Symfony2: HTML inside translation message

Question

In messages.en.yml, I have

confirmed: Congrats %username%, your account is now activated.

But I want to \'bold\' username to

Answer 1

Holding HTML stuff in translations is wrong, because translators usually break it. But if you really need it:

Twig:

{% trans %}confirmed{% endtrans %}

Yaml translation file:

confirmed: 'Congrats %username%, your account is now activated.'

Discussion about this: https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/2713