# 7.9.9 Translation imports to Alternate English

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-9-translation-imports-to-alternate-english/20677>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-9-translation-imports-to-alternate-english/20677 "2018-11-08T17:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-9-translation-imports-to-alternate-english/20677/1 "2018-11-08T17:49:18Z")

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Hey all,

Been working on a script to automate translations through MS Translate (2 miilion characters free per month appeals to my sense of cheap). My XMLs seem to be generating okay.

However, when I try to import, it ignores the locale. It does, however, use the locale in a an xml exported from the translation manager.

Everything works otherwise, but I’m confused as to why the locale is ignored. Here’s a input and output file for your consideration.

[translatorTest\_ja\_output.XML](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/8/8cb7d2033a70855520727255bbd88c8434260138.XML) (462 Bytes)  
[translatorTest\_ja.XML](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/127d9b1532b4c94eb021ee9f3ce9339e81c47113.XML) (341 Bytes)

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-9-translation-imports-to-alternate-english/20677/2 "2018-11-08T19:23:42Z")

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Well, I have good news and I have bad news…

The bad news is we’re completely failing to parse the locale. I’ll make a ticket for that, because we can do better there. (For my future self, ticket is FB11592)

The good news is if you set the dropdown to Japanese, even though it _looks_ like it will import to English Alternate, it imports to Japanese.

You’re a brave man to trust automated translations. 😆

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-9-translation-imports-to-alternate-english/20677/3 "2018-11-08T19:56:56Z")

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Thanks, Kathy.

It’s not really something I needed, per se, but it would give someone a nice framework to start with if there are many entries and multiple locales.

Although you should see some translations from Japanese to English by live people… heh.