[Resolved] Changes in main language DE => EN translation gets replaced with DE text

Hi Mandy,

While waiting for one of my colleagues to help you, please review the following

Is this happening with all the page's content or just specific content?

If possible, please edit your page in the default language->switch to the translation language using the language switcher at the top header (dismiss the warning)

Note: If you do not see the language switcher exit Guttenberg full screen

Do you see an option at the top right to "translate independently"? If the pages are synced the content from the default language would overwrite the translation language content.

This can happen when you duplicate from the default to the translation and then manually edit the translation without breaking the synchronization.

Let us know your results, please.

Hi Mandy,

When you try to edit the Translated pages directly you should get a warning that you are trying to edit the Translation Page by default unless you set to edit the pages independently or with WordPress editor at some point of time as explained in the next link:
https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/#how-to-use-manual-translation

From the behaviour that when you update the primary language page the translation page is being copied from the primary language and that it sounds like the translation page is duplicated from the primary language as explained in the link I shared above.

Can you please go to WPML -> Translation management and search for the page then confirm if the translated page is duplicated from primary language or translated by hovering over the languages icon below the languages/flag column? It will show you the translation status of the page.

If the pages shows as Duplicate there incorrectly please select the pages, then select "Translate" for "Select translation options" at the end of the table there and translate the pages again.

If the issue persist, I would need to take a closer look at your site. So would you please mind sharing temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP) to your site? Preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated.

I have enabled a private reply for you to share the credentials securely, which means only you and I have access to it.

IMPORTANT: Please take a complete backup of the site first to avoid data loss.

✙ I would additionally need your permission to make a copy of the site with plugins like Duplicator and deploy it in my local machine to test the issue further.

Hi Mandy,

The issue has now been escalated to our developers and we will release a fix for the issue in future WPML release.

In the mean time please try the following wordaround with WPML 4.6.4 and it should fix the issue:

- Backup your site completely to prevent any issues.

- Edit the file \wp-content\plugins\sitepress-multilingual-cms\addons\wpml-page-builders\classes\Shared\st\class-wpml-pb-string-translation.php
in your WordPress directory.

- Find the following code:

public function get_package_strings( array $package_data ) {
		$strings    = array();
		$package_id = $this->get_package_id( $package_data );

		if ( $package_id ) {
			$getPackageStrings = Cache::memorize(
				self::CACHE_GROUP_KEY,
				HOUR_IN_SECONDS,
				function( $packageId ) {
					return $this->getPackageStringsFromDb( $packageId );
				}
			);

			$strings = $getPackageStrings( $package_id );
		}

		return $strings;
	}

- And replace it with:

public function get_package_strings( array $package_data ) {
		$strings    = array();
		$package_id = $this->get_package_id( $package_data );

		if ( $package_id ) {
			$getPackageStrings =
				function( $packageId ) {
					return $this->getPackageStringsFromDb( $packageId );
				};


			$strings = $getPackageStrings( $package_id );
		}

		return $strings;
	}

Thank you!