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I'm using WP 3.5 and Polylang 0.9.8 plugin to make translations to different languages.

All is good, and the plugin works fine, but now I'm facing a problem -- I need to translate custom strings, for example, strings inside widgets.

What can you recommend me to solve this problem?

ADDED: For example (I'm taling about text in widgets, but not header), can I add some string constants or so and write them from php-code into my page -- and got them to translate on String translation page of Polylang?

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  • This question isn't very answerable in its current form. How you'd address translating those strings has a lot to do with how your plugins and theme are written and is a big topic.
    – s_ha_dum
    Jan 23, 2013 at 23:53
  • How can I concrete question?
    – NG_
    Jan 27, 2013 at 19:01

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Use this

pll_register_string()

on functions.php

Use it like this:

pll_register_string

Allows plugins to add their own strings in the “strings translation” panel. The function must be called on admin side (the functions.php file is OK for themes).
Usage:

pll_register_string($name, $string, $multiline);
‘$name’ => (required) name provided for sorting convenience (ex: ‘myplugin’)
‘$string’ => (required) the string to translate
‘$multiline’ => (optional) if set to true, the translation text field will be multiline, defaults to false

So:

pll_register_string('Header Title', 'The title you want to appear');

Then on dashboard config, on languages, you are going to find a tap called "strings". There you're going to have this new created string, and an input text to fill the translation text for every active language on your site. Write translations, and then use the funcions:

pll_e() to directly echo, or pll__() to manually echo it. Your'ge going to use it like:

pll_e('The title you want to appear'); or
echo pll__('The title you want to appear');

That's it! :)

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  • Thanx! That was issue! Strange, that question is simple, but no one answered for a long time.
    – NG_
    Feb 14, 2013 at 9:35
  • Shouldn't pll call the variable name, rather than its content? -> pll_e('Header Title'); ?
    – red-o-alf
    Jul 20, 2018 at 9:12

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