Modern Events Calendar date localization

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#1

Hi,

I’ve installed Modern Events Calendar on a site that’s not in english and I can’t get dates (months specifically) to be translated.

Wordpress is fully translated to the set language and, for instance, post meta shows dates correctly translated, but not MEC.

I’ve checked documentation: https://webnus.net/dox/modern-events-calendar/translate-mec/

There it says:

Translation of dates, months, etc is done using the WordPress date_i18n function. This is the same way that your posts date and time translations would be done.

This means that to achieve date localization (translation) you should install the base WordPress translation files for each of the languages you wish to use.

The month translations supplied using the native WordPress internationalization. So you should be able to get those translations using a completed translation file.

So everything seems fine on my end. I’ve tried with Loco Translate, some plugin aimed specifically to translate months… I don’t know what I’m missing here.

Could you maybe point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

#2

Hi @nettek
Thanks for reaching out.

As plugin author has mentioned that they have already used the predefined localization methods for dates, months, etc, what you need to is to add the translation file for your specific language.
If you are using WordPress in a different language, you just need to add the files for the plugin only.
Please find the article to translate a plugin: https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-translate-a-wordpress-plugin/
You can also get help from the official document: https://theme.co/docs/theme-translations

If you wish, you can hire a developer who can assist you to do the customization or can avail of our newly launched service called One, where any customization questions are answered.

Thanks

#3

Hi @tristup

I’ve already translated the plugin, uploaded the file and so on. Everything works fine in that regard. The problem is with dates, and only in some places related to MEC, so it has to be on the plugin side.

Doing some testing I’ve noticed that date translation works on events single pages, for instance, but it dosen’t on some MEC views (shortcode generated). It seems the problem appears only when using their Fluent Views addon options. Using other views, themes, skins or whatever you may call it, translation works everywhere.

Given that the plugin is bundled with your theme I reached out to you for support on the issue. And also, there’s an update for the plugin (not available yet for automatic update), that I understand that addresses some aspects on date views: https://webnus.net/modern-events-calendar/change-log/

Of course a developer could assist, thank you, but it very much looks like a bug on the plugin side. So, how could I proceed? Or when have you planned to release their update to see if it’s fixed?

Thank you!

#4

Hi @nettek
Thanks for reaching out.

We don’t have an ETA yet but the next release is around the corner. Please stay tuned for the bug fix in the upcoming release.

Thanks

#5

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