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Problem:
You are trying to manually translate a word in the header menu of your website using the Salient theme, even though the header menu has been translated using WPML, there is an error that needs manual correction.
Solution:
If you're experiencing this issue, we recommend you try the following steps:
1. Navigate to Appearance > Menus in your WordPress dashboard.
2. From the "Select a menu to edit" dropdown, choose the menu you want to translate (if you have more than one menu).
3. Click the "Plus" or "Pencil icon" next to the "Translations" to open the translated menu.
4. Make your updates and click the "Save Menu" button.
For more detailed instructions, please visit our documentation: Translating Menus

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Last updated by Noman 1 year, 4 months ago.

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December 23, 2024 at 4:41 pm #16541175

cecilieH

Background of the issue:
I am trying to manually translate a word in the header menu of my website, hidden link, which uses the Salient theme. The header menu has been translated using WPML, but there is an error.

Symptoms:
The header menu has been translated, but there is an error that needs manual correction.

Questions:
How can I manually translate a word in the header menu using WPML?

December 24, 2024 at 5:35 am #16542353

Noman

Hi,

Thank you for contacting WPML Support. To translate/update the header menu manually, please try to follow the below steps:

1. Navigate to Appearance > Menus in your WordPress dashboard.
2. From the “Select a menu to edit” dropdown, choose the menu you want to translate (if you have more than one menu).
3. Click the “Plus” or “Pencil icon” next to the “Translations” to open the translated menu.
4. Make your updates and click the “Save Menu” button.

Here is a doc for more details:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-menus/#fully-custom-create-menus-manually

Please let me know if this resolves the issue or if you need further assistance with this issue.

Thank you

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