# Editing plugin translation strings in the admin panel when the forum language is not defined for the plugin has no effect

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-plugin-translation-strings-in-the-admin-panel-when-the-forum-language-is-not-defined-for-the-plugin-has-no-effect/54844>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [27. Dezember 2016 um 21:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-plugin-translation-strings-in-the-admin-panel-when-the-forum-language-is-not-defined-for-the-plugin-has-no-effect/54844 "2016-12-27T21:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [27. Dezember 2016 um 21:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-plugin-translation-strings-in-the-admin-panel-when-the-forum-language-is-not-defined-for-the-plugin-has-no-effect/54844/1 "2016-12-27T21:00:28Z")

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If the current forum language does not exist in the plugin, then overriding strings in the admin panel does not work.

As an example: if I have a plugin which only has english language translations, and somebody installs it on a french forum, the english strings will be used (this makes sense).

However, if the forum owner goes into the admin panel and tries to update the translation string, that change has no effect.

See today:

> [@Discourse Who's Online](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-whos-online/52345/26):
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> It’s working fine for label in discourse core, but not for your plugin, or cakeday for example. Thanks.

And also in April:

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092/45?u=david\_taylor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092/45)

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092/47?u=david\_taylor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092/47)

Could be related to this:

> [@Translation of tagging selector does not change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-of-tagging-selector-does-not-change/46119):
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> when i change the text in the tag-selector from “all tags” to the string i want, it remains unaffected: [image] it shouldn’t be cache issue, since i’ve just updated the site. update: i just checked and it seems this happens for some other strings related to “tags” feature.

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