rambletype there's no dumb question ?
First if you see that string verbatim, it probably means you're not seeing the actual translation and need to clear the forum/browser cache to see it. Try php flarum cache:clear and refresh your browser with CTRL+F5. You Could also install Reflar Uncache to help with caching issues.
Once you see the expected text (I'm not sure what it is, but it's probably more English that the translation identifier you see now), if you're not happy with the text, you could use the Flagrow Linguist extension to replace the default text with a custom one.
