# Translate results in incorrect (surprise) value

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-results-in-incorrect-surprise-value/126061>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 29, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-results-in-incorrect-surprise-value/126061 "2018-03-29T09:22:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cawoodm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cawoodm/32/14083_2.png) [@cawoodm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cawoodm)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-results-in-incorrect-surprise-value/126061/1 "2018-03-29T09:22:01Z")

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We have syslog input events with **severity** 6 which we want to map to **priority** 1:

```
translate {
		field => "severity"
		destination => "priority"
		dictionary => {
			"0" => 5
			"1" => 4
			"2" => 3
			"3" => 3
			"4" => 2
			"5" => 1
			"6" => 1
			"7" => 0
		}
	}
	translate {
		field => "severity"
		destination => "type"
		dictionary => {
			"0" => "ERROR"
			"1" => "ERROR"
			"2" => "ERROR"
			"3" => "ERROR"
			"4" => "WARNING"
			"5" => "INFO"
			"6" => "INFO"
			"7" => "DEBUG"
		}
	}

```

The resulting priority (14) is incorrect and we can't understand where it's coming from:

```
{
	"severity" => 6,
	"type" => "INFO",
	"priority" => 14,
	"facility" => 1,
	"severity_label" => "Informational",
	"timestamp" => 2018-03-29T09:15:50.000Z
}

```

Logstash 6.2.2 Windows

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-results-in-incorrect-surprise-value/126061/2 "2018-03-29T09:39:38Z")

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Does that event perhaps already have the `priority` field set? As you have not specified the [override](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-translate.html#plugins-filters-translate-override) parameter in your translate filter, the translation would not overwrite it.

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**Author:** ![cawoodm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cawoodm/32/14083_2.png) [@cawoodm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cawoodm)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-results-in-incorrect-surprise-value/126061/3 "2018-03-29T09:58:53Z")

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By Jove you're right! Thank you sir!

I keep stumbling over this one. IMO the default should be **override =\> true** but I guess that ship has sailed.

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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:** [April 26, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-results-in-incorrect-surprise-value/126061/4 "2018-04-26T09:59:17Z")

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Closed on April 26, 2018, 9:59am UTC

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