# Don’t forget the space after colon in translate dictionary

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/don-t-forget-the-space-after-colon-in-translate-dictionary/209408>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/don-t-forget-the-space-after-colon-in-translate-dictionary/209408 "2019-11-26T03:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpresbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@dpresbit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dpresbit)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/don-t-forget-the-space-after-colon-in-translate-dictionary/209408/1 "2019-11-26T03:39:13Z")

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Spent quite a bit of time today scratching my head with a translate filter / dictionary\_path issue. Resolution was to ensure that my keys had a colon with a space immediately after it, before the value was entered.  
Contents of YAML File - Dictionary\_Path  
“1.1.1.1”: Net1  
“2.1.1.1”: Net2

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/don-t-forget-the-space-after-colon-in-translate-dictionary/209408/2 "2019-12-24T03:39:16Z")

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