You are 100% correct. But in Oxwall notifications does not work that way.

if oxwall provide multi language sites system, then it should have to be corrected/changed in the next update.

Not only (status) but all plugin dev will also have to make Their Plugins into a multi language plugin system
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I agree with Unique....

Just to be clear, I'm talking about the system's part of the status entries, like "commented on {$user}'s photo" or "liked {$user}'s photo" not the text typed in by the user....

You can do that by going in through the language option and select the edit values option.. there are hundreds of pages thought... it can be a bit confusing to find specific sections. I did see that one in there though. I think they are in the section entitled "base". You can also use the search option to find most things.

What about the notifications tab and messages tabs though? were you able to translate them? If so what sections were they in? I have been look and can not find them even using the search option.

Kyle, what notifications and messages tab are you referring to? Please provide screenshot so we could assist you more effectively. 

Thanks for getting back so fast it is the tabs/buttons on the console along the top of the screen as well as those on the left side menu on my site.

Also if I wanted the content to change for a few of the text boxes into Thai when they chose that language, on the join page, how would I do that? Would I make a if/ if else script in the join_index.html file? And if that is how, what would the condition be??

One request per topic, please, no need to duplicate your requests. 

As to the translation issue you have: you need to make sure that there's a translation for these keys

go to here:

yoursite.com/admin/dev-tools/languages

choose mailbox or notification section in the drop-down menu and type some keyword from the key which are not translated. 

Most probably those keys do not have translations. 

Ok thanks for helping me with the console stuff. What about the side menu? could you point me in the right direction for that? what drop down menu would that be in?

these are custom pages, the section would be Base.