QML qsTr() translation doesn't translate if text is passed in from other files

Trian

I have a utility qml file which contains a translate function as follow: one function work, but another function does not. It appears that it only works if literal string is defined in the same file. Any way to get around this?

Item {
//does not work
function doTranslation1( string) {
var translateStr = string
translateStr = qsTr(string)
return translateStr;
}

 //work
 function doTranslation2( string) {
     var translateStr = string
     if(string == "hello")
          translateStr = qsTr("hello")
     return translateStr;
 }

}

Arvindhan Ponnusamy

Try the below format in case using attributes for translation.
Item {
property string greeting: QT_TR_NOOP("hello")

Text { text: qsTr(greeting) }

}
Use can use :
qsTR(QT_TR_NOOP(stringdata))

This should help in resolving the issue.

Trian

@Arvindhan-Ponnusamy said in QML qsTr() translation doesn't translate if text is passed in from other files:

qsTR(QT_TR_NOOP(stringdata)) does not work.
It is odd that literal text has to be defined in the same file at compile time.
I tried to create a variable that contains a deep copy of the string parameter, but it still did not work.

Raureth

Maybe you can use qsTranslate() instead of qsTr() to define the context ?
At least that was useful for me since the value to translate was passed by another QML file

translateStr = qsTr("TrContext", "hello")