How to translate / edit labels in the theme?

In order to translate / edit labels in the theme, you need to install this software http://poedit.net/wordpress When you run it http://screencast.com/t/wv1A4XtTKbz you will have to import en_US po file from your theme folder/languages.

Next, translate your labels as in the screenshot http://screencast.com/t/LhyzzhLJMda and check your site again.

If your WP Dashboard is in another language (other than English) then click here to create new po file http://screencast.com/t/gliXcWMMoHuy for your language.

Import en_US file from theme folder/language http://screencast.com/t/GTU9BisAcIw and select your new language from the Translation Language dropdown menu http://screencast.com/t/tBz2EbaA64fA and translate as explained above.

When you’ve finished translating, upload your new .po files to theme folder/llanguages folder on your server.

If you don’t want to loose changes after theme update, install and activate child theme. Then inside child theme create folder language and copy your translation files there. Paste this code to child theme’s functions.php file

if(!function_exists('qode_load_child_theme_domain')) {
    function qode_load_child_theme_domain() {
        load_theme_textdomain('qode', get_stylesheet_directory().'/languages');
    }

    add_action('after_setup_theme', 'qode_load_child_theme_domain');
}