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[NailedIT]

Hi there,

I have translated the theme with a child theme (like it is explained here: https://community.theme.co/kb/translation/ ) and it works basically.

Unfortunately some strings are not translated, even though I have translated them in the .po/.mo files:

1. The subtitle of the comments section is not translated:
– If only 1 comment is made: “One Comment on” instead of the translation. See here for an example: http://new.nailedit.ch/5-regeln-erfolgreicher-blogposts-die-gelesen-und-geteilt-werden/
– If more than 1 comment are made: “8 Comments on” instead of the translation. See here for an example: http://new.nailedit.ch/checkliste-rechtlich-sichere-website-schweiz/

2. The hover text of the social share buttons shortcode (“Share on Facebook”, “Share on Twitter”) are also not translated. You can see an example on the same links as above (I added the shortcode to all blog posts).

I assume this is a bug, as this problem did not occur with another theme.

Thanks and best regards,
Michael

[Christian]

Hey Michael,

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Thanks.

[NailedIT]

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[Rahul]

Hey,

They should translatable. But, you can always override it directly by adding this code at your child theme’s functions.php

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_renew_comment' ) ) :
  function x_renew_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {

    $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
    switch ( $comment->comment_type ) :
      case 'pingback' :  // 1
      case 'trackback' : // 1
    ?>
    <li <?php comment_class(); ?> id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
      <p><?php _e( 'Pingback:', '__x__' ); ?> <?php comment_author_link(); ?> <?php edit_comment_link( __( '(Edit)', '__x__' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?></p>
    <?php
        break;
      default : // 2
      GLOBAL $post;
      if ( X_WOOCOMMERCE_IS_ACTIVE ) :
        $rating = esc_attr( get_comment_meta( $GLOBALS['comment']->comment_ID, 'rating', true ) );
      endif;
      if ( x_is_product() ) {
        $comment_avatar = get_avatar( $comment, 240 );
      } else {
        $comment_avatar = get_avatar( $comment, 120 );
      }
    ?>
    <li id="li-comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class(); ?>>
      <article id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" class="comment">
        <?php
        printf( '<div class="x-comment-img">%s</div>',
          '<span class="avatar-wrap cf">' . $comment_avatar . '</span>'
        );
        ?>
        <?php if ( ! x_is_product() ) : ?>
        <div class="x-reply">
          <?php comment_reply_link( array_merge( $args, array( 'reply_text' => __( 'Reply <span class="comment-reply-link-after"><i class="x-icon-reply" data-icon=""></i></span>', '__x__' ), 'depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth'] ) ) ); ?>
        </div>
        <?php endif; ?>
        <div class="x-comment-wrap">
          <header class="x-comment-header">
            <?php
            printf( '<cite class="x-comment-author">%1$s</cite>',
              get_comment_author_link()
            );
            if ( x_is_product() && get_option('woocommerce_enable_review_rating') == 'yes' ) : ?>
              <div class="star-rating-container">
                <div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating" class="star-rating" title="<?php echo sprintf( __( 'Rated %d out of 5', '__x__' ), $rating ) ?>">
                  <span style="width:<?php echo ( intval( get_comment_meta( $GLOBALS['comment']->comment_ID, 'rating', true ) ) / 5 ) * 100; ?>%"><strong itemprop="ratingValue"><?php echo intval( get_comment_meta( $GLOBALS['comment']->comment_ID, 'rating', true ) ); ?></strong> <?php _e( 'out of 5', '__x__' ); ?></span>
                </div>
              </div>
            <?php endif;
            printf( '<div><a href="%1$s" class="x-comment-time"><time datetime="%2$s">%3$s</time></a></div>',
              esc_url( get_comment_link( $comment->comment_ID ) ),
              get_comment_time( 'c' ),
              sprintf( __( '%1$s at %2$s', '__x__' ),
                get_comment_date( 'm.d.Y' ),
                get_comment_time()
              )
            );
            edit_comment_link( __( '<i class="x-icon-edit" data-icon=""></i> Edit', '__x__' ) );
            ?>
          </header>
          <?php if ( '0' == $comment->comment_approved ) : ?>
            <p class="x-comment-awaiting-moderation"><?php _e( 'Your comment is awaiting moderation.', '__x__' ); ?></p>
          <?php endif; ?>
          <section class="x-comment-content">
            <?php comment_text(); ?>
          </section>
        </div>
      </article>
    <?php
        break;
    endswitch;

  }
endif;

Just change “Reply” and “%1$s at %2$s”

Hope this helps.

[NailedIT]

Hi there,

Thanks for your reply, but I didn’t want to hack something that should work. So I investigated a little bit further and here is the solution for everyone with the same problem:

If you load the .po/.mo translation file in your child theme (what absolutely makes sense, because you don’t want to have your .po/.mo files overwritten on a theme update. See here how you can do it: https://community.theme.co/forums/topic/language-po-files-and-child-theme/#post-146225), then sometimes the strings are changed in the .po file, like in this case:
One Comment on “%2$s”
becomes
One Comment on %2$s

And now of course the translations don’t work anymore and you have to update the .po/.mo translation files.

A little tip on how to update your outdated .po file in your child theme, without doing all translations again:
1. Download and install Poedit (it’s free): https://poedit.net/ (sometimes the Loco Translate plugin may be enough, but trust me, a real .po editor is so much easier and safer to use).
2. Download the current X theme (contains the current .pot translation template file).
3. Open your child themes translated .po file with Poedit and update your .po file with the “Update from POT file…” function (choose the .pot file in the downloaded X theme).
4. Translate the changed/newly added strings, save and reupload the .po and .mo files to your child theme on your server.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!

Maybe that helps somebody 🙂

Best regards,
Michael

[Darshana]

Hi Michael,

You have done it correctly & thanks for sharing it with other members 🙂

Cheers!

[Author]

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