program to search through the WordPress source code to pick out text passed into a __() or __e() function, generating a POT file. This file will contain all the text available for translation.

GOOD THING!Most of the themes already include this file!

The PO filePO (Portable Object) files: The second step involves translating the text in a POT file into the target language, saving both English and translator messages in a PO file.

The MO fileMO (Machine Object) files: In the last step, the PO file is converted into a machine readable format.

Include the load_theme_textdomain FunctionInclude the following function in your theme’s functions.php file to prep your theme for localization.load_theme_textdomain( 'yourtheme', templatepath.'/languages' );Change “yourtheme” to the name of your theme & “templatepath” to the location in your themes folder where you want to save your translation files.

Localize your themeThe next step is editing the text strings in each of your theme files and turning them into functions so they are translatable. To do this, you just need to wrap them in a __() function call.

Let’s see in next few slides how to do that.

<?php echo '<h2>Hello world!</h2>'; ?>

Becomes:

<?php echo '<h2>' . __('Hello world!', 'yourtheme') . '</h2>'; ?>

<?php echo 'Hello world!'; ?>

Becomes:

<?php _e('Hello world!', 'yourtheme'); ?>

If your code echoes the string to the browser, use the _e() function instead, so:

Hello world!

Becomes:

<?php _e('Hello world!','yourtheme')

You can also wrap regular text. For example:

Create a POT FileNow that your theme files are ready, the next step is to create a POT file.

POT files are often created by theme authors and delivered along with themes so translators can translate files using Poedit.

Setting Up Your Translated Theme in WordPressIn order to do this, you will need to FTP into your WordPress install and open up the wp_config file and add this line of code:define ('WPLANG', 'hi_IN');This line specifies Hindi for India, so you’ll need to replace hi_IN with your language and country code.

Translation Tips1.Don’t translate literally, translate

organically.2.Try to keep the same level of

formality (or informality).3.Don’t use slang or audience-

specific terms.4.Read other software’s

localizations in your language.

Thank You!

Questions?You can find me at

×@swapypatil on twitter×patilswapnilv@gmail.com