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Re-check your po file and see if the original word hasn’t a count beside it. Something like Members %s. Many translation are omitting this or use an erroneous variable ( something like % or %d or…nothing). In any case, the translation should contain, if exist in the original, such variables.
Same remark if you use plugins or a theme who modify the menu.

You can also check for the new nav API examples you could eventually help you to rename the items, but only if nothing goes to work with translation itself.

@socialc, since 2.6 and the new Nav API, there is a much simplier possibility as the translation file to change nav item names.

@marcono, try this; not sure you learned, below snippet is on Nav API examples i indicated previously. 😉

function bpcodex_rename_group_tabs() {

    if ( ! bp_is_group() ) {
        return;
    }
   
    buddypress()->groups->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'Group Discussion', 'buddypress' ) ), 'forum', bp_current_item() );
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_rename_group_tabs' );

function bpcodex_rename_profile_tabs() {
 
      buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'My Buddy Forums', 'textdomain' ) ), 'forums' );
      buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'My Buddy Groups', 'textdomain' ) ), 'groups' );
 
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_rename_profile_tabs' );

@marcono you might want to read this page and consider making a translation file of your own.

The Danish translation is not complete… so the automatic translation doesn’t work.

Read from here to go further:

Languages and Translations

positionning: check CSS pseudo class :before or :after

buddypress.pot: this file does nothing! It contains only the strings you can translate. If you need a translation, you have to create a po and a compiled mo file. To do this you need a tool like poEdit.

Any code placed in bp-custom.php stays untouched after an update. It works like a child-theme.

Hi jangolin
Thanks for your reply – KLEO Theme language files are there…
Problem I have is finding how to make buddypress find the Danish translations .po and .mo I have in wp-content/languages/plugins/
I have no problems with other plugins only buddypress….

Using v 2.6.1.1
I do NOT have a folder: wp-content/buddypress/languages/
And I DID add the .po and .mo to wp-content/languages/plugins/
I am not using loco translate

Have checked po language files and translation is still there….

@hisselfandco,

you used the wrong directory for translation.

The directory to use IS NOT wp-content/buddypress/languages/

if you manually upload a po/mo for BP, add it to

wp-content/languages/plugins/buddypress-xx_XX.mo / po

Thanks for the tip
Using KLEO theme – can see that the language file is still there.
Still having problems with getting buddypress to find the translations….

Having same problem with Danish language.
Have added both .mo and .po to wp-content/buddypress/languages/ but can’t see the translations…
However, bbpress seems to be getting the translations OK …

Deactivate loco translate and redo what i described previously.
Search also for evtl. issues mentionned on loco translate support.

Aside there is no reason to use that plugin if you don’t translated scecificcally BuddyPress to your nedd. sv_SE.po/mo are loaded automatically.
If despite this, you use your own translation version, see how to prevent your translation to be overidden. It’s explained in one of the sticky topics on the plugin support.

I’m unable to reproduce your issue. WP and BP language update is working properly.

BuddyPress har uppdaterats utan problem.

Guess it is this who genrate now an issue.
I have tried to update the po file with a new mo file but no difference

Po & mo are not the same file, and mo is compiled…

Remove all bp language files from /language/
Deactivate and reactivate BP – this will force BP to reach his translation.

Hello Buddypress,

today on 23.06.2016 , there was a new update of (version 2.6.0) and here are the translations of notifications, messeges and friends on the tab were in german forgotten. can you please make it?

That was a surprise for me, as yesterday BuddyPress ru_RU was 100% translated by me – both dev and stable.
I re-imported translations, so now everything is 100%.

Добрый день @valery-kondakoff,

no it’s not a regression ! Just a question of delay after BP’s update. Translations are made by volonteers, which are humans, not programmed machines. You have to wait that the translation is completed.

Or you can download the trunk version, which is already completed to 100%.
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/buddypress/dev/ru/default

At the page bottom you have a download button and a file type selector. Select po and mo format and rename both files to buddypress-ru_RU

BuddyPress share the DB with WordPress (the wp where it is activated).

An association between Polylang and Lingotek could be a good compromise.

If you really want 3 WP, it’s possible for them to use one DB.

Read also the documentation about installing BuddyPress on multisite.

> I just changed the template and the translations works fine.

Which template did you changed ? What do you want to fix if it works now ?
Have you tried with a Twenty theme ?

Unable to reproduce. It’s working for me. Here’s what i see on my test site.

What i did:
– set site language to español de argentina
– downloaded venezuela’s version of po/mo
– renammed both file to buddypress-es_AR (
– added the file to this directory wp-content/languages/plugins/buddypress-es_AR.mo

That worked without changing header information, as ID is still “stable”. Sorry, my fault.

Perhaps try to change the theme to see if something get different. Apparently there are some missing tabs aside “subir”. Compare pictures.

Do you use a child-theme where you changed a profile template ?