{"id":1896589,"date":"2019-10-18T13:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/translating-the-events-calendar-2\/"},"modified":"2021-05-07T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:42:26","slug":"translating-the-events-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/translating-the-events-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating The Events Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63frO0szyd8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"finding\">Finding The Events Calendar&#8217;s translation project for your language<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Translations are handled differently for our free core plugin, The Events Calendar, than they are for our premium plugins and add-ons sold here theeventscalendar.com. We have a separate article&nbsp;on <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/k\/translating-the-premium-plugins\/\">how to translate the premium add-ons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translations for The Events Calendar and Event Tickets are managed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/translate.wordpress.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Events Calendar&#8217;s specific project page is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp-plugins\/the-events-calendar\/stable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp-plugins\/the-events-calendar\/stable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Event Tickets&#8217;s specific project page is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp-plugins\/event-tickets\/stable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp-plugins\/event-tickets\/stable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"downloading\">Downloading and using the language files for The Events Calendar or Event Tickets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you find the translation page for your locale, click into the set of translations called &#8220;Stable (latest release)&#8221;, as shown in this screenshot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldup.com\/CfTaV8gr_P-1200x1200.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cldup.com\/CfTaV8gr_P-1200x1200.png\" alt=\"screenshot\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will lead you to a page where all of the translatable strings are located. Underneath the table of strings, there will be an &#8220;Export&#8221; button&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/cldup.com\/uhk4-wJmjO-2000x2000.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like this<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use this export button to export your language&#8217;s .mo and .po files for The Events Calendar. You can then install them in this location: <em>wp-content\/languages\/plugins<\/em>. WordPress will locate the files from there, and voila, your calendar should now be translated once you set the language for your site in <em>Settings \u2192 General<\/em> in your site&#8217;s wp-admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:var(--global-palette8);color:#141827\">\ud83d\udc4b Note, that some themes might be overriding our templates and can use different wording in places. These strings can be translated via the theme and not our plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need more help using the WordPress translation tools, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Translator&#8217;s Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding The Events Calendar&#8217;s translation project for your language Translations are handled differently for our free core plugin, The Events Calendar, than they are for our premium plugins and add-ons sold here theeventscalendar.com. We have a separate article&nbsp;on how to translate the premium add-ons. 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