-- this universal bug is still open for Odoo 16 / 17  - and everyone who is telling the opposite is wrong!

see

https://github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/115876

Hi everybody, I just found this error while working with a JS translation and a teammate helped me, let me help you as well.

I attached a snippet to this response, basically you have to inherit the method of the attached snippet and change the line with the OR expression, substitute ´your_modules_name´ value. In the method comments is the explanation about why this needs to be made. Hope this works for you!

from odoo import models
from odoo.osv import expression
​

	​class IrHttp(models.AbstractModel):
	​	​_inherit = "ir.http"
	​	​@classmethod
	​	​def _get_translation_frontend_modules_domain(cls):	​
	​	​	​# Odoo by default only gets the translations for the modules 	​that have
	​	​# `website` in it's name, that being said, if an app ads static files
	​	​# and doesn't have the word `website` the translations are not brought.
	​	​# for a better explanation see:
	​	​#https://github.com/Vauxoo/odoo/commit/8b8815f44cc7e8529ba0f841c7366ee6b8e28356
	​	​domain = super()._get_translation_frontend_modules_domain()
		​​return expression.OR([domain, [("name", "in", ["your_module_name"])]])    

This seems to still be an issue. Having the same trouble when trying to change translation for: l10n_din5008_document_title on odoo.sh
https://github\\.com/odoo/odoo/blob/d748ca8708aa5d13737de9b78722b3755a6cdebc/addons/l10n_din5008_sale/models/sale\\.py 

I\\ think\\ also\\ here\\ the\\ issue\\ ist\\ that\\ it's\\ marked\\ as\\ a\\ python\\ code\\ value\\ in\\ csv\\ \\(see\\ last\\ column:\\ odoo\\-python\\): 
l10n_din5008_sale,code,addons/l10n_din5008_sale/models/sale.py,41,Sales Order,Verkaufsauftrag,odoo-python

To make sure I was using the very last version of Odoo 16, I just tested today on odoo runbot with both version CE and Enterprise,  (Odoo 16.0+e (Enterprise Edition) Database expiration: July 3, 2023. I tested both with PO file and with CSV file. I did a simple test: Translate website product page message: "Get notified with back in stock". It is not working. Please try! Any suggestion ?

website_sale_stock,code,addons/website_sale_stock/static/src/xml/website_sale_stock_product_availability.xml,19,Get notified when back in stock,Avvisami quando torna disponibile,odoo-javascript

We can import/export translations in Odoo16

Go to Settings -> Translation -> Export Translation -> Then add Language(French) , file format(PO file) and Apps to Export(Odoo15 CRM kit, CRM Dashboard) ->Export

Download the .po file

(If you need any more translation to add it in the .py file) then,

Go to Settings -> Translation -> Import Translation -> Then add language and corresponding language code also add the downloaded .py file and enable the boolean field 'Overwrite Existing Terms' ->Import

Go to My Profile -> Preferences -> Language

Apologies for answering ourselves.

For anyone landing here, this bug has been solved on latest Odoo 16 update.


Please, refer to the following report: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/115876


Import translation is currently working as per April 2023 Odoo 16 updates.


Please, update your Odoo installation in order to fix it.


How to translate Odoo 16:

 
1. Settings > Translations > Export a translation for a single or all modules.
2. Donwload a .PO (or CSV) and open using POEDIT or just a TXT editor.
3. Import .PO file once modified locally and saved ("Overwrite Existing Terms" option should be checked whilst importing).


Once uploaded, no need to restart server, neither upgrading module being translated.


Regards

I tested today and was able to get Translations working fine:

1. Identify the App or Apps containing the terms you want to export.  

For this example, we will translate the CRM stage name "Proposition" to "Proposal", so by checking the Metadata of this record in Developer mode, we can see that we need to export the CRM App:

2. Via the Export Translation Menu, select the App or Apps you wish to export, with the Language you wish to translate selected.

You cannot translate English (US) as this is the base language for Odoo, but you can export English (US) and work with the terms it exports.

3. Download and edit the CSV file, adding the Value for the term(s) you want to replace. 

For this example, there is only one occurrence of the word "Proposition" in the CRM App, but you may find more if the term is also used in Menus or Filters, etc. Be sure to check every place the term occurs in the src field in your downloaded file.

4. Upload your edited file. Be sure to use the same Language Name and code for the language you want to change terms for.

Again, you can't translate English (US) so you will either need to create your own language, or overwrite terms in another language.

5. Switch to the Language you have translated, via the Preferences Menu, to see the terms translated: