# Translation Manager Order of Operations

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-order-of-operations/101325>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [January 24, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-order-of-operations/101325 "2025-01-24T03:45:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translation-manager-order-of-operations/101325/1 "2025-01-24T03:45:30Z")

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I am curious if anyone knows when using the translation manager in Perspective with some locale that is not English, does it query the IDB once to change the strings? Or is there a sequential check when the browser reloads?

I'm curious because I am looking at the system.util.translate function which is essentially doing what is described above as a one off. So why would I need to call this function if there is a global way to set translated strings?