# Display source string and available variables when customize text

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-source-string-and-available-variables-when-customize-text/162647
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-source-string-and-available-variables-when-customize-text/162647 "2020-09-01T09:28:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![hawm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-source-string-and-available-variables-when-customize-text/162647/1 "2020-09-01T09:28:19Z")

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When language do not have a decent translation or Discourse admin want to customize it, it should help a lot.

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-source-string-and-available-variables-when-customize-text/162647/2 "2020-09-01T16:44:42Z")

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Are you wanting to see the English translation of the key on the text customization page?

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### Author: ![hawm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-source-string-and-available-variables-when-customize-text/162647/3 "2020-09-01T17:35:46Z")

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Yes, withou the original English text may confuse me after text has been modifiy locally.