Theme Translation Guide - DoSomethingArchive/legacy-website GitHub Wiki

How to translate DoSomethng Congo to French:

Find hardcoded string

Let's translate string The Problem found on campaign Zéro tolérance a l’insalubrité.

Find it in Drupal

Open translation interface and search for The Problem.

You can also search for one word, Problem, or even for a word part, Probl.

When string is found, click "edit" to add the translation.

You must be an Administrator or an Editor to access translation interface.

Translate it

Enter the translation and click "save"

Check it

Go back to the site and check whether the string is translated now.

Special cases

Sometimes string may contain placeholders, e.g. Hey, @name!. In translation, put @name where you want a real user name to be inserted:

When François Hollande visits DoSomething Congo, he'll see
Hé, François!

In addition to @placeholder, placeholders can also look like !placeholder and %placeholder.
Just keep it as in the original string, both prefix sign ! % @ and the following word part.