Translation
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Available Languages
Smart Slider 3 is available in the following languages:
- English - 100%
- Spanish (es_ES) - 99%
- Portugese (Brasil) (pt_BR) - 60%
- Polish (pl_PL) - 60%
- Russian (ru_RU) - 59%
- Italian (it_IT) - 55%
- French (fr_FR) - 50%
- Hungarian (hu_HU) - 44%
- Traditional Chinese (zh_TW) - 42%
- Finnish (fi_FI) - 39%
- Japanese (ja_JP) - 37%
- German (de_DE) - 31%
Our translation system is community driven. If you would like to help us create a translation, please contact us!
You can find a Russian version of our documentation here made by Евгений Медведев. It's currently under translation, but you will find a lot of translated articles already!
How to translate Smart Slider 3?
You can translate Smart Slider 3 locally on your computer!
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Locate the translation files
You can find the translation files at the following locations on your server:
- WordPress Free: /wp-content/plugins/smart-slider-3/Nextend/Languages
- WordPress Pro /wp-content/plugins/nextend-smart-slider3-pro/Nextend/Languages
- Joomla /libraries/smartslider3/src/Languages
Use FTP to reach them. If you're looking at the zipped installers, you can find the files at:
- WordPress /Nextend/Languages
- Joomla /lib_smartslider3/src/Languages
Find the
smartslider3.pot
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Creating the translation file.
To be able to create and edit the translation, you will need to have a po editor. You can find online editors, or use any downloadable editor you want. In this tutorial I'm going to use Poedit. It's free and very intuitive.
After you installed Poedit open the
smartslider3.pot
file. The editor interface is divided into two columns, and the first column has 3 rows. Find theCreate new translation
button at the bottom row and click on it.Select the language you want to translate Smart Slider 3 to from the popup.
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Translation
Poedit will create a .po file for you for translating. Here's a quick overview on Poedit.
- This is where you can see all texts. You can select the one you want to translate by clicking on it.
- At the Source text field you can see the text you're currently translating.
- At the Translation field you can edit the translation you're making.
Before starting the translation, you should press the Update from code button to ensure you're translating the latest strings.
To save your work, press the Save button.
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Checking the translations
If you would like to view the translation you made, upload the created .mo file back to your server:
- WordPress Free: /wp-content/plugins/smart-slider-3/Nextend/Languages
- WordPress Pro /wp-content/plugins/nextend-smart-slider3-pro/Nextend/Languages
- Joomla /libraries/smartslider3/src/Languages
Make sure that the translation file is named like this: en_GB.mo, with an underscore and not with a hypen.
When you finish your translation, feel free to contact us and send us the .po
file, so that we can include it in the next versions.