# Translate filter is not working with yaml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-is-not-working-with-yaml/207766>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-is-not-working-with-yaml/207766 "2019-11-13T19:55:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-is-not-working-with-yaml/207766/1 "2019-11-13T19:55:38Z")

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what am I missing here?

```
### Tranlate and define new field
   translate {
      field => "[site_code]"
      dictionary_path => "/tmp/network_site_name.yaml"
      destination => "[site_name]"
   }

### Tranlate and define new field
   translate {
      field => "[site_code]"
      dictionary_path => "/tmp/network_site_region.yaml"
      destination => "[site_region]"
   }

```

[root@elktst01 tmp]# grep hou /tmp/network\_site\_region.yaml  
hou:nala

but output has no field call site\_name or site\_region  
"site\_code" =\> "hou",

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-is-not-working-with-yaml/207766/2 "2019-11-13T21:02:36Z")

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> [@elasticforme](#):
>
> what am I missing here?

The space after the colon is not optional. "hou: nala"

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-is-not-working-with-yaml/207766/3 "2019-11-18T15:31:58Z")

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That did the trick. Thank you @Badger

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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 16, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-is-not-working-with-yaml/207766/4 "2019-12-16T15:32:08Z")

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