# Loco Translate

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Loco Translate provides in-browser editing of WordPress translation files.

It also provides localization tools for developers, such as extracting strings and generating templates.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Watch the "Loco Translate" video tutorial:**
{% endhint %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bm5kRKM26s>" %}

### <mark style="color:purple;">**1. Install the plugin "Loco Translate"**</mark>

![](https://702617533-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fkn7kPvq1Y44Nz6gVyVZq%2Fuploads%2Ff1m5mjaPf22dJuk7jm3L%2Ftranslations-loco-1.png?alt=media\&token=914f24a0-32a2-4cf8-8aaa-e0a408f94d95)

### <mark style="color:purple;">**2. Update Language Template**</mark>

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{% hint style="warning" %}
"Loco Translate - Warning: files over 100 KB have been skipped". If you have problems above, follow the following video tutorial to fix that.
{% endhint %}

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{% hint style="info" %}
**Watch the video tutorial here:**
{% endhint %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21E2M9x3oyU>" %}

### <mark style="color:purple;">**3. Create your language > Choose a location: Other (NOT Author)**</mark>

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### <mark style="color:purple;">**4. Manual translation: You will manually translate each text**</mark>

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### <mark style="color:purple;">**5. Automatic Translate: Install the plugin "Automatic Translate Addon For Loco Translate"**</mark>

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### <mark style="color:purple;">**6. Some text need edit in Theme Options**</mark>

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{% hint style="info" %}
**Watch the video tutorial here:**
{% endhint %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bm5kRKM26s>" %}