From 563b780d85b55e6a8d8b872a562e4b3d8e961d8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Thelen <phillip@habitica.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:58:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix system messages not being translated (#15405)

---
 website/server/libs/chat/group-chat.js | 4 ----
 website/server/models/group.js         | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/server/libs/chat/group-chat.js b/website/server/libs/chat/group-chat.js
index e8309eb63f..445c72528d 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/chat/group-chat.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/chat/group-chat.js
@@ -129,9 +129,5 @@ export function translateMessage (lang, info) {
     default:
       msg = 'Error translating party chat. Unknown message type.';
   }
-
-  if (!msg.includes('`')) {
-    msg = `\`${msg}\``;
-  }
   return msg;
 }
diff --git a/website/server/models/group.js b/website/server/models/group.js
index 6db5ff3e05..0061fbb25c 100644
--- a/website/server/models/group.js
+++ b/website/server/models/group.js
@@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ schema.statics.toJSONCleanChat = async function groupToJSONCleanChat (group, use
     .map(chatMsg => {
       // Translate system messages
       if (!_.isEmpty(chatMsg.info)) {
-        chatMsg.text = translateMessage(userLang, chatMsg.info);
+        chatMsg.unformattedText = translateMessage(userLang, chatMsg.info);
+        chatMsg.text = chatMsg.unformattedText;
+        if (!chatMsg.text.includes('`')) {
+          chatMsg.text = `\`${chatMsg.text}\``;
+        }
       }
 
       // Convert to timestamps because Android expects it