[Resolved] I can't translate the header, footer, and page title image background

I am at the moment not sure if you still need to translate anything, as it looks as if you have already translated the header and footer in French.

If you need further assistance, please name me another example.

Guide:

To translate any theme options, you need to use WPML > String Translation.

Follow this guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/finding-strings-that-dont-appear-on-the-string-translation-page/#register-admin-and-setting-strings-for-translation

You can access the admin texts screen on your site directly here:
hidden link

Example:

Search for "theme_mods_" and you will find all the strings related to theme options.

Search, for example, for "story.jpg" and you will find the string:
[bighearts_set][page_title_bg_image]background-image
which includes the image URL.

I have added this one now to WPML String Translation, where you can translate the URL.

If you plan to use a different image in a second language, I suggest you upload an alternative version at WPML > Media Translation.

Then go to your media library, switch the language in the top admin bar, and find the image to get its source URL.

Use this source URL as translation inside WPML > String Translation.

You can do the same for the header logo URL, which is the string:
[bighearts_set][header_logo]url

About the links in the header:
Those are hardcoded text links, inside the French Header:

Votre Don Peut Changer le Monde            <a href="<em><u>hidden link</u></em>">EN</a>/<a href="<em><u>hidden link</u></em>">FR</a>

WPML, by default, will always try to manually adjust internal links, which is why, in this example, both links now point to French.

You can adjust these links when translating the template inside the Advanced Translation Editor when searching for "http" inside the top right text search field.

Alternative:
Edit those links directly inside the translated header template in Elementor.

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About Theme Options:
Each theme option is registered at WPML > Settings > Custom Fields Translation.

It would be advisable to set each relative field to "Copy" if you translate using the WPML Translation Editor or to "Copy once" if you translate using the "WordPress Editor" as a translation method.

Guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-custom-fields/

I have already adjusted the settings for you now. See fields with the prefix "mb_".

You will now need to update the translations so that the theme options are copied over to the translated pages, posts, portfolios, and templates.

If you now, for example, update the translation for a page that is not supposed to display the title, then this should fix this issue.

But there might still be an issue when it comes to Templates:

Please go to Pages > All Pages while having English selected and click the translation icon for the homepage. Complete the translation to 100% and then verify if this solves the header issue.

If this will not the case, then this might be a compatibility issue between the theme and WPML, as each template has its proper ID inside the database, and the theme might need to include WPML-related code to make it work multilingually.

I can assist you in such a case by suggesting a solution.

The behavior is kind of expected when translating with the Advanced Translation Editor, but there seems to be a bug which I will need to investigate further.

Usually, in this case, you need to "unlock" the links inside the Advanced Translation Editor and translate them. Otherwise, WPML will try to manually adjust it.

The odd thing is that somehow, unlocking those links is not working in this case.

I was able to solve this issue for now by switching the translation method for this header to "WordPress Editor" and then translating the links directly inside Elementor.

How to translate using the WordPress Editor:
https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/

I will now investigate further why it is not possible to unlock those links inside the Advanced Translation Editor.

After reviewing this problem, it results that this behavior is expected, as WPML will always try to automatically adjust any internal links to the current active language.

You could use the following workaround by adding this hook to a Code Snippet plugin or to the functions.php file of your Child Theme:

add_filter( 'wpml_sl_blacklist_requests', 'custom_wpml_blacklist_urls', 10, 2 );

function custom_wpml_blacklist_urls( $blacklist, $sitepress ) {
	$blacklist[] = '/';
	$blacklist[] = '/fr';	
        return $blacklist;
}

This means WPML will not attempt to rewrite internal links that match these paths, which is useful when you want to preserve hardcoded URLs or prevent WPML from altering specific links.