Translation doesn't work on breadcrumbs added by xml

Question

I'm building a custom page.

I add breadcrumbs like this (and it works well).

<brand_brand_index translate="label">
        <reference name="breadcrumbs">
            <action method="addCrumb">
                <crumbName>Home</crumbName>
                <crumbInfo>
                    <label>Home</label>
                    <title>Home</title>
                    <link>/</link>
                </crumbInfo>
            </action>
            <action method="addCrumb">
                <crumbName>All Brands</crumbName>
                <crumbInfo>
                    <label>All Brands</label>
                    <title>All Brands</title>
                </crumbInfo>
            </action>
        </reference>
        [[...]]
    </brand_brand_index>

The problem is label not translated in front-end. It shows Home / All Brands instead of translated version.

The things I made sure:

1. Added translate="label" to handler
2. Cache cleared (acctually I turned off caching)
3. Translation syntax is correct (I put in Mage_Core.csv)
4. Label is translated properly by php code (eg: $helper->__('All Brands');

Help me to figure it out, please.

Thank you.

Answer 1

To translate a crumb without using a helper, you can use the translate attribute for your action node by using crumbInfo.label and crumbInfo.title.

Exemple:

<reference name="breadcrumbs">
    <action method="addCrumb" translate="crumbInfo.label crumbInfo.title">
        <crumbName>home</crumbName>
        <crumbInfo>
            <label>Home</label>
            <title>Home</title>
            <link>/</link>
        </crumbInfo>
    </action>
    <action method="addCrumb" translate="crumbInfo.label crumbInfo.title">
        <crumbName>brands</crumbName>
        <crumbInfo>
            <label>All Brands</label>
            <title>All Brands</title>
        </crumbInfo>
    </action>
</reference>

It's the better way to translate breadcrumbs, use helpers only if you have the set a custom title depend on URL params or something else.

Answer 2

Note that you can also generate links for breadcrumbs using helper class.
Using helper class, above XML block may look like:

<brand_brand_index translate="label">
    <reference name="breadcrumbs">
        <action method="addCrumb">
            <crumbName>Home</crumbName>
            <params helper="module/getHomeUrl" />
        </action>
        <action method="addCrumb">
            <crumbName>All Brands</crumbName>
            <params helper="module/getBrandUrl" />
        </action>
    </reference>
    [[...]]
</brand_brand_index>

And add the getHomeUrl() & getBrandUrl() methods in your module's Helper/Data.php as:

class Namespace_Module_Helper_Data extends Mage_Core_Helper_Abstract
{
    //...

    public function getHomeUrl()
    {
        return array(
            'label' => Mage::helper('module')->__('Home'),
            'title' => Mage::helper('module')->__('Home'),
            'link' => Mage::getUrl(),
        );
    }

    public function getBrandUrl()
    {
        return array(
            'label' => Mage::helper('module')->__('All Brands'),
            'title' => Mage::helper('module')->__('All Brands')
        );
    }
}

Answer 3

I am trying the same as below:

in my xml file:

<reference name="root">
        <action method="unsetChild"><alias>breadcrumbs</alias></action>
        <block type="page/html_breadcrumbs" name="breadcrumbs" as="breadcrumbs">
            <action method="addCrumb">
                <crumbName>Home</crumbName>
                <params helper="recipe/getHomeUrl" />
                <!-- <crumbInfo>
                    <label>Home</label>
                    <title>Home</title>
                    <link>/</link>

                </crumbInfo> -->
            </action>
            <action method="addCrumb">
                <crumbName>Recipes</crumbName>
                <crumbInfo>
                    <label>Recipes</label>
                    <title>Recipe Home Page</title>
                    <link>/recipe</link>
                </crumbInfo>
            </action>
            <action method="addCrumb">
                <crumbName>Current Page</crumbName>
                <crumbInfo>
                    <label>Current Page</label>
                    <title>Current Page</title>
                </crumbInfo>
            </action>
        </block>
    </reference>

\app\code\local\Magenshop\Recipe\Helper\Data.php

public function getHomeUrl()
{
    return array(
        'label' => Mage::helper('module')->__('Home'),
        'title' => Mage::helper('module')->__('Home'),
        'link' => Mage::getUrl(),
    );
}

Im getting only:

1) /Recipes/Current Page

2) No Home page link...

Answer 4

I am trying like below in Magento 2. But can't translate. I put translation file under /vendor/magento/module-contact/i18n/zh_Hant_TW.csv Is it not correct?

Someone please help me.

<referenceBlock name="breadcrumbs">
             <action method="addCrumb" translate="crumbInfo.title crumbInfo.label">
                 <argument name="crumbName" xsi:type="string">home</argument>
                 <argument name="crumbInfo" xsi:type="array">
                     <item name="title" xsi:type="string">Home</item>
                     <item name="label" xsi:type="string">Home</item>
                     <item name="link" xsi:type="string">/</item>
                 </argument>
             </action>
             <action method="addCrumb" translate="crumbInfo.title crumbInfo.label">
                 <argument name="crumbName" xsi:type="string">Contact Us</argument>
                 <argument name="crumbInfo" xsi:type="array">
                     <item name="title" xsi:type="string">Contact Us</item>
                     <item name="label" xsi:type="string">Contact Us</item>
                 </argument>
             </action>
             
        </referenceBlock>