I tried Gerard's example, and indeed i couldn't get it to work. If i:

1) Go to commons.wikimedia.org in an incognito Chrome window
2) Switch to 'Dutch' using the Language select dropdown on the left
3) Search for 'olifant' (Dutch for 'elephant')

I only get results where the string 'olifant' is available somewhere
in the raw wikitext, not in a translated 'depicts' statement.

-- Hay

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 4:51 PM Keegan Peterzell
<kpeterzell@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 2:56 PM Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hoi,
>> A previous iteration of Special:MediaSearch provided results in my language. The results were based on the media that had a depict statement on the subject that I was looking for.When I look for bever, I expect to find beavers. I don't.
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>> Is it possible to have a version of Special:MediaSearch that actually works for other languages but English? The previous iteration worked for me.
>> Thanks,
>>       GerardM
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> This should still be the case, it's being investigated.
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