propertyExpansion does work, so I changed configs

ant-phase-verify.xml

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
     <property name="checkstyle.pattern.todo" value="NOTHingWillMatCH_-"/>
     <property name="check.config" location="checkstyle_checks.xml"/>
-    <property name="translation.severity" value="ignore"/>
 
     <checkstyle config="${check.config}"
                 failOnViolation="false"

build.xml

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
     <property name="checkstyle.pattern.todo" value="NOTHingWillMatCH_-"/>
     <property name="check.config" location="checkstyle_checks.xml"/>
-    <property name="translation.severity" value="ignore"/>
     <checkstyle config="${check.config}"
                 failOnViolation="false"
                 failureProperty="checkstyle.failure.property"
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@
 
     <property name="checkstyle.pattern.todo" value="NOTHingWillMatCH_-"/>
     <property name="check.config" location="checkstyle_checks.xml"/>
-    <property name="translation.severity" value="ignore"/>
     <checkstyle failonviolation="false" config="${check.config}">
       <fileset dir="src/checkstyle"
                includes="**/*.java,**/*.properties"
@@ -175,7 +173,6 @@
 
     <property name="checkstyle.pattern.todo" value="NOTHingWillMatCH_-"/>
     <property name="check.config" location="checkstyle_checks.xml"/>
-    <property name="translation.severity" value="ignore"/>
     <checkstyle config="${custom.config}" file="${file.to.check}">
       <formatter type="plain"/>
       <formatter type="xml" toFile="${target.dir}/cs_errors.xml"/>

checkstyle_checks.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </module>
 
   <module name="Translation">
-    <property name="severity" value="${translation.severity}"/>
+    <property name="severity" value="ignore"/>
   </module>
 
   <module name="FileTabCharacter">

pom.xml

@@ -636,8 +636,11 @@
 	            <suppressionsFileExpression>checkstyle.suppressions.file</suppressionsFileExpression>
 	            <suppressionsLocation>suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
 	            <headerLocation>java.header</headerLocation>
+	            <!-- this does not work
 	            <propertyExpansion>translation.severity=ignore</propertyExpansion>
+	        	-->
 	            <propertyExpansion>checkstyle.importcontrol.file=import-control.xml</propertyExpansion>          
+	        
 	          </configuration>
 	        </plugin>