# Translation Basics

The Motors - Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing plugin includes many units, elements, and widgets with dynamic content. The entire website's content—such as pages, and posts (listings and their contents), is made up of these elements and widgets. 

If you want to translate your website that uses the Motors plugin, make sure you have already added the content in the desired language to your pages, posts, and other areas.

## Dynamic and Static Strings <a href="#dynamic-and-static-strings" id="dynamic-and-static-strings"></a>

So there are two types of strings when it comes to translating WordPress website:

* **Dynamic Strings** - strings that have been entered by the user or can be modified by the user within the plugin or theme settings (no need for other plugins). For example, **the name, description**, and **features** of the listings are **dynamic**. You can change them directly to your language in the listing or the plugin settings **without any third-party plugins.**

<figure><img src="https://3691894799-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FhdEQqDAl80vVzOxJm8Us%2Fuploads%2FN7UxBDUfQ8itMVzzvI1f%2Fdynamic%20strings.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=473b8afe-997f-48f4-a000-c2f6ecb73214" alt=""><figcaption><p>Dynamic Strings in the Single Listing Page</p></figcaption></figure>

* **Static Strings** - these are texts that are hard-coded in your WordPress themes or plugins. They remain the same unless someone manually changes them in the code. For example, you cannot edit texts in your **plugin settings**, **menus** in the **listing page**, some headings in the listing page, or any **texts inside buttons**. These texts don’t change unless the developer updates the code. We **need a third-party plugin** to translate them.

<figure><img src="https://3691894799-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FhdEQqDAl80vVzOxJm8Us%2Fuploads%2FXaRiDtuOgQ22rX7lbd8V%2Fstatic%20strings.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=7f836303-433d-4255-9dc2-12591cca1b4e" alt=""><figcaption><p>Static Strings in the Single Listing Page</p></figcaption></figure>

Technically, translating static strings in WordPress is replacing one word with another, regardless of the language. Here comes [Loco Translate](https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/motors-car-dealer-classifieds-and-listing/translating-plugin-into-a-different-language/translating-static-strings) to help.


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