When localized category autocomplete sometimes works only with the translated term, sometimes only with the original and sometimes with both

Is there a reason why I can use both Bug and Fehler to filter the category dropdown at latest, but the dropdown in the composer only works with the German word?


Bug was also used very actively in German, did you perhaps also try it with other German/English words?

What difference does that make? I would have expected either both terms to work in all dropdowns or for neither to work in any of them.
However, in reality, both work on /latest, only German works in the selection in the composer, and only English works here when typing in the autocomplete.
But yes, I first had the problem with Dev > Translations and that is not similar to Ăśbersetzungen.

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I extracted this into its own topic as it’s good to track separately.

Since the filter in German works I think it makes sense to use German for now. If the translation Fehler is wrong, feel free to let me know here.

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I also tried to reproduce the problem using Chinese.

Dropdown on /latest: I can use the translated and the real name of the category
:check_mark: 错误
:check_mark: bug

Dropdown in the composer: The real name of the category doesn’t work:
:check_mark: 错误
:cross_mark: bug

Autocomplete in the composer: Only the real name of the category works
:cross_mark: 错误
:check_mark: bug

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This is still the case:
At topic lists I can search for the name which matches what I currently see in the interface: “übersetzung”


But I can also search for the name I am used to, which is “translations”

Both result in Contribute > Translations


But when I am creating a new topic, only the German term “übersetzungen” works


In contrast, while writing this post, the hashtag autocomplete only works with the English term.


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There is no result for the German term.


My preferred solution would be that both languages work all the time, so I don’t have to think about my current interface language before entering a category. But if that’s not possible, it would be great if using the German name, which I currently see in my interface, would work in all places.