For all those with Wordpress language issues.

[Diogenes]

It seems that there´s an issue with the gettext library and wordpress running on x64 based machine. Basically it´s a byte addressing issue regarding the language files located at wp-includes/languages. The system cannot read the .mo file them it loads default english captions.

For Wordpress 2.3.2 open wp-includes/gettext.php and at line 105 find:

		// Caching can be turned off
		$this->enable_cache = $enable_cache;

		// $MAGIC1 = (int)0x950412de; //bug in PHP 5.0.2, see https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10565
		$MAGIC1 = (int) - 1794895138;
		// $MAGIC2 = (int)0xde120495; //bug
		$MAGIC2 = (int) - 569244523;
		// 64-bit fix
		$MAGIC3 = (int) 2500072158;

		$this->STREAM = $Reader;
		$magic = $this->readint();
		if ($magic == ($MAGIC1 & 0xFFFFFFFF) || $magic == ($MAGIC3 & 0xFFFFFFFF)) { // to make sure it works for 64-bit platforms
			$this->BYTEORDER = 0;
		} elseif ($magic == ($MAGIC2 & 0xFFFFFFFF)) {
			$this->BYTEORDER = 1;
		} else {
			$this->error = 1; // not MO file
			return false;
		}

Then change it to:

		// Caching can be turned off
		$this->enable_cache = $enable_cache;

		// $MAGIC1 = (int)0x950412de; //bug in PHP 5.0.2, see https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10565
		$MAGIC1 = (int) - 1794895138;
		// $MAGIC2 = (int)0xde120495; //bug
		$MAGIC2 = (int) - 569244523;
		// 64-bit fix
		$MAGIC3 = (int) 2500072158;

		$this->STREAM = $Reader;
		$magic = $this->readint();
		if ($magic == $MAGIC1 || $magic == $MAGIC3) { // <- 64 BIT FIX: CHANGE THIS LINE!
			$this->BYTEORDER = 0;
		} elseif ($magic == ($MAGIC2)) {
			$this->BYTEORDER = 1;
		} else {
			$this->error = 1; // not MO file
			return false;
		}

Note the "& 0xFFFFFFFF"s have to be wiped out. Now Wordpress can recognize your .mo file under x64 architecture machines and load the correct language file. Please test it and post any questions, for me it worked.
P.S: Based upon wordpress and gettext forum threads.

[Early Out]

Diogenes, many thanks for posting this. For many of us, we never have to deal with language issues (or even worse, character encoding), so we're ill-equipped to help people who are having problems in that area.

I designed a skin for JAlbum, and one of the users was having trouble getting it to display the proper characters in the title bar on the page - in Chinese! To say that I wasn't much help would be an understatement.

[Diogenes]

Diogenes, many thanks for posting this. For many of us, we never have to deal with language issues (or even worse, character encoding), so we're ill-equipped to help people who are having problems in that area.

I designed a skin for JAlbum, and one of the users was having trouble getting it to display the proper characters in the title bar on the page - in Chinese! To say that I wasn't much help would be an understatement.

You´re Welcome! It worked for me and I wanted to share with you all.

[GKDantas]

Men you salve my life, thanks for the answer to that strange behavior

[Diogenes]

News!

Wordpress people has released a fixed version of their software. Check at www.wordpress.org, version 2.3.3 has some security related fixes and the language issue resolved.

If anyone could test it under bluehost, please post here