Comment 1 for bug 1271010

Just a note here. The string should actually be:

$string['parentlanguage'] = 'pt.utf8';

Because the result is being retrieved by this line in htdocs/lib/mahara.php:

$result = get_string_local(get_language_root($parentlang) . 'lang/', $parentlang . '/' . $section . '.php', $identifier);

So, make sure there is '.utf8' attached.