Good evening Tom and welcome to the Events Calendar Support forum!
Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.
When translation file strings are not kicking in, it is usually caused by one of the following things:
- Your translation files are not up to date
- 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.
- 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.
Additionally, I am noticing from your system information that your max_execution_time = -1 for PHP. A value of 30 or 300 is more common. I would recommend you reach out to your web host to fix this.
Let me know how that goes.
Best regards,
Geoff B.