How to translate BD for non-English language | FAQ | Support

To translate Business Directory's strings to your native language, OR to change the values of the labels for your own purposes, here is a set of instructions to follow:

1. Make sure BD is installed and working FIRST.

2. Download poEdit for your operating system here: http://www.poedit.net/download.php

3. Once in poEdit, go to File > Open… and find WPBDM.po (downloaded from wp-content/plugins/business-directory-plugin/languages on your installation of WordPress)

4. Right-click on the field you want to change and choose "Copy original to translation field."

5. In the bottom box, change the wording to how you want it. For example, I changed "Item Price" to "Item Price (don't use a dollar sign)"

6. Repeat the last step for ALL strings in the file or those you wish to change.

7. Save as WPBDM-[language_code].po. It will automatically create the .mo file: WPBDM-[language_code].mo, where [language_code] is your ISO country/language code, like en_US (English in the US), fr_FR (French in France), de_DE (German), es_ES (Spanish from Spain), etc.

8. Upload both these files to the wp-content/plugins/business-directory-plugin/languages directory.

9. For non-English users, make sure your wp-config.php has "WPLANG" defined for the language code that you used above. Save the changes.

NOTE: Not every string is included in the PO file. For example, all field labels are translated by going to Directory Admin->Manage Form Fields. Some strings are also in the General tab of Directory Admin->Manage Options as well. Please be aware of this.

Furthermore, here's a guide for translating WP plugins in general (including language codes, naming conventions, and encodings):

http://urbangiraffe.com/articles/translating-wordpress-themes-and-plugins/