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How to Correct Translation Errors

Learn how to identify common translation mistakes, utilize translation tools, and manually adjust translations to ensure accuracy.

Updated over 3 months ago

When you come across a string you'd like to change without getting your hands messy with custom coding and/or Child Theme, you can use the Say What WordPress plugin to change different strings across your website.

Install the Say What plugin

  1. Log in to your WordPress website

  2. Go to Plugins β†’ Add New Plugin

  3. Use the Search form and search for Say What

  4. Install and activate the plugin

Change a string using the Say What plugin

You need the original English string and the text domain to use this plugin. The Text domain for

  • The Divi theme is: Divi

  • For the Divi Builder: et_builder

  • And for the Extra theme is: extra

Let's take this example: translating or changing the default Comments form's title from Submit a Comment to Leave a Reply

  1. Go to WordPress Dashboard β†’ Tools β†’ Text changes

  2. Click on the Add New button (at the top) to add a new Text change

  3. In the Original string field, type Submit a Comment

  4. In the Text domain field, type Divi

  5. In the Replacement string field, type Leave a Reply

  6. Click on the Add button to save your changes.

The result can be seen in the screenshot below:

Notes:

  • The above example will change the Comment's form title

  • If you are using the Comments Form module or any Divi Builder modules/areas, the Text domain will be et_builder instead of Divi.

  • If you are confused about which Text domain to use, try all three suggestions:

    • Divi (for strings generated by the Divi theme),

    • et_builder (for the strings generated by the Divi builder - usually used for Module)

    • or extra (for the strings generated by the Extra theme).

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