This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: The client is experiencing an issue where URLs on their website are automatically translated into the Cyrillic alphabet when switching to Russian pages, which is negatively affecting their search engine indexing. They need the URLs to remain in English on the Russian pages. Solution: We recommend reviewing the translated pages and manually copying the URL from the original page to the Russian version. This will ensure that the URLs remain in English and do not affect search engine indexing.
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On the guitarjeans.com website, when switching to the Russian pages, the URLs are automatically translated into the Cyrillic alphabet. However, this is negatively affecting our search engine indexing. We need the URLs to remain in English even on the Russian pages. For example, the link hidden link changes to hidden link when switching to Russian. But I want it to open as hidden link when switching to Russian. I request your support in adjusting this URL issue for the Russian version of our e-commerce site.
By default, the URLs are auto-generated from the title. So, it is expected they are generated from the russian title.
You can activate the option " Translate (this will include the slug in the translation and not create it automatically from the title) " in WPML → Settings → Translated documents options. The slug translation will be included in the translation editor, where you can add any slug.
I've made the adjustments you mentioned. However, currently, there are hundreds of data entries that have been automatically translated into Russian, and their URLs are composed of complex characters in Russian. Can you change the URL structure of past Russian translations to English?
Can you completely cancel the Russian language and refund the credits I spent for Russian? We need to translate again with the same credit, keeping the URLs in English but only the content in Russian.
