# Dropdowns won't translate **URL:** \ **Category:** Idea\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928 "2017-06-26T22:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kalinovic.nebojsa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/kalinovic.nebojsa/32/226621_2.png) [@kalinovic.nebojsa](https://forum.bubble.io/u/kalinovic.nebojsa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/1 "2017-06-26T22:56:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from [[New Feature] Multi-language support improvements](http://forum.bubble.io/t/new-feature-multi-language-support-improvements/9112/8): Please make dropdown element more flexible in conditions! … we need “Current Option” and “Options” to be conditioned. ---
**Author:** ![kelly.kampen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/kelly.kampen/32/21398_2.png) [@kelly.kampen](https://forum.bubble.io/u/kelly.kampen)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/2 "2018-03-18T07:17:47Z")
Any update here? I am also in need of translatable dropdown lists. ---
**Author:** ![maestro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@maestro](https://forum.bubble.io/u/maestro)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/3 "2018-03-21T14:10:48Z")
Also curious if there’s a way to translate static dropdown lists yet?.. ---
**Author:** ![yanisbensalem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ba0ec/32.png) [@yanisbensalem](https://forum.bubble.io/u/yanisbensalem)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/4 "2018-06-18T12:49:18Z")
same here ---
**Author:** ![kelly.kampen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/kelly.kampen/32/21398_2.png) [@kelly.kampen](https://forum.bubble.io/u/kelly.kampen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/5 "2018-06-19T05:20:03Z")
The way I do it now is have a table for every dropdown list I want with a row for each translation. i.e. Countries table Country - Country\_ID - String - name\_en - String (English name) - name\_th - String (Thai name) I then set up a drop-down for each language. With a condition to not be visible depending on the language. I have thought about doing it another way that can make it so I only have to show a single Dropdown; - Country\_ID - String - language - String (en\_us or th\_th) Then add a constraint by current users language. We need a conditional that can set the `Caption Name` field from the DB. Or the ability to have the table set up like the following to auto grab caption name by language code : - Country\_ID - String - en\_us - String (Name in English) - th\_th - String (Name in Thai) Open to suggestions on how to do this nicely. Any Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![knaub.kirill1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/knaub.kirill1/32/25179_2.png) [@knaub.kirill1](https://forum.bubble.io/u/knaub.kirill1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/6 "2018-07-04T12:56:18Z")
Also have the same issue. No way to implement… only to have many same dropdowns visible for current language ---
**Author:** ![david.bruehlmeier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/david.bruehlmeier/32/40953_2.png) [@david.bruehlmeier](https://forum.bubble.io/u/david.bruehlmeier)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/7 "2019-07-01T14:49:10Z")
Unfortunately, I’m facing the same issue… Any updates? ---
**Author:** ![david.bruehlmeier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/david.bruehlmeier/32/40953_2.png) [@david.bruehlmeier](https://forum.bubble.io/u/david.bruehlmeier)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/8 "2019-07-01T14:49:49Z")
Thank you for sharing this workaround! Not pretty… but feasible. I hope Bubble will soon support a proper solution! ---
**Author:** ![felipematos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/felipematos/32/4886_2.png) [@felipematos](https://forum.bubble.io/u/felipematos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/dropdowns-wont-translate/14928/9 "2020-04-27T22:20:58Z")
I’m also facing the same issue. Any solutions? Is bubble working to solve this?