Solved post snippet is not localized in OP

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In a feature discussion about content localization, users report that post snippets and topic titles aren’t properly localized—even when content is in a different language (e.g., French) and the user’s locale is set to English. RGJ first highlights the issue, noting that while the topic title was manually updated with [Résolu] (French for “Solved”), the snippet and title weren’t translated. nat clarifies that plugins currently don’t localize content, but plans exist to address this. Moin questions whether this is a plugin-specific issue or a broader localization problem. RGJ confirms the snippet issue is distinct from the title’s lack of translation, which is a core Discourse feature, not plugin-related. nat agrees, noting that title translation is handled separately and differently from plugin content. The core bugs identified are: (1) snippets not localized, (2) topic titles not translated even when updated manually, and (3) plugin-added content (like [Résolu]) not triggering localization. The thread concludes with nat confirming that the OP has been updated to reflect the correct scope and linking to a GitHub PR that resolves the issue.

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The topic shown here was written in French. My locale is set to English.
At various places, the French text appears.
I could swear I have seen a report of this before, but I am unable to find it.

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Thanks for the report.

We don’t yet localize content added by plugins, but have some plans to do so in the future.

EDIT: I updated your OP @RGJ to reflect what I think is the issue here.

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I am a little confused. How are the first two boxes connected to the solved plugin? Isn’t that a general issue that the untranslated title is used? I had the impression the [Résolu] was added to the topic’s title by a user, not by the plugin.

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Possibly, but somehow it’s (or actually, I see now: the entire topic title) not being translated.

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I understand the snippet part, even though it’s hard to explain to a non-technical user that some parts of their screen are “plugin territory”, especially since that plugin is included in core.

But the <title> not being translated is not caused by the plugin?

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Yup, that is different and can be separately updated.

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I’m not sure what you mean by that.

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Yes, this is correct. And subsequently, the translated title was not updated.

So we have:

  • solved feature request: snippet not localized
  • core bug: <title> not translated
  • core bug: topic title translation not updated when topic title changes
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Topic title translation issues
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This is now done here:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36139

OP will still be a ways to go.

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