# Translation Manager and punctuation problem

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388 "2024-10-17T14:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aiasa21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/1 "2024-10-17T14:05:07Z")

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Hi,

I need your help about using tra Translation Manager.

This are the translation words and settings:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/a/da107b71e3663b5ae17bc39fc8512c1de32575ce.png)

Why if I translate this  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/7/7763331b5064f3d0c645edf07cff45abd16db5c5.png)

This is the result?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/f/df4f2443266a56acd1ed06b12883c6797d636359.png)

As you can see the **:** are missing.

Thank you for the help.

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/2 "2024-10-17T14:16:54Z")

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Would not `:` be considered punctuation?

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**Author:** ![Aiasa21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/3 "2024-10-17T14:19:31Z")

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If is deselect "Ignore Punctuation" the translation doesn't happen anymore, looks like if is not selected the string doesn't match

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/4 "2024-10-17T14:21:20Z")

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My guess is it matches because you are ignoring punctuation, then it replaces it with your alternate which does not have the punctuation.

Seeing as the label has a border, I would just scrap the colon.

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**Author:** ![Aiasa21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/5 "2024-10-17T14:25:27Z")

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> [@dkhayes117](#):
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> My guess is it matches because you are ignoring punctuation, then it replaces it with your alternate which does not have the punctuation.

Yeah could be, but this means that we have to do the translation twice..with and without the **:**?  
I mean if this is the "solution" I can do this but it looks a little bit weird.

> [@dkhayes117](#):
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> Seeing as the label has a border

No there's no border of the label, this are the settings of the style  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/3/f3822b9e08055cb9086ead09d354863f607ca0ee.png)

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/6 "2024-10-17T14:32:06Z")

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> [@Aiasa21](#):
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> No there's no border of the label, this are the settings of the style

I mean whatever component the numbers are in. The colon does not seem necessary to me.

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**Author:** ![Aiasa21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/7 "2024-10-17T14:34:58Z")

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Ok sorry, yes probably you're right in this case, my question is generic just to understand the better way to move on with the translations.

Thanks for the help!

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-and-punctuation-problem/97388/8 "2024-10-17T14:36:50Z")

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A work around is to use a _separate_ label that holds only the colon. Then it would be ignored and untouched.