# Language localization bug

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-localization-bug/281404
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [October 7, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-localization-bug/281404 "2023-10-07T03:33:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![Ellery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ellery/32/315016_2.png) [@Ellery](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellery)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-localization-bug/281404/1 "2023-10-07T03:33:43Z")

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In the community, we can choose to arrange posts either by change date or by the number of replies in each category, as shown in the image below:

 ![E31D5310-0AC3-4cb2-8C21-7397DF818DC4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/9/2/092e83871b2c62d348e62075664746ce503e0dbf.png)

However, I noticed that in our Chinese community, these two fields cannot be changed to Chinese:

 ![88AA92DD-14FA-4898-BDA6-BD2AB0DF84D5](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/b/c/1bcae088d76d20bd826ac1e7b2d56f026eff7b8a.png)

I tried to change all the relevant fields under “Admin” → “Customize” → “Text” to Chinese, but these two fields still remain in English:

 ![1A4EAAD4-ED6F-4d07-BA72-B117F89183EF](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/3/8/038cb73ff02809d7439f246aad92ecb75c2fd385.png)

Is this a current bug, or am I setting it up incorrectly? If it is a setting issue, how should I configure it to display these fields in Chinese?

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### Author: ![Lhc\_fl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lhc_fl/32/268115_2.png) [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-localization-bug/281404/2 "2023-10-07T09:30:24Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/5/6/556ae09579453fa25bfbd4376398311ab2d150db.png)  
It’s working for me here

By the way, what you changed is not the correct string.

It should be `js.activity`

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### Author: ![Ellery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ellery/32/315016_2.png) [@Ellery](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellery)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-localization-bug/281404/3 "2023-10-07T09:57:27Z")

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Can’t find this string… Could you please be more specific?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/3/a/23a469e58f79f4c4a42ceed917f84e30845e52ce.png)

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### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-localization-bug/281404/4 "2023-10-07T11:41:53Z")

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Hello 👋

This theme looks like to me [Sam’s Simple Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552)? Which override the template and adds theme translations where you can translate these.

Go to: `/admin/customize/themes/`  
Select: `Sam's Simple Theme`

This page you will see the theme translations.

 ![Screenshot 2023-10-07 at 13.36.41](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/d/1/ed1f4896aa6cceeaeddf2a554e0c5fb09c4ac72c.png)

Of course, It’s only works if I was correct and you use this theme. 🙂

If I was wrong with this - I am pretty sure you will find these translations in a theme or theme component you use because in Discourse core this section is different.