# Systemsettings: French Translation Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** translation\ **Created:** [January 10, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303 "2026-01-10T09:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ravaged](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@ravaged](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ravaged)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/1 "2026-01-10T09:37:34Z")
Hi, I’m new to Linux, and this is my first bug report. It’s about the French translation 🥖 In my screenshot, you can see that in the Start Menu and in Discover (the bottom window), the translation is correct in the search field: it says _“Rechercher…”_ (Search). ![Rechercher](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/4/a/4acd229e782a76472b2b5eaff690af7fcb81e9f8.jpeg) However, in the various _“System Settings”_ windows, the text is in English. I’m posting this here because I don’t think it’s an issue with a specific app’s translation, but perhaps my screenshot shows that the system should be more unified and call a single variable for this text, rather than multiple ones. Merci `Fedora 43 KDE` ---
**Author:** ![nathan\_soranzo](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/nathan_soranzo/32/25168_2.png) [@nathan\_soranzo](https://discuss.kde.org/u/nathan_soranzo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/2 "2026-01-10T09:40:17Z")
Bug reports are usually submitted via Bugzilla. ---
**Author:** ![ravaged](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@ravaged](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ravaged)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/3 "2026-01-10T09:43:48Z")
Noted. thank you ---
**Author:** ![meven](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/meven/32/1748_2.png) [@meven](https://discuss.kde.org/u/meven)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/4 "2026-01-10T09:50:00Z")
Here [https://bugs.kde.org/enter\_bug.cgi?classification=Translations](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?classification=Translations) for component fr. If you’d like you can try to fix it yourself: [https://l10n.kde.org/](https://l10n.kde.org/) > **[KDE Localization - French Team (fr)](https://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=fr)** > > K Desktop Environment Homepage, KDE.org The process is a bit old-fanished using mailing and svn but works and benefits from a nice community 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ravaged](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@ravaged](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ravaged)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/5 "2026-01-10T10:01:47Z")
Thanks Meven. But I’m having another problem: I can’t log in to [Bugs.kde.org](http://Bugs.kde.org) with the same credentials I use on Discuss. And when I create a new account there, I don’t receive the registration confirmation. I’ve just tried twice. ---
**Author:** ![meven](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/meven/32/1748_2.png) [@meven](https://discuss.kde.org/u/meven)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/6 "2026-01-10T10:19:12Z")
> [@ravaged](#): > > But I’m having another problem: I can’t log in to [Bugs.kde.org](http://Bugs.kde.org) with the same credentials I use on Discuss. And when I create a new account there, I don’t receive the registration confirmation. I’ve just tried twice. This is unexpected, this should work 😕 . By the way, the app missing the translations is likely systemsettings. ---
**Author:** ![daPhipz](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/daphipz/32/33230_2.png) [@daPhipz](https://discuss.kde.org/u/daPhipz)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/7 "2026-01-10T10:22:05Z")
There are many strings to translate - perhaps the French translation team simply hasn’t gotten around to translating this string yet 😅 Pinging @jjazeix as they are the only one I am sure of being involved in the i18n-fr team. ---
**Author:** ![meven](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/meven/32/1748_2.png) [@meven](https://discuss.kde.org/u/meven)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/8 "2026-01-10T10:30:18Z")
> [@meven](#): > > This is unexpected, this should work 😕 . I was wrong bugzilla does not have identity integration. Did you check your spam folder ? Our bugzilla emails can end up in there. ---
**Author:** ![ravaged](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@ravaged](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ravaged)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/9 "2026-01-10T10:44:04Z")
Problem confirmed on all KDE sites. sysadmin contacted by email. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jjazeix](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/jjazeix/32/26582_2.png) [@jjazeix](https://discuss.kde.org/u/jjazeix)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/10 "2026-01-10T11:17:10Z")
Hi, thanks for the report. From what I understand, the application now uses Kirigami and this field is translated in it. Can you check if you have “kirigami” package installed? The file containing the translation should be /usr/share/locale/fr/LC\_MESSAGES/libkirigami6\_qt.qm. The translation is done in [poqm/fr/libkirigami6\_qt.po · master · Frameworks / Kirigami · GitLab](https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/blob/master/poqm/fr/libkirigami6_qt.po?ref_type=heads#L178) , so if it still not works it either means the .qm file does not contain it or there is an issue with the application not loading it correctly. ---
**Author:** ![ravaged](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@ravaged](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ravaged)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/11 "2026-01-10T11:57:34Z")
Thank you. I confirm that this file is indeed present and that the correct translation is contained within it: ![qt6](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/2/6/2677ce729886281d09fa337511d316301ada0dbe.png) ---
**Author:** ![jjazeix](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/jjazeix/32/26582_2.png) [@jjazeix](https://discuss.kde.org/u/jjazeix)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/systemsettings-french-translation-issue/43303/12 "2026-01-10T14:17:40Z")
I confirm it’s a KDE bug (not a translation), the fix has been developed in [Retranslate QML on QEvent::LanguageChange (!387) · Merge requests · Plasma / System Settings · GitLab](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/systemsettings/-/merge_requests/387) and we are waiting for its integration.