Translate parts of shop and theme

[Jojobaa]

Hi all,

I'm using the Dutch tranlation for Magento itself but still the theme needs to be translated. I used the CVS way to translate the theme? I was wondering if there is a faster way to tranlate the theme?

Regards Rob

[Rakesh Jesadiya · Accepted solution]

You have to just create  nl_NL.csv file into your theme i18n folder.

app/design/frontend/{Vendorname}/{themename}/i18n/nl_NL.csv

 Check links,

https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/frontend-dev-guide/translations/translate_theory.html

You can translate string inside template file using php,

<?php __('translate word');?>

You can translate knockout js file using i18n,

    <span data-bind="i18n: 'Sign In'"></span>

You can translate xml using translate="true",

    <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Delete</item>

For js file translation,

Use the $.mage.__('') function when adding a string:

	$.mage.__('<string>');

https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/frontend-dev-guide/translations/xlate.html

https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.2/frontend-dev-guide/translations/translate_practice.html

[Manthan Dave]

Hi @Jojobaa

If you wanted to make your shop front in Dutch language - then First you need to installed Dutch language translation package(Ignore if you have already installed) ! 

How to install dutch language translation package , follow this link - https://www.mageplaza.com/magento-2-dutch-language-pack.html

so automatically - few translation will be covered by installing this package !

Few translations are still missing which you have added as custom - so for that you need to override this language pack in your custom theme here is the full path - app/design/frontend/VENDORNAME/THEMENAME/i18n/nl_NL.csv

So add the rest of the translations over here , run deploy command again and check it will works !

[Jojobaa]

Ok thanks I will look into this. I'll let you guys know if I still have some questions ;-). So far, thanks for the support.

[Manthan Dave]

Hi @Jojobaa

Sure , Not an issue ! try it and let us know if you still have any issue on the same 

[Jojobaa]

Is there maybe an example file on how to stranslate for a theme? How does this work and look exactly?

For the Dutch Magento 2 translation I have the honl/mc-magento2 module installed. Is this the correct way to set Magento 2 in Dutch?

[Rakesh Jesadiya]

You just need to create i18n folder in your theme root folder,

Create nl_NL.csv file and create two columns, one column with original text and second column with your translated text.

Run deploy command and check your changes.

[Jojobaa]

If I do this will that overide my honl/mc-magento2 Dtuch tranlation module? Because I only want to translate some parts of the frontend and keep the honl/mc-magento2 module.

[Rakesh Jesadiya]

By default magento gives Dutch translation with its setup so you dont need to add any third party library for dutch translation. You just need to create nl_NL.csv file and run deploy command.

[Jojobaa]

My theme pad is /html/app/design/frontend/Alothemes. Inside this pad are more versions of the theme. Where should I create the nl_NL.csv file. And what does it mean to use the deploy command? And if I installed the nl_NL.csv file I can remove the module translation and add the missing theme tranlations to the nl_NL.csv file?