Get translated entity state (in component template)

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I know it’s possible to get the state of a given entity in a template like so:

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      moon_extra_info:
        ...
        value_template: "{{ state('sensor.moon') }}"

But this value will the ‘raw’ state string (eg new_moon, waxing_crescent etc). Is it possible to load the translated value (eg from .translations/sensor.[lang].json) for use within these template fields?

It’s obviously possible to re-code a conditional statement into the value_template (eg if new_moon then print X) but that’s duplicating existing code plus it’s infeasible to support all the various translations :slight_smile:

So is the translated state string available in some manner? Thanks!

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I’d also love to know how to do this. I’d like to use these translated values in TTS actions in my local language (Dutch).

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There is still no answer for this? :slightly_frowning_face: I have searched and still couldn’t find a solution that didn’t involve programming the translation like @davidjb said… Feels like unnecessary work since HA already knows the translations…

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There is a PR for translated state but it is still in review. Add state_translated function to jinja templates by PiotrMachowski · Pull Request #65743 · home-assistant/core · GitHub
I think it would be very useful - @frenck

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Is there any news on this? As indeed it would be very usefull.
Now we need to add code just for the translation.

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You might want to know that there’s now an available integration which does this: GitHub - PiotrMachowski/Home-Assistant-custom-components-Custom-Templates: This integration adds possibility to use new functions in Home Assistant Jinja2 templating engine.

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Looks like this is now possible using…
{{ state_translated('sensor.moon') }}
…instead of…
{{ state('sensor.moon') }}

Unfortunately this only translates text states, but it does not change the locale of numeric states, i.e. it does not convert 10.23 to 10,23 in German.

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It’s been over 4 years. Is there an update to this?
I’d like to get the relative time of an entities last state change from a template like I see it in the ui