Translating with Poedit

If your language is not included in Kalium's pre-translated languages, or if you want to modify existing translations, you can easily do so by creating or editing a .po file. The process involves translating text strings and saving the translations so that WordPress can read them. Whether you're starting a new translation from scratch or just editing existing translations, the steps are straightforward.

You don’t have to translate every string; you can choose which parts of Kalium to translate, making this method flexible and tailored to your needs.

Poedit Translation Editor — PoeditPoedit

Although Poedit is a viable method for translation, using Loco Translate is generally recommended as it offers a more user-friendly and integrated approach for translating and managing theme strings directly within your WordPress dashboard.

Starting a New Translation

1. Download and install Poedit, a free software available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

2. Open Poedit and select Create new

3. Navigate to the kalium.pot file located in the Kalium folder kalium -> languages folder. Select the file to load all English text strings into Poedit.

4. In the left column, you'll see the original English text (Source Text). To translate, select a line, and in the lower right section of the window, enter your translation in the Translation field.

5. Once you've translated all necessary strings, save the file with the format kalium-[language_code].po (e.g., kalium-de_DE.po for German, find the full list of language codes below) Poedit will automatically create the corresponding .mo file.

6. Upload the .po and .mo files to the wp-content/languages/themes directory on your WordPress site.

Editing an Existing Translation

1. Open Poedit and click Browse files button

2. Use the search function (CMD+F on macOS or CTRL+F on Windows) to find the string you want to edit.

3. In the Translation field, replace the current translation with your preferred text.

4. Save the file, and Poedit will update the .po and .mo file automatically.

5. Upload the .po and .mo files to the wp-content/languages/themes directory on your WordPress site.

WordPress Locale Codes

Below is a list of WordPress locale codes that you can use when naming your translation files.

Locale Name	Native Name	Locale Code	WordPress Locale
Afrikaans	Afrikaans	af	af
Albanian	Shqip	sq	sq
Algerian Arabic	الدارجة الجزايرية	arq	arq
Amharic	አማርኛ	am	am
Arabic	العربية	ar	ar
Armenian	Հայերեն	hy	hy
Aromanian	Armãneashce	rup	rup_MK
Arpitan	Arpitan	frp	frp
Assamese	অসমীয়া	as	as
Asturian	Asturianu	ast	ast
Azerbaijani	Azərbaycan dili	az	az
Azerbaijani (Turkey)	Azərbaycan Türkcəsi	az-tr	az_TR
Balochi Southern	بلوچی مکرانی	bcc	bcc
Bashkir	башҡорт теле	ba	ba
Basque	Euskara	eu	eu
Belarusian	Беларуская мова	bel	bel
Bengali	বাংলা	bn	bn_BD
Bengali (India)	বাংলা (ভারত)	bn-in	bn_IN
Bhojpuri	भोजपुर	bho	bho
Bodo	बोडो	brx	brx
Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo	Afaan Oromoo	gax	gax
Bosnian	Bosanski	bs	bs_BA
Breton	Brezhoneg	br	bre
Bulgarian	Български	bg	bg_BG
Catalan	Català	ca	ca
Catalan (Balear)	Català (Balear)	bal	bal
Cebuano	Cebuano	ceb	ceb
Chinese (China)	简体中文	zh-cn	zh_CN
Chinese (Hong Kong)	香港中文版	zh-hk	zh_HK
Chinese (Singapore)	中文	zh-sg	zh_SG
Chinese (Taiwan)	繁體中文	zh-tw	zh_TW
Cornish	Kernewek	cor	cor
Corsican	Corsu	co	co
Croatian	Hrvatski	hr	hr
Czech	Čeština‎	cs	cs_CZ
Danish	Dansk	da	da_DK
Dhivehi	ދިވެހި	dv	dv
Dutch	Nederlands	nl	nl_NL
Dutch (Belgium)	Nederlands (België)	nl-be	nl_BE
Dzongkha	རྫོང་ཁ	dzo	dzo
Emoji	🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji)	art-xemoji	art_xemoji
English (Australia)	English (Australia)	en-au	en_AU
English (Canada)	English (Canada)	en-ca	en_CA
English (New Zealand)	English (New Zealand)	en-nz	en_NZ
English (Pirate)	English (Pirate)	art_xpirate	art_xpirate
English (South Africa)	English (South Africa)	en-sa	en_SA
English (UK)	English (UK)	en-gb	en_GB
Esperanto	Esperanto	eo	eo
Estonian	Eesti	et	et
Ewe	Eʋegbe	ewe	ewe
Faroese	Føroyskt	fo	fo
Finnish	Suomi	fi	fi
Fon	fɔ̀ngbè	fon	fon
French (Belgium)	Français de Belgique	fr-be	fr_BE
French (Canada)	Français du Canada	fr-ca	fr_CA
French (France)	Français	fr	fr_FR
Frisian	Frysk	fy	fy
Friulian	Friulian	fur	fur
Fulah	Pulaar	fuc	fuc
Galician	Galego	gl	gl_ES
Georgian	ქართული	ka	ka_GE
German	Deutsch	de	de_DE
German (Austria)	Deutsch (Österreich)	de-AT	de_AT
German (Switzerland)	Deutsch (Schweiz)	de-ch	de_CH
Greek	Ελληνικά	el	el
Greenlandic	Kalaallisut	kal	kal
Gujarati	ગુજરાતી	gu	gu
Haitian Creole	Kreyol ayisyen	hat	hat
Hausa	Harshen Hausa	hau	hau
Hawaiian	Ōlelo Hawaiʻi	haw	haw_US
Hazaragi	هزاره گی	haz	haz
Hebrew	עִבְרִית	he	he_IL
Hindi	हिन्दी	hi	hi_IN
Hungarian	Magyar	hu	hu_HU
Icelandic	Íslenska	is	is_IS
Ido	Ido	ido	ido
Igbo	Asụsụ Igbo	ibo	ibo
Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	id	id_ID
Irish	Gaeilge	ga	ga
Italian	Italiano	it	it_IT
Japanese	日本語	ja	ja