May not be pertinent, but what does your wp-config file say re this setting:
`define(‘WPLANG’, ”);`
@fernon
buddypress-nl_NL.mo must be in wp-content/languages
Po file is for translating. It’s a working file.
Mo file is for translation throught php gettext. Only the mo is mandatory, not the po or the pot
Once you finish the translation of a po file, you need to compile it to mo format with poEdit. (or equivalent tool)
Hi @chouf1 @shanebp, I already did all of that and the dutch version works fine. The weird thing though is that when I edit the translation, nothing happens :(.
Probably because you don’t the right thing to translate.
You edit with which tool ?
@chouf1 internationalization plug and I tried to edit it manually. When I translate wordpress and the theme by itself it works, but when I want to translate the dutch buddypress nothing happens.
@fernon
again:
Probably because you don’t the right thing to translate.
You edit with which tool ?
Give a name please…. 
There are several tools and i have no time to loose to search about basic infos YOU can provide.
Anyway i wouldn’t trust online translation plugins. Preferably use poEdit on local and transfer your po/mo by FTP
When I translate wordpress and the theme by itself it works.This is a bad reason !
In french we say: five minutes before he died, he was alive. If i apply what you say, you will ask: why did he die, he was alive 5 minutes ago ?
Nothing is written in marble, except tombstones 😉
@chouf1 I’m sorry, I totally understand what you mean. Sometimes I’m in such a hurry that I forget to explain everything properly and clear :P.
Anyway the plugin I use is CodeStyling Localization.
Like I said, I also tried to edit the po file of wordpress and buddypress with notepad++ and when I update the old file in the ftp nothing changes unfortunately.
chouf1 has already explained this to you.
”
Po file is for translating. It’s a working file.
Mo file is for translation throught php gettext. Only the mo is mandatory, not the po or the pot
Once you finish the translation of a po file, you need to compile it to mo format with poEdit. (or equivalent tool)
”
Editing the po does nothing until you use it to create a mo file.
Do yourself a favor – get poEdit. It’s free and very easy to use.
Ok thanks for all the help
