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Last updated by Bobby 1 year, 10 months ago.

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July 26, 2023 at 12:15 pm #14103697

simonW-37

Tell us what you are trying to do?
When I change text on the english version of a page then it also changes the other language variants to english.

Here is an example:

chemometec.COM/industry/cell-based-immunotherapy/ then it automatically deletes the german text and replaces it with the english on this page: chemometec.DE/branche/zellbasierte-immuntherapie/

How do I prevent it from doing this?

July 26, 2023 at 6:10 pm #14106483

Bobby
WPML Supporter since 04/2015

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)

Hello,

When this happens I assume that the whole German page is overwritten by English content and not just one text item, correct?

This can happen if the translation is synchronized with the default language.

- Go to pages and edit the page in the default language

- Use the language switcher at the top header and switch to German (dismiss the warning)

- At the top right -> do you see a message about the 2 pages being synchronized with a button to "translate independently " , this will happen when the translation was originally Duplicated and then added manually.

https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/#copying-content

Let me know your results, please.

July 27, 2023 at 5:30 am #14107683

simonW-37

Hello Bobby

thansk for the reply.

You are correct. It's the whole page that gets overwritten.

I've followed your instructions but do not see the "translate independently" option.

Please advice.

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July 27, 2023 at 3:41 pm #14112219

Bobby
WPML Supporter since 04/2015

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)

While in the translation in the backend, you should be able to use the WordPress feature of "rollback"/"time machine", can you roll back to the previous version of it before getting overwritten?

Once done, let me know I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to test the issue.
(preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible)

**Before we proceed It is necessary to take FULL BACKUP of your database and your website. Providing us with access, you agree that a backup has been taken **

I often use the Duplicator plugin for this purpose: http://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply.
The information you enter is private which means only you and I have access to it.

NOTE: If access to the live site is not possible and the staging site does not exist please provide me with a duplicator package created with the duplicator plugin.

Thank you,
Bobby

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