I want to change some placeholder text, and I want it do via locale files, so there any way to do? I have tried using by creating config/locales/client.en.yml, previously there was not those files present in themes, I also tried using locales/en.yml, but none of these works. I think I can do this via admin settings → text and change value from there, but I want to achieve that from discourse theme files. So is there any working method to achieve this?

[image] Linca: I18n.translations[I18n.currentLocale()].js.composer.reply = "ylper"; [image] sevadev-ramchandra: Can we achieve that from locale yml files ? You can combine these two approaches, so something like: I18n.translations[I18n.currentLocale()].js.composer.reply = I18n.t(themePrefix("my_translation_key"));

Yes, you can. An example: I18n.translations[I18n.currentLocale()].js.composer.reply = "ylper"; [image]

Can we achieve that from locale yml files ?

I don’t know, I haven’t found any example of this yet. (maybe there are too few theme components I’ve looked at)

Hi :slight_smile: [image] sevadev-ramchandra: but I want to achieve that from discourse theme files. Why? If you change Discourse’s files, they will be overwritten each time you update it.

Can you override the locale via theme files?

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) May 2, 2023, 2:17pm 5

Why?

If you change Discourse’s files, they will be overwritten each time you update it.

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Can you override the locale via theme files?

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