Bug 41689

Summary: "Staff note" and "OPAC" message types in patron files untranslatable
Product: Koha Reporter: Caroline Cyr La Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose>
Component: I18N/L10NAssignee: Ayoub Glizi-Vicioso <ayoub.glizi-vicioso>
Status: Signed Off --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P5 - low CC: ayoub.glizi-vicioso, f.demians, jonathan.druart
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
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Bug Depends on: 40367    
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Attachments: Bug 41689: Make patron message labels translatable
Bug 41689: Make patron message labels translatable
Bug 41689: Make patron message labels translatable
Bug 41689: Make patron message labels translatable

Description Caroline Cyr La Rose 2026-01-22 17:36:21 UTC
The message types were added by bug 40367, but they are not translatable.

To recreate:
1. Go to a patron account > Add message
2. Add a message with "Staff - Internal note"
3. Add a second message with "OPAC - [Name]"
4. Add a language to your Koha
gulp po:update --lang fr-CA
./misc/translator/translate install fr-CA
Add the language in StaffInterfaceLanguages
5. Switch to the new language
6. Go to the patron's account
--> Staff note is in english
--> OPAC is in English (this is normal in fr-CA because we still call it OPAC even if it's an english term, but could be different in another language)
7. Check the translation files 
cd misc/translator/po/
git grep "Staff notes" fr-CA*
--> There is nothing from patron-messages.inc
Comment 1 Ayoub Glizi-Vicioso 2026-01-23 20:21:47 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Ayoub Glizi-Vicioso 2026-01-23 21:24:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 Ayoub Glizi-Vicioso 2026-01-23 22:08:05 UTC
Created attachment 191996 [details] [review]
Bug 41689: Make patron message labels translatable

To Test:

BEFORE APPLYING PATCH:
1- Go to any patron account > Add message
2- Add a message for: "Staff - Internal note"
3- Add a second message for: "OPAC - [NAME OF THE PATRON SELECTED]"

4- Add any language (I'll use french-Canada, fr-CA, in this case):
From your koha instance, enter on the command line:
./misc/translator/translate install fr-CA

5- Go to Administration > System preferences > enter language
6- Make sure to check 'Français (fr-CA)' box from the 'StaffInterfaceLanguages'preference and save.

7- Go back to the specific patron in which you added the messages
8- Switch language to 'Français' (bottom left corner)

9- Notice that:
--> 'OPAC' is still the same (Since we spell OPAC the same way in both english and french. However, it might not be the case in other languages).
--> 'Staff note' is not translated.

10- apply patch

AFTER APPLYING PATCH:

11 - From you koha instance, enter on the command line:

./misc/translator/translate update fr-CA

./misc/translator/translate install fr-CA

12- Reload patron's page

13- Notice that 'Staff note' is now translated
** You should see this output: 'Note interne'
Comment 4 David Nind 2026-01-24 02:02:40 UTC
Created attachment 191998 [details] [review]
Bug 41689: Make patron message labels translatable

To Test:

BEFORE APPLYING PATCH:
1- Go to any patron account > Add message
2- Add a message for: "Staff - Internal note"
3- Add a second message for: "OPAC - [NAME OF THE PATRON SELECTED]"

4- Add any language (I'll use french-Canada, fr-CA, in this case):
From your koha instance, enter on the command line:
./misc/translator/translate install fr-CA

5- Go to Administration > System preferences > enter language
6- Make sure to check 'Français (fr-CA)' box from the 'StaffInterfaceLanguages'preference and save.

7- Go back to the specific patron in which you added the messages
8- Switch language to 'Français' (bottom left corner)

9- Notice that:
--> 'OPAC' is still the same (Since we spell OPAC the same way in both english and french. However, it might not be the case in other languages).
--> 'Staff note' is not translated.

10- apply patch

AFTER APPLYING PATCH:

11 - From you koha instance, enter on the command line:

./misc/translator/translate update fr-CA

./misc/translator/translate install fr-CA

12- Reload patron's page

13- Notice that 'Staff note' is now translated
** You should see this output: 'Note interne'

Signed-off-by: David Nind <david@davidnind.com>