I’ve read that the only way to nab all the texts to replace is by using the Site texts settings and replacing each one. I’m trying to change the verbiage: Topics → Threads Categories → Forums Subcategories → Subforums Because that just makes way more sense to me with message boards. I was able t…

If that’s the hill you want to die on (and when you ask questions here, are you going to use your language or ours?), you can look at https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/locales/client.en.yml and see all of them.

Depending on whether you can use 3rd-party plugins, this might be of some use? [afbeelding] Globally replace translations Plugin information_source Summary This plugin allows you to globally replace certain words in the translation hammer_and_wrench Rep…

Lol, I’ll use your language to keep things sane! RE: this file, can I just change the contents of it for my local install and things will change everywhere in the site?

Oh thank you for sharing. I worry about the possibility of it damaging UI elements per the comments…

That’s mostly to let you see what all of them are. You could edit that file and then contrive to have your version copied over the one in the container. Another thing you could do would be to edit it and then contrive to update the stuff in the database via the API. Or you might do it in rails. Ac…

So do you mean, this file is what the app interprets to populate the database with the actual values? That is, this is the “defaults” that the system reads from?

[afbeelding] alkah3st: this file is what the app interprets to populate the database with the actual values? No, I don’t think so. This doesn’t hit the database (I think it would be too slow). I believe most of the locale stuff is processed in memory for speed, using Redis as a cache (happy…

[afbeelding] alkah3st: this file is what the app interprets to populate the database with the actual values No. [afbeelding] alkah3st: That is, this is the “defaults” that the system reads from Yes. So if you do what to change them all, which is a terrible idea, you could edit that f…

Respectfully, you guys don’t know my use case. Saying it’s a “terrible idea” or that I may be damaging the user experience without knowing why I’m doing what I’m doing assumes I’m doing it out of ignorance. I’m not interested in getting into a debate about taxonomy or user experience. For my use cas…

[afbeelding] alkah3st: So the most efficient way to change these terms sitewide is just to change this file and move it into the /locales/ folder That’s one way to do it. You’d need to edit your app.yml to make it to it every time you build a new container. [afbeelding] alkah3st: I assum…

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JammyDodger 20 mei 2025 om 22:23 3

Depending on whether you can use 3rd-party plugins, this might be of some use?

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Globally replace translations Plugin	19	612	19 april 2026
Bulk replacement in translated strings? Support	11	1117	10 juli 2024
Is there a way to easily replace the word "Topic" everywhere on my site at once Support	5	936	17 november 2021
Some of Site Texts doesn't accept changes Support	10	792	30 september 2020
How can I change my sites local translate to my own settings Support	4	775	22 juli 2022

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