Registering a string in order to translate it

Hi,

I’m not sure if someone has posted something like this previously, but I can’t find it.
I’m quite new to WordPress and am having some difficulty translating certain things in my theme, for instance I realise that you are able to translate strings and have been able to do so following your documentation, specifically this. The issue is I have certain things in my template files that aren’t strings, but which I need to translate without creating separate template files for every language.

So I realise that I would need to make them strings, but I’m not sure how to go about doing that. I’ve also looked at this topic, but it isn’t very clear to me.

Below is the loop with two examples (commented) of what I would like to make strings in order to translate them:

<?php
  if (have_posts()) :
    while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>

<div class="bit-3">
  <article class="post">
    <div class="post-wrapper">
      <?php the_meta(); ?>
      <p id="post-info"><!--I would like to make this translatable-->Published: <!----><a href="<?php echo get_the_time('', $post->ID); ?>"><?php the_time('j/M/Y'); ?></a></p>

      <h3 class="post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
      <p><?php echo get_the_excerpt(); ?></p>
    </div><!--post-wrapper-->
    <div class="button-wrapper">
      <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="button"><!--I would like to make this translatable-->Full article<!----></a>
    </div><!--button-wrapper-->
  </article><!--post-->
</div><!--bit-3-->

<?php
  endwhile;
?>

So as you can see two things I would like to make translatable are “Published: ” before the post date, and the button text “Full article”.

Is this possible? Again, sorry if this is answered clearly somewhere else, I can’t find it.

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