String translation in child theme

  • Resolved anish6

    (@anish6)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hello, this is my first time asking a question here so please don’t mind if I don’t do it the correct way.

    My question:
    I want to translate custom strings in my child theme using Poedit. I have been reading a lot of questions on forums and trying a lot, but I just can’t make it work.
    Till now what I have done:

    – Add this code to my child functions.php:

    function oceanwp_child_setup() {
    $path = get_stylesheet_directory().'/languages';
    load_child_theme_textdomain( 'oceanwp', $path );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'oceanwp_child_setup' );

    – Creating a /languages folder in my child theme;
    – Extracting the strings from my child theme using Poedit;
    – Translating the strings in Poedit and saving them in /languages (.po & .mo);
    ____
    This above did not work, so I tried using a different text-domain for the child theme but that also did not work.

    One of the strings I want to translate is
    esc_html__( 'Custom Menu', 'oceanwp' )

    I tried renaming the /languages folder in the main theme, copying all the files to the child theme /languages and the translation of the main theme strings were all working. I think that the main theme language is overriding the child theme.

    So now I’m really desperate and you guys are my only hope left :(.
    Any help will be much appreciated.
    Thank you!

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  • Hello,

    Have you activated the child theme? Can you kindly share your site link so that I can check it? Also, try to update the string in the Poedit tool.

    Thread Starter anish6

    (@anish6)

    Hi Amit, thanks for replying.

    Yes I have activated the child theme.
    My website : https://www.equalitywebshop.com

    I did update the string in Poedit. When I place esc_html__( 'Custom Menu', 'oceanwp-child' ) in the parent functions.php, the translation shows up correctly in the front-end. But when I place it in the child functions.php the translation does not take place.

    Hope you can find the error ??

    That’s odd. Can you please tell me the steps to replicate the issue?

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Amit Singh.
    Thread Starter anish6

    (@anish6)

    Hi Amit, I got it working with a plugin called TranslatePress. Thanks ??

    Hello,
    I had similar problem but from the other side.

    I have followed this tutorial: https://docs.oceanwp.org/article/258-add-language-files-in-child-theme

    And code from there didn’t work.

    I’ve copied anish6 code and it worked. As I am not a coder, dont know the difference. Could someone tell me?

    WORKING:

    function oceanwp_child_setup() {
    $path = get_stylesheet_directory().'/languages';
    load_child_theme_textdomain( 'oceanwp', $path );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'oceanwp_child_setup' );

    NOT WORKING:

    function my_child_theme_locale() {
    load_child_theme_textdomain( 'ocean', get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages' );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_child_theme_locale' );
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