[Resolved] I need help with translating ACF link field in advanced transltion editor

Hello,

The link field by default is set to "Copy". This is the default setting when using the field group setting "Same fields across languages".

You will need to change the field group to "Expert" and set the Link field to "Translate".

When using ACF Blocks we currently have reported issues and for this we currently have the following workaround available:

Edit \acfml\classes\class-wpml-acf-blocks.php line 191 and replace

	private function get_text_type( $text ) {
		$type = 'LINE';
		if ( is_array( $text ) ) {
			$type = 'array';
		} elseif ( strip_tags( $text ) !== $text ) {
			$type = 'VISUAL';
		} elseif ( strpos( $text, "\n" ) !== false ) {
			$type = 'AREA';
		}
		return $type;
	}

with

	private function get_text_type( $text ) {
		$type = 'LINE';
		if ( is_array( $text ) ) {
			$type = 'array';
		} elseif ( strip_tags( $text ) !== $text ) {
			$type = 'VISUAL';
		} elseif ( strpos( $text, "\n" ) !== false ) {
			$type = 'AREA';
		} else if (preg_match('/^(?:https?):\/\/\S+/i', $text)) {
			$type = 'LINK';
		}
		return $type;
	}

IMPORTANT:
1) Add the absolute link instead of relative links
2) Set the links field to translate.

Adjust the code in "Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual" make an update to the original page and translate it again.

If this will not solve the issue, please let us know.

Best regards
Andreas

My apologies for the misunderstanding.

You said in your first comment that you are going to use the WPML's Advanced Translation Editor (ATE) to create the translation.

Setting the Link field to "Translate" should make the link text and link URL available inside the WPML Translation Editor, where you will need to translate both.

It might be that you need to use the search field inside ATE to search for the link URL by typing "http".

1) Open the original page, and edit the link text.
2) Save the page.
3) Open the WPML Translation Editor.

Are you now able to translate the link text and link URL?

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You should not edit a translation manually on the WordPress Editor, if you use the WPML Translation Editor for translation. The ATE will overwrite any edit taken on the WordPress Editor in second languages.

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On the original page, I deleted one of the links and added it from scratch.

The translation worked after that, on my local copy, but there was one issue I spotted.

The new UI of the Advanced Translation Editor seems not to be able to approve all the segments.

I am not sure why those issues occur. For example, I was not able to apply the translations for the button link texts and I was not able to save the translations for the links.

I had to use the settings of the Advanced Translation Editor on the top right and enable the option to use the old user interface.

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There is a Warning occurring on the header of your theme:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in D:\Work\Local Sites\schweizerfinanzblog\app\public\wp-content\themes\schweizerfinanzblog\header.php on line 33

On the components that you are trying to translate the following Warnign occurs directly in front of the buttons:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in D:\Work\Local Sites\schweizerfinanzblog\app\public\wp-content\themes\schweizerfinanzblog\components\unsere-empfehlungen-company-component\unsere-empfehlungen-company-component.php on line 34

I suggest you fix those issues on the theme and then test again or switch to the old UI of the WPML Translation Editor and complete the translations, which should solve the issue.