# Perspective: alarms texts localization issue

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarms-texts-localization-issue/60538>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarms-texts-localization-issue/60538 "2022-06-09T11:19:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pgmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarms-texts-localization-issue/60538/1 "2022-06-09T11:19:32Z")

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One of my alarms `Display Path` property is the result of an expression like this:

`concat("Alrm bench#",{benchNr}," - ",translate("Charger line fault or offline"))`

Even if a translation for _Charger line fault or offline_ has been added into the Translation Manager, the alarm text in the _Alarm Status Table_ gets not translated.  
Any suggestion?

Thanks, regards

Ignition **8.1.17 (b2022051210)**, Perspective Module

**UPDATE**  
After some more testing, I saw that if the expression is as simple as:

`translate("Charger line fault or offline")`

translation works smoothly. But as soon as I add some more functions like `concat` or I try chaining a string to the `translate` result with a `+`, translation fails.

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**Author:** ![Mikhail\_Simin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mikhail_simin/32/35931_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Simin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mikhail_Simin)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarms-texts-localization-issue/60538/2 "2022-06-23T18:36:50Z")

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Does the translation function simply not work, or are you getting `"Alrm bench{benchNr}, - translate("Charger line fault or offline")` literally inside the expression tag?

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**Author:** ![pgmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarms-texts-localization-issue/60538/3 "2022-06-29T08:16:34Z")

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Hi Mikhail, sorry for being back to you so late. No, it does not work at all. As a workaround a moved the **benchNr** info to the `Label` field. It would be nice if I could use the `DisplayPath` instead, as I initially thought.  
Thanks, regards