Translating WordPress Plugins

[GaMerZ]

This is a rough guide on how to translate WordPress Plugins using poEdit. I will use WP-Polls as the example here. We will translate it to French.

Step 1
Download poEdit From http://www.poedit.org/download.php
Direct Link http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/poedit/poedit-1.3.6-setup.exe

Step 2
Install poEdit

Step 3 (Step 3 ScreenShot)
Launch poEdit

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Go To 'File -> New catalog from POT file'

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Browse for the file 'wp-polls.pot' which is in your YOUR_WORDPRESS_FOLDER/wp-contents/plugin/polls/
Click 'Open'

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Fill in the following details to the settings:

• Project name and version: WP-Polls 2.13
• Team: Fill in your own name
• Team's email address: Fill in your own email address
• Language: French
• Country: FRANCE
• Charset: utf-8
• Source code charset: Leave it blank
• Pural Forms: Leave it blank

Click 'Ok'
Save it as wp-polls-fr_FR.po in YOUR_WORDPRESS_FOLDER/wp-contents/plugin/polls/
Click 'Save'

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Type in the translated string in the small box located at the bottom left hand corner of the screen.
Translate the remaining strings.

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When you are done, click on the 'Save Catalog' button located on the top, it is the second button from the left.

Step 9
Upload wp-polls-fr_FR.po and wp-polls-fr_FR.mo to your site into YOUR_WORDPRESS_FOLDER/wp-contents/plugin/polls/
Just a note, the wp-polls-fr_FR.mo is automatically generated by poEdit, you need the file in order for the translation to work.

Step 10
Make sure that WordPress is already in your own language or the plugin translation will not work.

[Ttech]

Shouldn't this be in the WP plugins category as a global announcement? Maybe?

[GaMerZ]

Hmmm, I am thinking of making it a standalone tutorial when I have the time.

[Ttech]

Well, can't you always just make a HTML file? I could do that if you want.

[nervoso]

I can try and nothing, see my configs

define ('WPLANG', 'pt_BR'); // wp-config.php

wp-postratings-pt_BR.mo
wp-postratings-pt_BR.po

At postratings

[GaMerZ]

What is the file name for the mo/po file for your WordPress?

[Ttech]

hm..

[arthur]

Hi GaMerZ 

Make sure that WordPress is already in your own language or the plugin translation will not work.

Is there really no way to display a translation when the Wordpress Installation is in English?
I just made a nice french translation of UserOnline (with PoEdit), but I don't want a french Wordpress.
Because the french Wordpress is often corrupted.

So now, my translation is online, but the UserOnline plugin stays in english.
Do you have any idea?
Thanks!

[GaMerZ]

nope not possible from what I know

[WorldWideWaiting]

It think it's possible: if a language file isn't present, wordpress uses the English 'translation'. 
- change in the config the language code to (something like) fr_FR
- don't place the French translation in wp-includes/languages/
- place the translation of useronline in the useronline folder.

I think it works, but i'm not sure... 

[GaMerZ]

good point there, but will it throws an error?

[Ttech]

Probbably not ?

[YongS]

I can help translate online WordPress content into Spanish Translation, French Translation, German Translation, Latin Translation, Greek Translation, Italian Translation, Japanese Translation, Arabic Translation, Chinese Translation, Dutch Translation, English Translation, Korean Translation, Portuguese Translation, Russian Translation and so on. Feel free to contact me.

[GaMerZ]

Free or Paid?

[Ttech]

heh...  Really good question..

[YongS]

No doubt you hope that's free services. Yes, it's free, but this should base on a very cooperation between us. Agent or parnter or something else..., How do you think, especially in Chinese market.

[GaMerZ]

Normally, I will leave the translation to my user instead of engaging someone to do it as my primary language is English.

[Ttech]

I'm wondering but also, thinking, that this should move to a sperate topic and lock this one.