# Use localized automatic topic messages despite per-user language profile

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 4, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451 "2014-08-04T10:28:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451/1 "2014-08-04T10:28:24Z")

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Currently it looks as if I (the admin) close the topic, the English message is posted automatically despite global forum language is set to Russian.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451/2 "2014-08-04T23:53:29Z")

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@neil can you verify that the i18n text is used here?

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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451/3 "2014-08-05T18:19:15Z")

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I can see a problem. Not sure if it’s the one you’re describing.

1. Allow per-user languages.
2. Set global language to Russian.
3. As admin, set my language to French.
4. Close a topic.

The “This topic is closed” post will be in French, but should be in Russian.

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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451/4 "2014-08-05T19:34:24Z")

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Exactly.  
I suppose this is not intentional?

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451/5 "2025-12-04T11:31:09Z")

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