Translation: PoEdit -> where should I save the updated .po and .mo files?

[Jasmine]

Jasmine

September 15, 2015 at 12:00 pm

Hi! I am using a child theme of Pinnacle 1.4.8
Some expressions in the parent theme are not yet translated into French, for example in the 404 page.
I opened the file: wp-content -> themes -> pinnacle_premium -> languages -> fr_FR.po using the free software PoEdit.
Upon saving the fr_FR.po file, it did update the fr_FR.mo file. But I am afraid that these translated strings might be overwritten when the parent theme is updated in the future.
=> Should I save these 2 files elsewehere to ensure they are not overwritten by new versions of the parent theme? If so, where should they be saved? In my child theme in a special folder?
=> Also, if I do save them elsewhere, how will the theme be able to use new expressions created in the updated of the theme?
Thanks!