some constants are not translated on the bilingual site

[michelerighetti]

Hello. I am making a site in 2 languages Italian (main language) and English. I have set up the menus correctly. I have checked all the errors that I could have made by reading on this forum. Unfortunately it happens that the site in English is partially translated. Some things are translated and some are not.
For example in the category screen the product titles and short descriptions are not translated, if I view the single product it is translated.
In the single product there are custom fields with the constants set for the translation, some fields are translated, others are not.
I have set up a side menu with categories, but they are not translated.
I can't understand what's wrong.
I post some image

[GJC Web Design]

have you correctly installed the VM lang files and translated the products?

for the custom fields u have to use lang constants and translate them in the Joomla lang over rides system

[michelerighetti]

have you correctly installed the VM lang files and translated the products?

for the custom fields u have to use lang constants and translate them in the Joomla lang over rides system

I have used Constants for translating Custom fields and I have translated the constants in both languages in the Joomla lang overrrides System.
About the Vm language pack, can you explain to me how to install correctly? I believe I have done the correct procedure.
however I only find thelang pack version for VM2 and not for VM3. it's right?

[GJC Web Design]

yes.. the lang packs page has a wrong VM2 header

sorry .. out of ideas re the rest .. I have no problems with multi lingual sites..
have u tried as a test with SEF off ?

[michelerighetti]

Yes, I did a test with sef disabled. Nothing changes.

[Jörgen]

Turn on language debug in Joomla to see what it gives for clues.

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[michelerighetti]

Thank you for your answer. I turned on language debugging and it doesn't give me any useful clues.

[Jörgen]

That screenshot ypu show is totally meaningless. You should see untranslated strings and notices in you rendered output. It is not a strict report tool. It displays clues everywhere in your output.

Jörgen

[jjk]

Can you provide a link to that website? That would make it easier to see what might be wrong.

[Studio 42]

Do a screenshot with debug Language active please
Some issue can be because your template do not use Joomla Key system

[michelerighetti]

Can you provide a link to that website? That would make it easier to see what might be wrong.

the website is in maintenance mode at the moment.

[michelerighetti]

Do a screenshot with debug Language active please
Some issue can be because your template do not use Joomla Key system

I don't understand i ?? in some fields. What is the meaning of those ??
What is the difference between ** and ??

[Jörgen]

https://docs.joomla.org/Debugging_a_translation/en

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[michelerighetti]

https://docs.joomla.org/Debugging_a_translation/en

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

Thanks Jörgen, I have read the page dedicated to the translation indicated by you. In the image I have highlighted 3 words which are taken from the same place but one is translated and the others are not. The debug says that the category title is translatable, but it does not find the translation, but the translation is there, in the side menu it says that it is not translatable and this puzzles me. I really don't understand where I'm wrong.

[Studio 42]

If only some are translatable, it's because  in some case you have the PHP code
echo Jtext::_($original_string);
and when not translatable only
echo $original_string;
As i explained before, this need to be checked in the template overrides