# Fallback to English locale doesn't work when English string is blank

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/fallback-to-english-locale-doesnt-work-when-english-string-is-blank/58157
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fallback-to-english-locale-doesnt-work-when-english-string-is-blank/58157 "2017-03-01T10:11:20Z")
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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fallback-to-english-locale-doesnt-work-when-english-string-is-blank/58157/1 "2017-03-01T10:11:20Z")

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@zogstrip There’s another regression with the new I18n fallback.

It’s not possible to translate strings in Transifex that are blank in the English locale files. Transifex simply ignores them. Up until now this wasn’t a problem since Discourse always used the blank strings from the English locale files, but that doesn’t seem to work anymore.

For example, `desktop_notifications.currently_enabled` exists only in `client.en.yml` and it is blank.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/locales/client.en.yml#L565-L568>

That’s how it currently looks with the German locale:  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/a/dab3a9a6485b0d2b1989c21345691043830236b4.png)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fallback-to-english-locale-doesnt-work-when-english-string-is-blank/58157/3 "2017-03-01T10:31:19Z")

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It’s now _fixinated_ 🍓

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b20b568039ca83334ab0eb5354ec47728b61fded](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b20b568039ca83334ab0eb5354ec47728b61fded)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fallback-to-english-locale-doesnt-work-when-english-string-is-blank/58157/4 "2017-03-01T12:32:09Z")

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