There is also a handy "Find." option, where we can look for specific entries to translate, or correct. If we prefer the back-end in the original language, we can skip those entries. When we translate WordPress plugins, we don't translate just the front-end, but the back-end as well. Those have two tabs so we can enter the respective translations. Some entries will have a different singular and plural form. If we find any HTML tags or PHP code, such as. We make sure to translate each entry exactly as it is, including the punctuation.
but we can always add something to the dictionary, in case it's right and just not recognized. Poedit also features an automatic spell checking option as we type. To get unlimited suggestions, we need to upgrade to Poedit Pro, for 20$, which is probably not worth if we only want to translate one or two plugins. Unfortunately, the online suggestions are limited to 10 every time we start the program. This can speed up the translation process considerably. By pressing Ctrl+Enter, we submit the translation and move to the next one in line.ĭepending on the language, Poedit will offer popular translation options, which we can quickly add with ctrl+1, ctrl+2, etc. We won't need to take our hands off the keyboard to click on the next source to translate. More complex plugins can very well have thousands of lines. Simple as it is, the plugin of the example has more lines to translate than the year has days. We just select the source text and type the translation. Translating WordPress plugins with Poedit is easy. and select the proper language we will translate the particular po file. We also make sure that the "Automatically compile MO file when saving" option is checked. and fill in our information as a translator. First thing we do, we go to File -> Preferences
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