[wp-polyglots] New to translating WordPress

[jf at messier.ca]

Thanks. I have a theme that I installed previously, and like very much.
How can I "inject" the POT file into my existing theme ? The theme came
with the standard English language. So far, I tried to translate the file
using strings that are hardcoded in the PHP file, but this is rather time
consuming, and now that I found that PO files can be used for
translations, this is great, as I already know those files structures.

Maybe it's me, but what do you mean by "enter the keyword strings __ and
_e in poedit and point poedit". When I start POEdit, all options I have
are to open a Catalog.

Thanks :-)

JF

> Just  enter the keyword strings __ and _e in poedit and point poedit to
> the folder with the theme files. Poedit will generate the pofile itself
> and you can start translating.
>
> For several themes (i.e. Sandbox) there are potfiles available.
>
> klaus
>
>
> On 9/28/06, Moshu <moshu at transycan.net> wrote:
>>
>> You could follow this (earlier) thread on the list:
>> http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2006-September/00102
>> 6.html
>>
>> moshu
>>
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: wp-polyglots-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> > [mailto:wp-polyglots-bounces at lists.automattic.com]On Behalf Of
>> jf at messier.ca
>> > Sent: 27-Sep-06 2:16 PM
>> > To: wp-polyglots at lists.automattic.com
>> > Subject: [wp-polyglots] New to translating WordPress
>> >
>> >
>> > I am considering translating WordPress for my own language, French
>> Canadian. The "official" language code is "fr-ca", and I am
>> > already using
>> > poEdit to translate another software, the Opera browser, for all
>> platforms.
>> >
>> > I already have a theme installed on my blog, and all I want
>> > to do is to
>> > put my own translations in it. I played with the .PHP files
>> > and other
>> > scripts directly previously, so the actual blog is half-translated.
>> >
>> > Given that I know poEdit and .PO files very well, what's
>> > the easiest way
>> > for me to get my blog translated ? I have no problem
>> > restarting the blog
>> > web site from scratch at this point.
>> >
>> > Also, if I find a theme with French translations, how do I go about
>> localizing some strings ? Canadian French and France's
>> > French are slightly
>> > (!) different........
>> >
>> > Thank you :-)
>> >
>> > Jean-Francois Messier
>> > jf at messier.ca
>> >
>> >
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