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Last updated by simonM-37 1 month, 4 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Bobby.

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February 15, 2026 at 2:16 pm #17823599

simonM-37

Hi Bobby

I'm unable to give you other examples off the top of my head, but I find the Pencil icon a little unreliable and in more recent years I've found the more reliable way to translate has been the complicated route described previously.

Also, what do you mean by "the change was considered minimal enough to not trigger the update". Surely if anything changes inside a translated object (which was my case here), it should "trigger" an update, no? Could you describe the conditions for "trigggering" or is there further documentation I could read on this?

Kind regards
Simon

February 18, 2026 at 9:22 am #17831363

Bobby
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Hi Simon,

What I meant was that there was a chance that possibly the change did not trigger an update because it was minor such as a period or a comma, however, by default you are correct any change should trigger an update.

If we are able to reproduce we can further investigate it, however, at the moment it does look like possibly something was "stuck" (for lack of better words) and re sending it for translation resets that.

February 18, 2026 at 10:09 am #17831594

simonM-37

Hi Bobby

OK, if you say that any change should trigger an update, I'm relieved.

I guess I got used to using the long-winded multiple click process of the Translation Dashboard now, which seems to work more reliably than the still-available-but-not-reliable pencil icon and we identified and resolved my issue in this ticket (the incorrect saving of the homepage).

I saw something pop up somewhere as well about better notifications for "stuck" translations, however a "stuck" translation is defined.

So I think it's safe to close this ticket.

Thanks for all your help.

Kind regards
Simon