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**Category:** support\
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553 "2020-06-27T22:43:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:**  [@AndyM](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/AndyM)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553/1 "2020-06-27T22:43:44Z")
I have an HTML file, which is called content/\_index.en.html , but the variable blocks don’t appear to be interpreted. My file looks like:
```
---
date: 2020-06-24T14:51:43-04:00
draft: false
---
{{ i18n "Partners" }}
{{ partial "sponsors.html" . }}
```
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**Author:**  [@maiki](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553/2 "2020-06-27T23:03:01Z")
Template code (in curly braces, “`{{}}`”) isn’t rendered directly from the content of a file; instead use a shortcode. 🙂
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**Author:**  [@AndyM](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/AndyM)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553/3 "2020-06-27T23:11:16Z")
Do you have an example, still new to Hugo?
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**Author:**  [@maiki](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553/4 "2020-06-27T23:33:58Z")
> **[Shortcodes](https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/)**
>
> Shortcodes are simple snippets inside your content files calling built-in or custom templates.
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**Author:**  [@AndyM](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/AndyM)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553/5 "2020-06-27T23:56:55Z")
I tried the following to no avail:
{{% partial “sponsors.html” . %}}
{{\< partial “sponsors.html” . \>}}
---
**Author:**  [@maiki](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/variables-in-html-content-not-being-interpreted/26553/6 "2020-06-28T17:28:57Z")
Share your project and I’ll take a look. 🙂