diff --git a/4dev/tests/CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest.php b/4dev/tests/CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest.php
index 88d618e2..1b77751f 100644
--- a/4dev/tests/CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest.php
+++ b/4dev/tests/CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest.php
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 			} else {
 				$this->assertEquals(
 					$expected,
-					$l10n->__pn($context, $original_single, $original_plural, $n),
+					$l10n->__np($context, $original_single, $original_plural, $n),
 					'assert failed for plural: ' . $n . ' in context: ' . $context
 				);
 			}
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 
 	/**
 	 * fuctions check
-	 * TODO: others d/dn/dp/dpn gettext functions
+	 * TODO: others d/dn/dp/dnp gettext functions
 	 *
 	 * @covers __setlocale
 	 * @covers __bindtextdomain
diff --git a/www/admin/class_test.lang.php b/www/admin/class_test.lang.php
index 5e9ee78c..9aec8c54 100644
--- a/www/admin/class_test.lang.php
+++ b/www/admin/class_test.lang.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ $single_string = 'single';
 $multi_string = 'multi';
 for ($n = 0; $n <= 3; $n++) {
 	echo "CONTEXT MULTI TEST $n: " . $single_string . "/" . $multi_string . " => "
-		. $l->__pn($context, $single_string, $multi_string, $n) . "<br>";
+		. $l->__np($context, $single_string, $multi_string, $n) . "<br>";
 }
 // change domain
 $domain = 'frontend';
diff --git a/www/admin/class_test.smarty.php b/www/admin/class_test.smarty.php
index 95fd065f..f390d37e 100644
--- a/www/admin/class_test.smarty.php
+++ b/www/admin/class_test.smarty.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ $smarty->setSmartyPaths();
 // smarty test
 $smarty->DATA['SMARTY_TEST'] = 'Test Data';
 $smarty->DATA['TRANSLATE_TEST'] = $l10n->__('Are we translated?');
+$smarty->DATA['TRANSLATE_TEST_FUNCTION'] = __gettext('Are we translated?');
 $smarty->DATA['TRANSLATE_TEST_SMARTY'] = $smarty->l10n->__('Are we translated?');
 $smarty->DATA['replace'] = 'Replaced';
 // variable variables
diff --git a/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test.tpl b/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test.tpl
index 17a6a7f0..2b83a97c 100644
--- a/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test.tpl
+++ b/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test.tpl
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 <div>
 	<b>Outside translation test</b><br>
 	TRANSLATION CLASS (OUT): {$TRANSLATE_TEST}<br>
-	TRANSLATION CLASS (SMARTY): {$TRANSLATE_TEST_SMARTY}
+	TRANSLATION CLASS (OUT FUNCTION): {$TRANSLATE_TEST_FUNCTION}<br>
+	TRANSLATION CLASS (SMARTY): {$TRANSLATE_TEST_SMARTY}<br>
 </div>
 <div>
 	<b>Translate Test with replace:</b><br>
diff --git a/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test4.tpl b/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test4.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index f9300036..00000000
--- a/www/includes/templates/admin/smarty_test4.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<div>
-	{$SMARTY_TEST}
-</div>
-<div>
-	TRANSLATION CLASS (OUT): {$TRANSLATE_TEST}
-</div>
-<div>
-	TRANSLATION CLASS (SMARTY): {$TRANSLATE_TEST_SMARTY}
-</div>
-<div>
-	<select id="drop_down_test" name="drop_down_test">
-		{html_options options=$drop_down_test selected=$drop_down_test_selected}
-	</select>
-</div>
-<div class="jq-container">
-	<div id="jq-test" class="jp-test">
-		<div id="test-div" class="test-div">
-			Some content here or asdfasdfasf
-		</div>
-		<div id="translate-div">
-			{* TRANSLATION SMARTY: {t}I should be translated{/t} *}
-			TRANSLATION SMARTY: I should be translated
-		</div>
-	</div>
-</div>
-<div class="loop-test">
-	<div>LOOP TEST</div>
-{section name=page_list start=1 loop=$loop_start+1}
-	<div>LOOP OUTPUT: {$smarty.section.page_list.index}</div>
-{/section}
-</div>
-{* progresss indicator *}
-<div id="indicator"></div>
-{* the action confirm box *}
-<div id="actionBox" class="actionBoxElement"></div>
-{* The Overlay box *}
-<div id="overlayBox" class="overlayBoxElement"></div>
diff --git a/www/lib/CoreLibs/Language/L10n.php b/www/lib/CoreLibs/Language/L10n.php
index f3d48a1e..a86065bc 100644
--- a/www/lib/CoreLibs/Language/L10n.php
+++ b/www/lib/CoreLibs/Language/L10n.php
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class L10n
 	 * @param  int    $number  number value
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function __pn(string $context, string $single, string $plural, int $number): string
+	public function __np(string $context, string $single, string $plural, int $number): string
 	{
 		if ($this->l10n === null) {
 			return $number > 1 ? $plural : $single;
diff --git a/www/lib/CoreLibs/Template/SmartyExtend.php b/www/lib/CoreLibs/Template/SmartyExtend.php
index b692791a..8497b005 100644
--- a/www/lib/CoreLibs/Template/SmartyExtend.php
+++ b/www/lib/CoreLibs/Template/SmartyExtend.php
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		parent::__construct();
 		// iinit lang
 		$this->l10n = $l10n;
-		// opt load functions so we can use legacy init for smarty run perhaps
-		$this->l10n->loadFunctions();
 		// parse and read, legacy stuff
 		$this->encoding = $locale['encoding'];
 		$this->lang = $locale['lang'];
@@ -174,6 +172,13 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		$this->domain = $this->l10n->getDomain();
 		$this->lang_dir = $this->l10n->getBaseLocalePath();
 
+		// opt load functions so we can use legacy init for smarty run perhaps
+		$this->l10n->loadFunctions();
+		__setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, $locale['locale']);
+		__textdomain($this->domain);
+		__bindtextdomain($this->domain, $this->lang_dir);
+		__bind_textdomain_codeset($this->domain, $this->encoding);
+
 		// register smarty variable
 		$this->registerPlugin('modifier', 'getvar', [&$this, 'getTemplateVars']);
 
diff --git a/www/lib/smarty-4.1.0/libs/plugins/block.t.php b/www/lib/smarty-4.1.0/libs/plugins/block.t.php
index 9f6973c9..8cba787c 100644
--- a/www/lib/smarty-4.1.0/libs/plugins/block.t.php
+++ b/www/lib/smarty-4.1.0/libs/plugins/block.t.php
@@ -101,11 +101,76 @@ function smarty_block_t($params, $text, $template, &$repeat)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// get domain param
+	if (isset($params['domain'])) {
+		$domain = $params['domain'];
+		unset($params['domain']);
+	} else {
+		$domain = null;
+	}
+
+	// get context param
+	if (isset($params['context'])) {
+		$context = $params['context'];
+		unset($params['context']);
+	} else {
+		$context = null;
+	}
+
 	// use plural if required parameters are set
 	if (isset($count) && isset($plural)) {
-		$text = $template->l10n->__ngettext($text, $plural, $count);
+		if (isset($domain) && isset($context)) {
+			if (is_callable('__dnpgettext')) {
+				$text = __dnpgettext($domain, $context, $text, $plural, $count);
+			}
+		} elseif (isset($domain)) {
+			if (is_callable('__dngettext')) {
+				$text = __dngettext($domain, $text, $plural, $count);
+			}
+		} elseif (isset($context)) {
+			if (is_callable('__npgettext')) {
+				$text == __npgettext($context, $text, $plural, $count);
+			} elseif (
+				$template->l10n instanceof \CoreLibs\Language\L10n &&
+				method_exists($template->l10n, '__pn')
+			) {
+				$text = $template->l10n->__pn($text, $plural, $count);
+			}
+		} elseif (
+			$template->l10n instanceof \CoreLibs\Language\L10n &&
+			method_exists($template->l10n, '__n')
+		) {
+			$text = $template->l10n->__n($text, $plural, $count);
+			// $text == __ngettext($text, $plural, $count);
+		}
 	} else { // use normal
-		$text = $template->l10n->__($text);
+		if (isset($domain) && isset($context)) {
+			if (is_callable('__dpgettext')) {
+				$text = __dpgettext($domain, $context, $text);
+			}
+		} elseif (isset($domain)) {
+			if (is_callable('__dgettext')) {
+				$text = __dgettext($domain, $text);
+			}
+		} elseif (isset($context)) {
+			if (is_callable('__pgettext')) {
+				$text = __pgettext($context, $text);
+			} elseif (
+				$template->l10n instanceof \CoreLibs\Language\L10n &&
+				method_exists($template->l10n, '__p')
+			) {
+				$text = $template->l10n->__p($context, $text);
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (is_callable('__gettext')) {
+				$text = __gettext($text);
+			} elseif (
+				$template->l10n instanceof \CoreLibs\Language\L10n &&
+				method_exists($template->l10n, '__')
+			) {
+				$text = $template->l10n->__($text);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// run strarg if there are parameters