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Last updated by Osama Mersal 1 year, 2 months ago.

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September 5, 2023 at 12:23 pm #14344189

nicolasF-24

Hi,

The category product description is not translated, whereas i had well activate the field to be translated as you can see on screenshot

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September 5, 2023 at 12:24 pm #14344219

nicolasF-24

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You can check this category in other languages, it's empty

September 6, 2023 at 8:18 am #14349283

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

Thanks for contacting WPML forums support. I'll be glad to help you today.

Please go to Products-> Category, switch the language from the top admin bar, edit the translated category, and add the translated description.

Kindly let me know if the above steps fixed the issue.

Best regards,
Osama

September 6, 2023 at 8:28 am #14349347

nicolasF-24

Hi,
I want this to be automatic ...
I have 250 categories and 7 languages, i can't manually translate them
How can i use the automatic translation ? (i pay for it)
Thanks for your feedback

September 6, 2023 at 8:32 am #14349375

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

If this description field is a custom field added by a plugin/theme, please search for it in WPML-> String Translation and WPML-> String Translation-> Admin Texts.

If you can find them, please select the strings and send them to Automatic Translation. If they are not found, I'm afraid that you will need to do it manually.

Also, please go to WPML-> Taxonomy Translation, and check if you can see the description field.

Best regards,
Osama

September 6, 2023 at 9:39 am #14350183

nicolasF-24

I have the description, but it's never updated if i update the translation of the description on the main language, the one of the traduction will remain always the same ...
How can i update the description ? The default field of wordpress on product category

September 6, 2023 at 9:47 am #14350383

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

For the default description field, please go to WPML-> Taxonomy Translation, select the taxonomy, and translate the term.

Best regards,
Osama

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September 6, 2023 at 9:49 am #14350419

nicolasF-24

I need this to be automatic ... We are in 2023 it's not normal to have to manually translate a description, as i said i have 1000 products and 7 languages
You developed an automatic tool to translate, why i can't use it for category description ?

September 6, 2023 at 10:01 am #14350609

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

There is a workaround to translate the Taxonomies automatically. Please check this guide. (https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-all-taxonomy-terms-at-once/)

Please don't add all of your categories at once if you have too many to prevent any issues with translations.

Kindly note that our automatic translation has limitations, and not all of your content can be translated automatically.

Best regards,
Osama

September 6, 2023 at 10:05 am #14350621

nicolasF-24

This will update existing translations as well ?

September 6, 2023 at 10:11 am #14350781

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

Please go to WPML-> Settings-> Translation Editor section, and unselect the "Only show taxonomy terms that haven't been translated yet" option.

Best regards,

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