Advanced Translation Editor does not accept blank translations

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Last updated by Richard Bolton 1 year, 1 month ago.

Assigned support staff: Andreas W..

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October 8, 2019 at 7:19 pm #4717847
Richard Bolton	I am trying to: Have some English sentences not translated into the French version. Is there any way to do this with the Advanced Translation Editor?
October 9, 2019 at 12:45 pm #4723005
Sumit Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)	Hi, Thank you for contacting the support forum. Yes, that is true. You can save the blank string as a translation of string instead you can keep the same string in French to display the string in English. I hope it helps. Thanks
October 9, 2019 at 5:12 pm #4724781
Richard Bolton	When I try to save a blank translation, I receive the message: "Translation not saved" "The translation cannot be empty. Enter translation and try again." It will also not let me "Finish" with blank translations. The message is: Job not finished "Save and complete the translation of all sentences, then finish the job" Is there any way around this?
October 9, 2019 at 10:22 pm #4725807
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, Thank you for contacting the WPML support forum. Please try adding a blank space or use the extended HTML character: Try editing the field with: Let me know if this solved the issue. Kind regards Andreas
October 10, 2019 at 9:50 pm #4734217
Richard Bolton	Thanks Andreas, the extended character for "nbsp" works correctly, and I now realize that the editor strips out leading and trailing normal spaces which explains why they don't work. Richard