[Resolved] String Translation to Spanish and "protecting/blocking" that translation

Hello Carmelo,

if we are talking about strings coming from theme files (PHP) and you need to translate them.

1) You can do so via WPML String translation. You will need to scan related theme/plugins and then translate them.

- https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/finding-strings-that-dont-appear-on-the-string-translation-page/#scanning-for-hard-coded-strings

2) Yes, you can select multiple strings and translate them automatically:

- https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/automatically-translating-multiple-translation-jobs-in-bulk/

3) Your English strings will be used on the English language and Spanish on the Spanish language, they will not overwrite one another.

4) There is no way to secure string translation, as you say, they should also work fine when the theme is updated. But if you wish there is an import/export option on WPML string translation you can use to import/export them.

Hope this helps.

Regadrs,
Drazen