As far as I know, semi-colon is ";" character and colon is ":" character. According to https://review.openstack.org/#/c/444072/1/horizon/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/django.po , it seems that Chinese translators prefer ":" to ":". Anyway, thanks to @vuuv it was already fixed and released: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/horizon/tree/horizon/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/django.po#n358 ** Changed in: openstack-i18n Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenStack I18n Core Team, which is subscribed to openstack i18n. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671367 Title: Losing a semicolon in overview page Status in openstack i18n: Fix Released Bug description: Losing a semicolon Behind the "This Period's RAM-Hours". Semicolons should use Chinese, but using the English a semicolon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-i18n/+bug/1671367/+subscriptions