Background of the issue:
I am working on a WordPress site, hidden link, using WPML to manage translations. We have a series of fields in an Options page, many of which are set up as Groups and Repeater Fields. The default language is English, with French and German as sub-languages. The field group is set to 'Expert'. We want to translate the text in these fields for French and German.
Symptoms:
When trying to edit fields in French and German, they are locked with a message: 'This field value is copied from the default language and will be kept in sync across languages.'
Questions:
Why are the fields locked when trying to edit in French and German?
How can I change the text in the fields for French and German?
Is there a setting that needs to be adjusted to allow translation of these fields?
While you wait for my colleague to take over the ticket, let me try to help you with the issue quickly.
That is because you have set those subfields to COPY, which means they are being copied from the default language, I advise checking the next doc and recommended Expert settings for each field type:
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
You should use the "Copy once" settings. This will copy the value only once and from there on you should be able to edit it.
Take note, that also Repeaters and Groups should be set to "Copy once".
Same effect would be using the ACF Group translation preference "Different fields across languages". This will set all the fields automatically for your use case.
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"Copy" will copy the vlaues each time you switch the language inside the top admin bar.
"Translate" will not have any effect. It's purpose is to make values available on the WPML Translation Editor and in your case you can not use the WPML Translation Editor for translating the ACF Options page.
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