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Hi all – My apologies as I know there are other threads that contain similar questions as this but I’m having trouble ‘translating’ them if you will as it would appear that English – for good reason – is certainly not the first language of the posters in the threads related to translation/localization so I was hoping that I could get a concise/clear answer if I created a separate thread.

Specifically, all I want to do is the mass update the term ‘friend'(and variations thereof) throughout the entire install to ‘contact’. I’ve found the .po file and I’ve edited it directly, saved it with a corresponding .mo file using poedit, dropped it back into place all to no avail. Can someone provide a step by step on how to accomplish what would seem to be a simple/common need? Any guidance would be much appreciated.