# Translation doesnt works on Ghost 6

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/translation-doesnt-works-on-ghost-6/59651>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 16, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/translation-doesnt-works-on-ghost-6/59651 "2025-08-16T21:31:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![hackermade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hackermade/32/33939_2.png) [@hackermade](https://forum.ghost.org/u/hackermade)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/translation-doesnt-works-on-ghost-6/59651/1 "2025-08-16T21:31:17Z")

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Greetings, I have an `el.json` file that translates the theme, but I want to translate portal, comments, and some other parts of Ghost, so I copied the `ghost.json`, `comments.json`, `portal.json`, and `signup-form.json` from Ghost’s GitHub Repo, but I noticed that the translations are not rendered in the website. Maybe I have put them in the wrong folder? Currently are in the `locales/` of the theme. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Cathy\_Sarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cathy_sarisky/32/25750_2.png) [@Cathy\_Sarisky](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cathy_Sarisky)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/translation-doesnt-works-on-ghost-6/59651/2 "2025-08-17T00:20:08Z")

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Ghost does not retrieve those translations separately. They’re built into the Ghost software, the comments app, the portal app, and the sign-up form javascript.

The theme itself will read your translations, but everything else is not theme.

You could clone the Ghost repo, make your changes, and build the apps. You /may/ be able to replace ghost.json in your install, but I’m not sure.

Perhaps a better question would be this: What’s wrong with the Greek translations? If they need improvement or are missing strings, see this Github issue: [🌐 i18n mega-issue · Issue #23361 · TryGhost/Ghost · GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/23361)

If you’re looking to customize them to say something other than their intended meaning, then contributing back to the open source project would not be the solution, but if the quality of the translations needs improvement, I’d love to see you help make the Greek localization better for everyone!

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**Author:** ![hackermade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hackermade/32/33939_2.png) [@hackermade](https://forum.ghost.org/u/hackermade)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/translation-doesnt-works-on-ghost-6/59651/3 "2025-08-17T09:17:07Z")

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The translation that Ghost has in Greek is correct, but it uses plural almost everywhere instead of singular. That’s what i want to change in the Ghost core