From fe8dc5eaa2bdd9b7509f6f81e1c13fa6c571e324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil <12966472+Emilxyz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:56:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: TranslatableMapper not using fallback translation
 (#1716)

---
 .../com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/TranslatableMapper.java  | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/TranslatableMapper.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/TranslatableMapper.java
index 6f30d3d1d..20ab43293 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/TranslatableMapper.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/TranslatableMapper.java
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ public enum TranslatableMapper implements BiConsumer<TranslatableComponent, Cons
     final Locale locale = ClosestLocaleMatcher.INSTANCE.lookupClosest(Locale.getDefault());
     if (GlobalTranslator.translator().canTranslate(translatableComponent.key(), locale)) {
       componentConsumer.accept(GlobalTranslator.render(translatableComponent, locale));
+    } else {
+      String fallback = translatableComponent.fallback();
+      if (fallback == null) {
+        fallback = translatableComponent.key();
+      }
+      componentConsumer.accept(Component.text(fallback));
     }
   }
 }