How do I translate the choices for a raido/select/checkbox field.
I’ve translated the field_label, left the field_name the same in both languages.
Field type = select.
No I need to translate the choices
In English I have:
Short
medium
long
On the Hebrew translation should I translate this?
קצר
בינוני
ארוך
How does ACF know which translation is for which term. Is the order important here?
If I save this and look at a Hebrew post I still don’t see the translation, only the English.
How do I translate the choice correctly?
Hi @renar
Could you please test the field object on the translated page by using this code:
echo "<pre>";
$select_object = get_field_object('select_field_name', 99);
var_dump($select_object);
echo "</pre>";
Where ’99’ is the ID of the post/page that has the custom field.
I believe you should add the choices in English like this:
short : Short
medium : Medium
long : Long
and like this in Hebrew:
short : קצר
medium : בינוני
long : ארוך
After that, you can get the label based on the value like the example on this page: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/select/.
Thanks 🙂
I did var_dump and it returned:
array(22) {
["ID"]=>
int(29)
["key"]=>
string(19) "field_56d2d662eda3d"
["label"]=>
string(11) "I work with"
["name"]=>
string(11) "i_work_with"
["prefix"]=>
string(0) ""
["type"]=>
string(8) "checkbox"
["value"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(7) "Couples"
[1]=>
string(3) "Men"
}
["menu_order"]=>
int(15)
["instructions"]=>
string(0) ""
["required"]=>
int(1)
["id"]=>
string(0) ""
["class"]=>
string(0) ""
["conditional_logic"]=>
int(0)
["parent"]=>
int(8)
["wrapper"]=>
array(3) {
["width"]=>
string(0) ""
["class"]=>
string(0) ""
["id"]=>
string(0) ""
}
["_name"]=>
string(11) "i_work_with"
["_input"]=>
string(0) ""
["_valid"]=>
int(1)
["choices"]=>
array(9) {
["Children"]=>
string(8) "Children"
["Adolescents"]=>
string(11) "Adolescents"
["Adults"]=>
string(6) "Adults"
["Couples"]=>
string(7) "Couples"
["Families"]=>
string(8) "Families"
["Men"]=>
string(3) "Men"
["Women"]=>
string(5) "Women"
["Geriatric"]=>
string(9) "Geriatric"
["Other"]=>
string(5) "Other"
}
["default_value"]=>
array(0) {
}
["layout"]=>
string(8) "vertical"
["toggle"]=>
int(0)
}
The translation is working for the ‘edit post’ but when I view the page it still only shows the English.
How do I make it show the Hebrew on the hebrew page?
I’ve set the choice in the field to:
Children : יְלָדִים
Adolescents : מתבגר
Adults : מבוגרים
Couples : זוגות
Families : משפחות
Men : גברים
Women : נשים
Geriatric : גֵרִיאַטרִי
Other : אחר
I’m using the_field(‘i_work_with’);
Do I need to use something different for a translation language?
The field_name is the same in both languages…
Hi @renar
The the_field() function will only show the value of the selected choice, not the label. Could you please check the var_dump() result on the Hebrew page? Please keep in mind that the translated page has a different ID than the original page. If the choices show the Hebrew label, then you can show the label like this:
<?php
$field = get_field_object('field_name');
$value = get_field('field_name');
$label = $field['choices'][ $value ];
?>
<p>Color: <?php echo $label; ?></p>
Please check the link I gave you before to learn more about it.
If it doesn’t show the Hebrew label, could you please var_dump() it without the ID of the page like the following?
echo "<pre>";
$select_object = get_field_object('select_field_name');
var_dump($select_object);
echo "</pre>";
If still no joy, I’m afraid you need to translate it by using WordPress localization functions. This page should give you more idea about it: https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers.
Hope this helps 🙂
Thank you, this was helpful and I can get the Hebrew showing now.
