How to localize editor plugins?

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How can I use the translation server to translate strings on an editor plugin? It just doesn't work as expected.

On my plugin.gd, on _enter_tree(), I do something like this

TranslationServer.add_translation(load("res://addons/myaddon/strings.pt.translation"))
print(tr("hi")) # prints "hi"
TranslationServer.set_locale("pt")
print(tr("hi")) # should print "oi" but prints "hi"

But if I create a normal scene and run the exactly same code on _ready(), it prints exactly what's expected

TranslationServer.add_translation(load("res://addons/myaddon/strings.pt.translation"))
print(tr("hi")) # prints "hi"
TranslationServer.set_locale("pt")
print(tr("hi")) # prints "oi" exactly as expected.

Maybe it is a bug? Or is this expected behavior and I should do something different when localizing plugins?

I would like to add that those tests are made after reloading the editor one time, that is, after the csv has been properly imported by the editor and the "*.pt.translation" has been generated.

Godot version 3.4.4 x64 windows
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