Problem:
Hello, I have a few questions about the translation mode.
At first, I set up our account as 'Translate Some' but now that we've tested and are happy, I want to switch to 'Translate everything'. Moreover, I'm using automatic translation everywhere.
For 'Translate Some', I would select what to translate, select options (languages), add that to the translation basket, Send items for translation, then head over to the 'Automatic translation' tab and 'Translate automatically'
Now, if I switch my settings to 'Translate Everything', I have a few questions:
- The site says "WPML will automatically translate content that you publish or update", so I assume drafts won't get translated. Is this correct?
- About updates, in the 'Translate Some' mode in which I'm right now, I can see some translations need updating (I have done nothing about these because I didn't know what to do). I assume in 'Translate Everything', as soon as a post or page is updated, the translation gets modified, correct? Including the ones I created manually?
- I assume that in 'Translate Everything', the new posts/pages will be translated, but the system will also take care of my backlog of existing untranslated pages/posts, correct?
- How do I set this up for automatic translation? From what I see, I don't have the option to set up human vs automatic translation.
Solution:
#1 The site says "WPML will automatically translate content that you publish or update", so I assume drafts won't get translated. Is this correct?
That is correct
"Please note that this feature does not automatically translate the following:
Unpublished drafts
Content created in a secondary language
Pages or posts that were previously translated using a different method. This is so you won’t overwrite existing translations. Instead, please continue to use the same translation method you used originally to translate those pages and posts.
"
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/#translating-your-whole-site-automatically
#2 About updates, in the 'Translate Some' mode in which I'm right now, I can see some translations need updating (I have done nothing about these because I didn't know what to do). I assume in 'Translate Everything', as soon as a post or page is updated, the translation gets modified, correct? Including the ones, I created manually?
If the page was translated using a different method most likely it won't affect those, but the moment any page has a change if it goes into the needs update mode the system will know what to do.
What this means is that there was a change in the original language therefore it's recommended to update the translation to make sure everything is up to date.
#3 I assume that in 'Translate Everything', the new posts/pages will be translated, but the system will also take care of my backlog of existing untranslated pages/posts, correct?
It will ask you a question when you set it up regarding this.
#4 How do I set this up for automatic translation? From what I see, I don't have the option to set up human vs automatic translation.
When you use the "Translate everything" the translation will be automatic and it will be machine translation.
this is why it has 3 options
Review before publishing --> you will need to review and approve before it becomes available in the front end
Publish and review after--> it will be published and you can review and change after if needed
Publish without review -> published right away no review notice will be created
Relevant Documentation:
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/#translating-your-whole-site-automatically
