Translation of blog buttons

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#1

Hi everyone,

I’m using Polylang on my clients website. They now have a blog and want the following:

  • read more and submit button (for adding comments) are not translated into German.
  • The text for write a comment is ‘Schreibe einen kommentar’, but my client wants to change this into ‘Schreibe She einen kommentar’.

How can I do this?

For the read more button I’ve found this piece of code for the read more button on this topic on Stackoverflow:

function modify_read_more_link() {
  return  '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . pll__('read more') .  '</a>';
}

add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'modify_read_more_link' );
pll_register_string('my-theme', 'read more');

It is showing up in the String Translations, but the translation is not working on the website. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong since I know very little JavaScript. I’m really stuck so I hope you guys can help me out.

Thank you in advance!

Kind regards,
Michelle

#2

Hi Michelle,

Thanks for reaching out.

That may not really work that way since it should be changed through gettext hook similar to this, https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/translate-leave-a-comment/65512/4. Could you try the code mentioned there? And make sure the correct string and translation is applied.

Thanks!

#3

Hi Rad,

Thank you for your reply!

It has worked for the read more and submit button. Unfortunately it hasn’t worked yet for Leave a Comment. It hasn’t added the “Sie”. Are there other methods to change this text?

Best regards,
Michelle

#4

Hello Michelle,

Thanks for updating the thread. :slight_smile:

Please try out the solution shared over here and let us know the outcome:

In case it’s still not working please share website details in secure note for us to take a closer look.

Thanks.

#5

Hi Prasant,

It’s only working partly. In the breadcrumb on the blogpost it’s displaying correctly. However, below the “Sie” is still missing.

I’ll add my login details.

Thanks in advance!

#6

Hey Michelle,

What the Login URL? Please also give us FTP access because it’s risky testing code using the Theme Editor.

Thanks.

#7

Sorry, completely forgot to add the login url. I’ve added the url and the login for the FTP in the secure note

#8

Hello Michelle,

I had to update your code into this:

add_filter( 'gettext', 'translate_my_strings', 20, 3 );

function translate_my_strings( $translated_text, $text, $domain ) {

        switch ( $translated_text ) {

            case 'Leave a Comment' :
                $translated_text = __( 'Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar', '__x__' );
                break;

        	case 'Submit' :
               	 $translated_text = __( 'Kommentar absenden', '__x__' );
               	 break;
				
			case 'Read More' :
                $translated_text = __( 'Mehr lesen', '__x__' );
                break;

        }

    return $translated_text;
}

function comment_reform ($arg) {
  $arg['title_reply'] = __('Leave a Comment', '__x__');
  return $arg;
}
add_filter('comment_form_defaults','comment_reform');

Please check your site now.

#9

Hello RueNel,

It’s working! Thanks a lot for all your help!

#10

Glad it’s working now and you’re most welcome!

#11

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