You need to add/change your language template path in the “includes/functions.php” file. E.g. with using “languages” folder the load_theme_textdomain line should read:
load_theme_textdomain(‘sampression’, TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/languages’);
For a German translation of Sampression Lite I added a post to my website (in German):
http://www.skywombat.de/computer-und-netz/wordpress/ubersetzung-fur-wordpress-theme-sampression-lite/
