The system uses gettext for localization

checkout http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/

Localized Files

locale dir https://github.com/ChurchCRM/CRM/tree/master/src/locale

System locale

The hosting system must have the correct locale as gettext depends on system libs for localization - see http://www.shellhacks.com/en/HowTo-Change-Locale-Language-and-Character-Set-in-Linux

Generate new message.po file

• ssh into vagrant box
• cd /vagrant/src
• run '$ xgettext --from-code=UTF-8 -o locale/messages.po .php email/.php Include/.php Reports/.php sundayschool/*.php'
• review changes in /vagrant/src/locale/messages.po
• commit messages.po