# How to translate/edit texts/words?

You want to use your preferred language on the theme, just use the Loco Translate Plugin to work it out

1. From the dashboard go to **Plugins** [**→**](https://www.toptal.com/designers/htmlarrows/arrows/right-arrow/) **Add New**

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2. Search for the **Loco Translate** plugin

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3. Install and activate the plugin

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4. Choose the Nuss theme or a plugin you want to edit

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5. Click the **New language** link
6. Now you have to choose the language and the file location from the dropdown menus. As was mentioned previously, this action is required both for localization of your website for any language or just changing the strings with your own ones.

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7\.  Finally, you should see a list with all the theme’s/plugins’ strings and you can start to change/translate strings:

* Search for the string that you want to change;
* Add your own value for the string;
* And click the **Save** button

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If you want the Loco Translation translate your strings automatically, you can setup a third partly for this matter as below:

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