My comment field label translation broke with 1.1.0

Heya, thanks for flagging this!

In order to try to reproduce this issue I’ll need a little bit more information.

What multilingual plugin are you using on your site? Does this issue happen when not using said plugin? You can also share your Site Health info (Tools -> Site Health -> Info -> copy to clipboard), which would be helpful.

Are there more untranslated strings or is this the only one?

What I see at first glance is that your theme, Blocksy, is not fully translated into Danish, there’s no translation for the string “Leave a Reply” either. So it makes sense that the string is only in English.

Lets get that site health out of the way first ??

` wp-core

version: 6.4.2
site_language: da_DK
user_language: en_GB
timezone: Europe/Copenhagen
permalink: /%postname%/
https_status: true
multisite: false
user_registration: 0
blog_public: 1
default_comment_status: open
environment_type: production
user_count: 3
dotorg_communication: true wp-paths-sizes

wordpress_path: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk
wordpress_size: 92,41 MB (96899819 bytes)
uploads_path: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/uploads
uploads_size: 52,15 MB (54685371 bytes)
themes_path: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/themes
themes_size: 11,82 MB (12391001 bytes)
plugins_path: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/plugins
plugins_size: 136,80 MB (143440337 bytes)
database_size: 46,30 MB (48545792 bytes)
total_size: 339,47 MB (355962320 bytes) wp-dropins (2)

fatal-error-handler.php: true
object-cache.php: true wp-active-theme

name: Blocksy (blocksy)
version: 2.0.22
author: CreativeThemes
author_website: https://creativethemes.com
parent_theme: none
theme_features: widgets-block-editor, automatic-feed-links, responsive-embeds, html5, title-tag, custom-logo, lifterlms-sidebars, boostify-header-footer, fl-theme-builder-headers, fl-theme-builder-footers, fl-theme-builder-parts, editor-styles, editor-style, editor-color-palette, editor-gradient-presets, post-thumbnails, menus, align-wide, customize-selective-refresh-widgets, header-footer-elementor, disable-custom-font-sizes, disable-custom-colors, disable-custom-gradients, widgets
theme_path: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/themes/blocksy
auto_update: Disabled wp-themes-inactive (1)

Twenty Twenty: version: 2.5, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled wp-plugins-active (31)

Accessibility Checker: version: 1.7.1, author: Equalize Digital, Auto-updates enabled
Accessibility Checker Pro: version: 1.5.2, author: Equalize Digital, Auto-updates disabled
Activity Log: version: 2.9.0, author: Activity Log Team, Auto-updates disabled
Admin Columns: version: 4.6.1, author: AdminColumns.com, Auto-updates enabled
All-in-One WP Migration: version: 7.79, author: ServMask, Auto-updates disabled
Antispam Bee: version: 2.11.5, author: pluginkollektiv, Auto-updates enabled
Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster: version: 1.3.9.3, author: Gabe Livan, Auto-updates disabled
Blocksy Companion (Premium): version: 2.0.22, author: CreativeThemes, Auto-updates enabled
Clean Image Filenames: version: 1.4, author: Upperdog, Auto-updates enabled
Content Aware Sidebars: version: 3.19.3, author: Joachim Jensen - DEV Institute, Auto-updates disabled
Embed Privacy: version: 1.8.1, author: Epiphyt, Auto-updates disabled
EWWW Image Optimizer: version: 7.2.3, author: Exactly WWW, Auto-updates disabled
Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups: version: 1.0.3, author: Dream-Encode, Auto-updates enabled
GenTime: version: 1.1.0, author: Sybre Waaijer, Auto-updates disabled
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block: version: 1.13, author: Johannes Kinast [email protected], Auto-updates disabled
LiteSpeed Cache: version: 6.0.0.1, author: LiteSpeed Technologies, Auto-updates enabled
Loco Translate: version: 2.6.6, author: Tim Whitlock, Auto-updates enabled
MRW Simplified Editor: version: 2.12.1, author: Mark Root-Wiley, Auto-updates disabled
Performant Translations: version: 1.0.9, author: WordPress Performance Team (latest version: 1.1.0), Auto-updates disabled
Polylang: version: 3.5.3, author: WP SYNTEX, Auto-updates enabled
Real Custom Post Order: version: 1.3.79, author: devowl.io, Auto-updates disabled
Simple Local Avatars: version: 2.7.7, author: 10up, Auto-updates enabled
SimpleTOC - Table of Contents Block: version: 6.2.0, author: Marc T?nsing, Auto-updates disabled
The SEO Framework: version: 5.0.3, author: The SEO Framework Team, Auto-updates enabled
The SEO Framework - Extension Manager: version: 2.6.3, author: The SEO Framework Team, Auto-updates disabled
UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore: version: 1.23.16, author: UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson, Auto-updates enabled
User Switching: version: 1.7.2, author: John Blackbourn & contributors, Auto-updates disabled
Wordfence Security: version: 7.11.1, author: Wordfence, Auto-updates enabled
WPCodeBox 2: version: 1.0.3, author: WPCodeBox, Auto-updates disabled
WP Htaccess Editor: version: 1.71, author: WebFactory Ltd, Auto-updates enabled
WPIDE - File Manager & Code Editor: version: 3.4.7, author: XplodedThemes, Auto-updates disabled wp-media

image_editor: EWWWIO_Imagick_Editor
imagick_module_version: 1809
imagemagick_version: ImageMagick 7.1.1-19 Q16-HDRI x86_64 21601 https://imagemagick.org
imagick_version: 3.7.0
file_uploads: 1
post_max_size: 50M
upload_max_filesize: 50M
max_effective_size: 50 MB
max_file_uploads: 20
gd_version: 2.3.3
gd_formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, AVIF, XPM
ghostscript_version: 9.25 wp-server

server_architecture: Linux 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.81.el7.x86_64 x86_64
httpd_software: LiteSpeed
php_version: 8.2.14 64bit
php_sapi: litespeed
max_input_variables: 3000
time_limit: 90
memory_limit: 256M
max_input_time: 90
upload_max_filesize: 50M
php_post_max_size: 50M
curl_version: 7.87.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1w
suhosin: false
imagick_availability: true
pretty_permalinks: true
htaccess_extra_rules: true
current: 2024-01-30T19:32:37+00:00
utc-time: Tuesday, 30-Jan-24 19:32:37 UTC
server-time: 2024-01-30T20:32:36+01:00 wp-database

extension: mysqli
server_version: 10.6.16-MariaDB-cll-lve
client_version: mysqlnd 8.2.14
max_allowed_packet: 268435456
max_connections: 800 wp-constants

WP_HOME: undefined
WP_SITEURL: undefined
WP_CONTENT_DIR: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content
WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/plugins
WP_MEMORY_LIMIT: 40M
WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 256M
WP_DEBUG: false
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: true
WP_DEBUG_LOG: false
SCRIPT_DEBUG: false
WP_CACHE: true
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: production
WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE: undefined
DB_CHARSET: utf8mb4
DB_COLLATE: undefined wp-filesystem

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable pll_options

browser: 0: Detect browser language deactivated
rewrite: 1: Remove /language/ in pretty permalinks
hide_default: 1: Hide URL language information for default language
force_lang: 1: The language is set from the directory name in pretty permalinks
redirect_lang: 0: The front page URL contains the page name or page ID instead of the language code
media_support: 0: The media are not translated
sync:
0: comment_status
1: ping_status
2: sticky_posts
3: post_date
4: menu_order
5: _thumbnail_id
post_types: post, page, wp_block, ct_content_block, epi_embed
taxonomies: category, post_tag
version: 3.5.3
default_lang: da
menu_1: da => 6 | en => 33
menu_2: da => 0 | en => 0
menu_3: da => 0 | en => 0
footer: da => 0 | en => 33
footer_2: da => 0 | en => 0
menu_mobile: da => 6 | en => 33
menu_mobile_2: da => 0 | en => 0
previous_version: 3.5.2 pll_language_da

name: P? dansk
slug: da
term_group: 0
term_id: 17
locale: da_DK
is_rtl: 0
w3c: da-DK
facebook: da_DK
home_url: https://oldrup.dk/
search_url: https://oldrup.dk/
page_on_front: 5099
page_for_posts: 0
flag_code: dk
flag_url: https://oldrup.dk/wp-content/plugins/polylang/flags/dk.png
custom_flag_url: 0
active: true
fallbacks: 0
is_default: true
term_props:
language/term_id: 17
language/term_taxonomy_id: 17
language/count: 53
term_language/term_id: 18
term_language/term_taxonomy_id: 18
term_language/count: 5 pll_language_en

name: In English
slug: en
term_group: 0
term_id: 20
locale: en_GB
is_rtl: 0
w3c: en-GB
facebook: en_GB
home_url: https://oldrup.dk/en/home/
search_url: https://oldrup.dk/en/
page_on_front: 5108
page_for_posts: 0
flag_code: gb
flag_url: https://oldrup.dk/wp-content/plugins/polylang/flags/gb.png
custom_flag_url: 0
active: true
fallbacks: 0
is_default: 0
term_props:
language/term_id: 20
language/term_taxonomy_id: 20
language/count: 20
term_language/term_id: 21
term_language/term_taxonomy_id: 21
term_language/count: 5 pll_warnings

wpml:
plugins/content-aware-sidebars: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/plugins/content-aware-sidebars/wpml-config.xml
plugins/autodescription: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/plugins/autodescription/wpml-config.xml
themes/blocksy: /home/sustain2/oldrup.dk/wp-content/themes/blocksy/wpml-config.xml

I’m using a combination of PolyLang and LocoTranslate, and have for years. But giving the benefit of the doubt, let’s do the banana test:

Sure thing, on the front end, when Danish is chosen, the “Leave a reply” text is translated as expected:

The English version is still untouched:

So the problem is not that the translation is not kicking in, more than all the comment/reply fields are being translated into Danish with version 1.1.0, even though English is chosen, and the rest of the page is in English:

Uninstalling Performant Translations, or simply reverting to 1.0.9, fixes that, and both the English and the Danish page are shown correctly.

Now if you will excuse me, I have a ?? to clean up ??

Thanks!

I’ve had no luck so far trying to reproduce this with Polylang and Loco Translate active.

Did you perhaps create any custom translations in Loco Translate?

In this case, what you could try is completely uninstalling Performant Translations and installing it again. That will reset the PHP translations so you have a clean slate again.

If you temporarily install Query Monitor you should be able to see which translation files actually get loaded when viewing a post. That will provide some more details to help pinpoint the issue.

The Danish translation is a custom translation, that’s true.

Uninstalling PT solves the issues for me. Installing 1.0.9 is also ok. The problem appears to occur when I upgrade to 1.1.0

I will try to see if I can reproduce this on a fresh install tomorrow, with Query Monitor enabled. Stay tuned.

Uninstalling PT solves the issues for me.

Right, what I meant is uninstalling (which deletes translation files) and then re-installing the plugin again.

The strange thing about this behavior is that PT itself doesn’t have any logic about different languages. It just loads whatever is given to it in a more performant way.