Magento2: Translate knockout variable with odd beahaivor

Question

I want to translate a variable in Knockout

<span id="sales_unit" data-bind="i18n:sales_unit"></span>

sales_unit has the value pair. The value should be translated to a different language

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Actual Result:

<span id="sales_unit" data-bind="i18n:sales_unit">pair</span>

Target Result:

<span id="sales_unit" data-bind="i18n:sales_unit">pár</span>

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It only will translate correctly, if i add the result string in knockout once

<span id="sales_unit_pair" data-bind="i18n:'pair'" style="display:none"></span>

If I delete this line afterwards, the translation magicaly works from now on, until i clear the cache.

This is not really a pretty solution and is only a workaround. Does anybody know, how i can fix this?

Answer 1

Did you re-deploy everything by locale/language too?

You need to add the CSV file with your translations in the language folder i18n inside your theme. Here are the details explained better: https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/frontend-dev-guide/translations/xlate.html

Try to not override directly the Ko templates values, that could make strange behavior in some cases.