# Use script to add translation terms?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-script-to-add-translation-terms/59835>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-script-to-add-translation-terms/59835 "2022-05-20T13:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-script-to-add-translation-terms/59835/1 "2022-05-20T13:13:51Z")

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From script, is it possible to add some terms in translation manager ?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-script-to-add-translation-terms/59835/2 "2022-05-20T15:49:55Z")

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> [@\[feature-14961\]Add system.util.modifyTranslation to GW/Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14961-add-system-util-modifytranslation-to-gw-perspective/28157/2):
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> It’s not ideal, but this code should work for now (only from the Gateway/Perspective): from org.apache.commons.lang3 import LocaleUtils from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway import IgnitionGateway from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.i18n.translation import TranslationPackageDiff translationLocale = LocaleUtils.toLocale("en\_US") modifications = TranslationPackageDiff() modifications.addTranslation("term", translationLocale, "translation") IgnitionGateway.get().getLocalizati…

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-script-to-add-translation-terms/59835/3 "2022-05-20T15:50:17Z")

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Harder from a module, since the classes aren’t public.