WordPress Translation: Internationalization and Localization

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  • Part 1: Introduction
  • Part 2: A Practical Example (Part 1)
  • Part 3: Internationalizing WordPress Projects: Updates with WordPress 4.6.
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Internationalization

• WordPress Theme Development Handbook. Internalization.
• __() – Returns a defined translation for a given word, this translation is found in a WordPress localization file.
• _x() – Allows for a context to be defined for a string which is helpful to individuals translating a word into another language that may not have a direct equivalent, etc.