Translateing a theme by copying a translation

Hello @mimmin,

in case your theme used localized strings you can go about this in three ways:

1. If your theme contains, comes with a .PO(T) file you can use that as a starting point since it should hold all the strings the theme uses.

2. If it the themes does not come with such a file, you can create one, using a tool like Poedit https://poedit.net/wordpress

3. You can reach out to the theme developer to provide you a .PO(T) file. They will be probably be flattered and will thank for your help.

A .PO(T) file should look like this: https://themes.svn.www.ads-software.com/twentyfifteen/1.5/languages/twentyfifteen.pot

If you opened this link, you have seen a template file containing the strings that you can translate for the Twenty Fifteen theme.

Also, read this tutorial, it is a good one: https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-translate-a-wordpress-theme/

As for common words, you can check the themes that are very popular or are supported by Automattic; there is a better chance to find the translation files in which you can peek in and find inspiration.

https://translate.www.ads-software.com/projects/wp/dev/twentyfifteen

I hope this gives you an idea how to go about this.

Thank you for your advise!

I found this for my theme:
https://translate.www.ads-software.com/projects/wp-themes/zoner-lite

I think I can translate right into the browser, but there are 21 pages (!) so it might take a while… ??