TablePress - Tables can't be translated

Overview of the issue

If you create a table using the TablePress plugin, it’s not currently possible to translate it with WPML.

Workaround

As the TablePress author mentions, the easiest solution is to create a table for each language and use the relevant shortcode on the translated pages.

You can also use the TablePress Row Filter extension to copy each row for each language and use the language abbreviation as the filter term, e.g. in an extra but hidden first column.

Alternatively, you can try the following solution but be sure you make a full backup of your site before proceeding:

1. Please go to WPML → Settings page.
2. Scroll down to the Post Types Translation section and set tablepress_table custom post type as Translate.
3. In the same page, look for the Custom Fields Translation section. Set the following fields as Copy:
   • _tablepress_table_options
   • _tablepress_table_visibility
4. Go to WPML → Translation Management.
5. Select the TablePress Tables post type from the dropdown:

   

6. Translate the table as you would any other post or page.
7. Go to WPML → String Translation.
8. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Translate texts in admin screens link.
9. Search for tablepress_tables.
10. Select the result and click the Add to String Translation button.
11. Go back to WPML → Translation Management.
12. Here, you need to get the ID of the original table. You can find it by hovering over the View button on the original table:

    

13. Go to WPML → Translations.
14. Get the ID of the translated table:

    

15. Go back to WPML → String Translation and select the admin_texts_tablepress_tables domain in the dropdown at the top of the table.
16. Copy the content of the string to the translation. In the translation, replace the ID of the original table (18 in our example) with the ID of the translated table (32 in our example).