[Waiting for user confirmation] links are not being translated

Your field groups are not configured correctly.

Repeater Fields, Groups, and Flexible content fields need to be set to "Copy once" or "Copy".

All your fields are set to "Not translate".

As long as a field is set to "Not translate", nothing will happen if you translate the page. You need to set the link fields to "Copy" to copy the link or to "Translate" to translate the link.

Please follow this guide to set up the fields:
https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/recommended-custom-fields-translation-preferences-for-acf-and-wpml/

Copy > The field value will be copied every time you translate content

Copy once > The field value will only be copied once (use this only if you translate posts or pages with the WordPress Editor)

Translate > The field will be available inside the translation editor for translation

After making changes to the fields you will need to edit the fields again on the original page, save the page, and then open the translation editor.

We do have a known issue for this use case which is already escalate to our development team.

Please take a backup of your site incl. database and try to apply the following workaround:

Workaround
Edit wp-content\plugins\acfml\classes\class-wpml-acf-blocks.php go to 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;
	}

You are using a version of ACF PRO that was released in November 2023.

Also, WPML and our addons are outdated.

Please update all plugins and then test again.

As you can see on the screenshot, your field group is still not configured correctly.

If you use the "Expert" mode you need to follow this guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/recommended-custom-fields-translation-preferences-for-acf-and-wpml/

If you have doubts about how to set each field, please use the group settings:

- Same fields across languages (for translation with the WPML Translation Editor)
- Different fields across languages (for translation with the WordPress Editor)

Thank you for the details.

I went through half of the group and there are various configuration issues. For example, all the Repeater Fields were set to "Translate". They should be set to "Copy".

Now, this is a huge group and I can not go through it all for you.

If you want to save time, and if all your links ar internal links anyways, then please set the field group to "Same fields across languages" and then translate the page again.

This usually should solve the issue.

Ths issue is inside your template.

Using the following approach solves the issue while keeping links on "copy".

if ($row === 'stats_banner') {
    $image = get_sub_field('image');
    $src = wp_get_attachment_image_src($image['id'], 'thumb_2000_0');

    echo '<div class="stats-banner" style="background-image: url(' . $src[0] . ');" data-colour="dark">';
    echo '<div class="stats-banner__content container">';
    echo '<div class="stats-banner__stats">';
    echo '<div class="stats-banner__left-stat">';
    $largeStat = get_sub_field('large_stat');
    if ($largeStat) {
        echo '<span>' . $largeStat . '</span>';
    }
    $text = get_sub_field('text');
    if ($text) {
        echo $text;
    }
    echo '</div>';

    $colourBox = get_sub_field('colour_box');
    $firstColour = $colours[$colourBox['colours']['first']];
    $secondColour = $colours[$colourBox['colours']['second']];
    
    // Translate the link and title
    $link_url = $colourBox['link']['url'];
    $link_title = $colourBox['link']['title'];

    if ($link_url && $link_title) {
        // Translate the URL (if needed), WPML generally handles URLs of translated pages
        $translated_link_url = apply_filters('wpml_permalink', $link_url);
        
        // Translate the link title (if the title is a translatable string)
        $translated_link_title = apply_filters('wpml_translate_string', $link_title, 'acf', 'link_title_' . $colourBox['link']['title']);
        
        // Output the translated link
        echo '<div class="stats-banner__right-stat" style="background: linear-gradient(to right, ' . $firstColour . ' 40%, ' . $secondColour . ' 40%);">';
        if ($colourBox['top_text']) {
            echo $colourBox['top_text'];
        }
        if ($colourBox['stat']) {
            echo '<span>' . $colourBox['stat'] . '</span>';
        }
        if ($colourBox['bottom_text']) {
            echo $colourBox['bottom_text'];
        }
        if ($translated_link_url) {
            echo '<a href="' . $translated_link_url . '">' . $translated_link_title . '</a>';
        }
        echo '</div>';
    }

    echo '</div>';
    echo '</div>';
    echo '</div>';
}

Using the 'wpml_permalink' hook in your template will make sure that the correct URL will be loaded for each language.

This will automatically adjust the link without the need to translate it. The downside is, that you will not be able to translate the link text, as it is being copied.

To translate the link text, the link field would need to be set to "Translate" but this would include that you also need to translate the links.