Subscribe block placeholder text ("Type your email…") is not translated and cannot be edited

[mrfoxtalbot]

Impacted plugin

Jetpack

Quick summary

The Subscribe block, the Type your email... string is not localized and cannot be edited either.

I shared it in p1709786860271869-slack-C02AED43D and @yuliyan mentioned it could be related to how Jetpack registers the blocks and the fact that they don't seem to translate the attribute default values

Might be connected to #15776

Steps to reproduce

1. Insert the Subscription Block in a non-English site
2. Notice how there is no way to edit the placeholder text (Type your email…)
3. Visit the public site and notice how that text is not translated to match the site's locale

A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

It should be translateable and, ideally, it should be possible to assign arbitrary text too.

What actually happened

It was not editable or translateable.translatable

Impact

All

Available workarounds?

No but the platform is still usable

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Simple, Atomic

Logs or notes

No response

[yuliyan]

On troubleshooting the missing translations, I found that Jetpack uses its own function to register blocks from block.json metadata, which doesn't seem to have a metadata fields translation mechanism, unlike the core registerBlockType function.

That said, I think other Jetpack blocks might also be affected.

Edit: After looking further into this, the blockRegisterType function doesn't seem to translate the attribute fields either.

[pkuliga]

Hi, it's possible to edit it from the block Settings tab:

[jeherve]

Closing as duplicate of #34916. The problem isn't with the string itself, it is translatable and exists in GlotPress ; the problem is with the display of it in the editor.

Related discussion: pf5801-yJ-p2

[mrfoxtalbot]

Closing as duplicate of #34916.

I could not find it, thank you @jeherve!

Hi, it's possible to edit it from the block Settings tab:

I could not find it (again 🤣), thank you @pkuliga!

Thank you both!