Wordpress child theme translation

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I'd like to translate a child theme of wordpress twentythirteen theme. Following the documentation, I've created and located fr_FR.po and fr_FR.mo files in a languages subdirectory of the child theme. The translation files contain only the child theme's specific translations. Then I've added the following in functions.php:

function theme_vja_setup() {      
  load_child_theme_textdomain('twentythirteen', 
       get_stylesheet_directory()."/languages");
}

add_action('after_setup_theme','theme_vja_setup');

I can't get what I'm doing wrong but I can't get the child theme translated

Looking at wordpress trac:

load_child_theme _text_domain verifies that $path is not empty and then call load_theme_text_domain. load_theme_text_domain in turn tries to load the parent localization file wp-content/languages/themes/twentythirteen-fr_FR.mo which exists --> the function load_text_domain returns true and the loading stops

Any direction would be appreciated, I'm going crazy.

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1 Answers

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You don’t need this code in functions.php. Copy the .po and .mo files in the wp-content/languages/themes folder.

Name them:

[yourchildthemename]-fr_FR.po

and 

[yourchildthemename]-fr_FR.mo.

(replace [yourchildthemename] by the slug of your child theme)

Regards Tom