thanks @henrywright for the swift reply … i was struggling with where to place these files, not seeing updates and generally wondering what I had been doing wrong. Basically I had been replacing the messages of the .po files when generating the new .mo translations … instead one should simply add a preferred translation as the following article suggests (https://wpalchemists.com/2014/05/buddypress-translation-files/)
oh the woes of .po & .mo ‘s … hope this helps someone else though!
Howdy Dan,
I have found similar instructions and made updates to no avail. I would appreciate the missing pieces so as to fully customize all labels and messages BuddyPress serves throughout various steps of the online engagement process.