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How do I translate Message Templates?

Hm, good question; I checked and the relevant db fields (civicrm_msg_template.msg_{title,subject,text,html}) are not multilingual.

Would it make sense for them to be multilingual?

(What I fear is the case where different language versions carry different content, but maybe it’s the admin’s problem to keep them in sync… Another problem is how we should decide what’s the recipient’s desired language; should we store it on a per-contact basis – which makes perfect sense – or rather ‘inherit’ the language of the contribution page, to keep the email and the page languages the same…)