Translation

[Ruben]

Hi,

We have to translate some strings that contain the word RSVP. We use Loco Translate which normally works fine. I guess the words are in the event-tickets-nl_NL.po file but when we change it nothing happens in the front.
Also checked the other plugins but the words are only in the event ticket module.

Checked caching etc without effect. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Geoff B.]

Good afternoon Ruben and welcome back!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.

Would you mind telling me which strings you are trying to translate specifically ?

When translation file strings are not kicking in, it is usually caused by one of the following things:

1. Your translation files are not up to date
2. You are using some customized translation files that have been placed in the /wp-content/languages/ or /wp-content/languages/plugins/ folder. These might not be updated and will override any other file.
3. The strings are translated, but are considered “fuzzy”

In the first 2 cases, the solution is to update your translation files using the pot file. You can do this by using the Poedit software and heading to Catalog > Update from pot file.

In the last case, you will need to make them “unfuzzy” using Poedit.

Another approach could be to apply the following snippet in the functions.php file of your theme (without the PHP tag at the top): https://gist.github.com/GeoffEW/0e6fe4cf5fb894f034caa9bd7887b6bf

But first to be extra safe, before making any changes to your functions.php file, you should make a backup of that file.

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

[Ruben]

Hey Geoff,

I deleted the files and started over, works good now.

Thanks

[Geoff B.]

Good morning Ruben,

I am super stoked that you were able to fix this.
As a side note for the future, typically updating from the POT file solves things and will save you a bunch of time.

You are welcome back in our support forums any time 🙂

For now, I am going to close this thread.

Have a great week!

Geoff B.

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