Title: Problem with translation on certain elements
Last modified: April 11, 2019

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# Problem with translation on certain elements

 *  [sinfjell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinfjell/)
 * (@sinfjell)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-translation-on-certain-elements/)
 * Hi.
    I can’t seem to translate certain elements on the plugin Modern Events Calendar.
   Typically the elements with the H3 tag and the button elements cant be translated.
   What can be the problem?
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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-translation-on-certain-elements/#post-11415632)
 * I can see a few errors in this plugin’s code ([example](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modern-events-calendar-lite/tags/3.5.2/app/libraries/main.php#L2225)),
   but best we talk about a specific string you have a problem with. Please give
   me an example string that isn’t translatable (H3 or button) something I can find
   easily in the user interface.
 * Also, please describe what you’ve done in order to translate these strings.
 *  Thread Starter [sinfjell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinfjell/)
 * (@sinfjell)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-translation-on-certain-elements/#post-11417663)
 * Hi.
 * For example I can’t translate this H3 with the text “Date”.
    The CSS class of
   this H3 is “mec-date”.
 * The only thing I have done is tried to directly translate the word within the
   plugin. I find the words, translate them, but they won’t translate.
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-translation-on-certain-elements/#post-11418005)
 * I don’t have a problem translating “Date”. I works from the “Custom”, “System”
   and “Author” file locations.
 * The instance I checked was the one from [app/skins/single/default.php:55](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modern-events-calendar-lite/tags/3.5.2/app/skins/single/default.php#L55)
 * If you want me to look further into this for you, please provide precise steps
   to reproduce the problem or a better description of what is wrong and any other
   factors that are specific to your situation.
 *  Thread Starter [sinfjell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinfjell/)
 * (@sinfjell)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-translation-on-certain-elements/#post-11436731)
 * Ok. I have just translated via the “editor” inside the Loco Translate plugin 
   in wordpress.
 * When I translate the H3 words like “Date”, “Time” and “Share this event”, it 
   doesn’t work.
 * These are the elements I can’t translate:
    * “Date”. H3. Class = “Mec-date” *“
   Time”. H3 Class = “Mec-time”. * “Share this event”. H3 Class = “mec-social-single
   mec-frontbox-title”.

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