Translation issue: .mo vs. WPML when switching site language

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  • March 28, 2017 at 2:43 pm #370405

    Marc Mathys
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    Hi,

    My site’s default language used to be English. I loaded the French .mo file in wp-content/languages/geodirectory for the basic translation. Then I used WPML string translation to correct a lot of the default translation that I didn’t like or to add missing translations. This was working fine.

    Now I switched the site’s default language to French and most of the translations I made with WPML are gone. It looks like the .mo file now overwrites what I did in WPML. How can I keep the default language in English and keep using the translations I created with WPML string translation ?

    Thanks,
    Marc

    March 28, 2017 at 3:26 pm #370416

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
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    Hi Marc,

    This sounds like a post for the WPML support or am i missing something?

    Stiofan

    March 28, 2017 at 3:53 pm #370429

    Marc Mathys
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    Post count: 216

    Hi Stiofan,

    It could very well be the case, providing there’s no link between how GD interacts with its own .mo file and/or WPML. Is that so?

    Thanks,
    Marc

    March 28, 2017 at 4:05 pm #370438

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
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    We do extend where WP checks for the mo files, maybe it is reading an old one?
    we now recommend wp-content/languages/plugins/ rather than wp-content/languages/geodirectory/
    Maybe you have an old file somewhere?

    Stiofan

    March 28, 2017 at 4:39 pm #370448

    Marc Mathys
    Expired Member
    Post count: 216

    Bam! I moved my .mo files to wp-content/languages/plugins/ and my issue is solved…
    No wonder I try opening tickets with you guys first, solved in minutes 🙂

    Thanks, as always!

    P.S: the doc in this page should be updated to reflect the directory change:
    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/getting-translation-files/

    March 28, 2017 at 4:41 pm #370450

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
    Post count: 22956

    Great! 🙂

    Oh i thought we had got everywhere, nice spot, i’ll flag it for Guust to work his magic on 🙂

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

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