\translate does not translate

[paternal]

Hello, and sorry if this is a dumb question.

I am trying to translate some words to French. Here is my minimal working example:

\documentclass[french]{article}

\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[french]{translator}

\begin{document}

\translate{author}
\translate{Monday}
\translate{January}

\end{document}

What I expect is to see the words "auteur Lundi Janvier" (French translations of "author Monday January"); what I get is the original English words: "author Monday January".

I am missing something?

I am using debian testing. I get the issue with latex, pdflatex and lualatex. I get the issue with the package installed by apt, and when I compile this example in this cloned repository.

Any idea?

-- Louis

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[josephwright]

You need to specify which dictionaries to use

\documentclass[french]{article}

\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{translator}
\usedictionary{translator-basic-dictionary}
\usedictionary{translator-months-dictionary}
\begin{document}

\translate{author}
\translate{Monday}
\translate{January}

\end{document}

[paternal]

Thanks! I did try this, but with the wrong dictionary name.