I must be blind but I can't find any documentation for how to translate a block title in 7.x.

I have a block created by a view. In the block there is a checkbox "Make this block's title translatable". Ok, I've checked it. Now what?
- Can't find any translation in the view or the block.
- I've searched for it in Translate interface but can't find it (What should I search for exactly).

I guess I could create a block per language but then what is the checkbox for? Please explain this.

Regards, Per

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jose reyero’s picture

jose reyero commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Now https://drupal.org/node/1114012

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ansbar commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Ok, so it was in the translation interface. If anyone has the same problem, this is the solution:

1. Enter a Block title in your default language.
2. Check "Make this block's title translatable" in the same block (under Language)
3. Go to Translate interface and the tab translate.
4. Enter the block title above and Limit search to "block".
5. Search! Voilà

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partnerknx commented

Thanks for your answer. I had the same problem.

If you filter by All text groups you'll never find the block title.
So the best way is filtering your text.

Note: link to translation interface: admin/config/regional/translate/translate

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recidive commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

I'm trying the instruction on #2 to translate a menu block title but it doesn't work. It's cunfusing that's also an UI for translating block title that doesn't work either. Is there a bug?

jose reyero’s picture

jose reyero commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

There's a nice translate tab now on block edit pages.

> ...but it doesn't work"

You should explain that better if you want to get any help.

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recidive commented

Hello, if you look at the blocks at the footer of our website, when you click to change language to "Português" on the bottom-left of the page, you'll see that the block titles are not translated.

I've tried translating block titles in two places: configure blocks/translate and using the steps in #2, both haven't worked and the blocks still show up in English on the Portuguese site.

Any clues on what I should look for?

I'm using 7.x-1.x-dev (2011-Aug-11), I'll update to 1.0 and try again.

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recidive commented

I upgraded i18n to 1.0 and variables to 1.1, and the problem persists.

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ansbar commented

Recidive, but you did find the title in the search and have successfully translated it?

Empty cache?

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recidive commented

@ansbar: yes, it appears a few times in the search with different contexts. Cache was cleaned n times already. Thanks for the help.

I'm using block_titlelink module, this may be conflicting.