Title: Wrong language
Last modified: October 3, 2018

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# Wrong language

 *  [gettingdigit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gettingdigit/)
 * (@gettingdigit)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-language-10/)
 * Hi, I have a website in french, but the theme I am using is in english.
 * When I want to translate it, the original language is marked as FR_fr.
 * How can I tell to Loco Translate the plugin is in english and I wanna do the 
   french translation ?

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-language-10/#post-10745112)
 * What do you mean by “the original language is marked as FR_fr”?
 * Loco Translate makes no assumptions about the source language of plugins. This
   is usually English, but the file editor does not care what language it is.
 *  Thread Starter [gettingdigit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gettingdigit/)
 * (@gettingdigit)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-language-10/#post-10745142)
 * My wordpress is in french (Selected in the General Settings)
 * The theme I am using, isn’t translated, it’s in english and I want to make the
   french version.
 * But when I go to Loco Translate->Themes->My Theme->Overview, there is only French.
 * But in the french file, there is only english strings.
 * If I add english on this screen, I have to translate theses strings into english.
 * How should I handle this ?
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-language-10/#post-10745381)
 * > But in the french file, there is only english strings.
 * Do you mean the source strings are untranslated, or that someone has entered 
   English instead of French?
 * > If I add english on this screen, I have to translate theses strings into english.
 * Why do you want to create English translations if your site is in French?
 * > How should I handle this ?
 * I’m not really following the problem, but it sounds like a mess. Please post 
   a download link to theme you’re trying to translate, or at least post some screenshots
   to illustrate what is wrong.
 *  Thread Starter [gettingdigit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gettingdigit/)
 * (@gettingdigit)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-language-10/#post-10745403)
 * Well, I was trying Polylang in the meantime, for another project, and now it’s
   working…
 * NVM, I cannot screenshot you anymore the problem

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