Localisation – Translation Function with Multiple Variables Not Working

To translate a crumb without using a helper, you can use the translate attribute for your action node by using crumbInfo.label and crumbInfo.title.

Exemple:

<reference name="breadcrumbs">
    <action method="addCrumb" translate="crumbInfo.label crumbInfo.title">
        <crumbName>home</crumbName>
        <crumbInfo>
            <label>Home</label>
            <title>Home</title>
            <link>/</link>
        </crumbInfo>
    </action>
    <action method="addCrumb" translate="crumbInfo.label crumbInfo.title">
        <crumbName>brands</crumbName>
        <crumbInfo>
            <label>All Brands</label>
            <title>All Brands</title>
        </crumbInfo>
    </action>
</reference>

It's the better way to translate breadcrumbs, use helpers only if you have the set a custom title depend on URL params or something else.

This will try to translate using Mage::helper('paygate')->__('Cash Payment').

paygate is the alias of Mage_Paygate, so your translation must be defined either

1. in Mage_Paygate.csv
2. in the translate.csv of your theme as "Mage_Paygate::Cash Payment","Your translation here"
3. in the database, using inline translation