# Site setting keys are not translateable?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-keys-are-not-translateable/51516>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Octobre 13, 2016, 7:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-keys-are-not-translateable/51516 "2016-10-13T19:45:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [Octobre 13, 2016, 9:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-keys-are-not-translateable/51516/5 "2016-10-13T21:12:53Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> I don’t see this as being that big of a problem as long as the values are translatable. And this is in the Admin pages after all.

The point is all people should be able to read all of them in their own language. It doesn’t make sense if setting’s description is translated or not. They shouldn’t be condemned to read foreign language.

> [@Mittineague](#):
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> If this is important to you why not write a “translated key mapped to umtranslated key” plugin?

Because I don’t know how to write a plugin.

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