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May 14, 2025 at 6:24 pm #17034068

florianG-22

Background of the issue:
I want to use KI automatic translation for pages, site templates, site template parts, table press tables, and many other things on my site hidden link. The original language is DE, and the translation target is EN. In Translation management, I am sending these elements to automatic translations.

Symptoms:
The system is responding 'some of the chosen content have already been translated and cannot be translated again from DE to EN'. This is strange as I have never created anything in EN. I am creating stuff in DE and translate it afterwards.

Questions:
Why does the system say some content cannot be translated again from DE to EN?
How can I ensure that all my DE content is translated to EN using WPML?

May 15, 2025 at 1:30 pm #17037084

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

Would you be willing to provide me with WordPress credentials so I could investigate the issue directly?

And give me an example of the content which when added to the basket, it shows this message?

https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/

I marked your next reply as private so that you can safely add credentials.

May 15, 2025 at 2:42 pm #17037506

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

So you add some content to translation cart and you get these messages when you click "Translate", or even before you click the button to send it for the translation?

Can you send me a screenshot? I've added various content (templates, pages, etc), translated and not translated into the cart, this is what I see.

translate.jpg
May 15, 2025 at 3:08 pm #17037732

florianG-22

Hi Bruno,

I am using auto translation with KI

See below for the process - and the result...

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May 16, 2025 at 9:06 am #17040387

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

I am not sure why but I don't see any of these template as on your screenshot.

We are working on the same hidden link site, correct?

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May 16, 2025 at 9:11 am #17040465

florianG-22

Yes, correct...

But you can try with ANY element which is either not translated or needs updated translation...

May 16, 2025 at 12:21 pm #17041625

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

I've tested it with several pages, templates, and more. After running the troubleshooting steps (setting language information, fixing term counts, and assigning the correct post types for translations), everything should now be functioning as expected.

Can you please try it on your end and let me know if it works for you?

May 16, 2025 at 1:44 pm #17042211

florianG-22

First test is positive.

I will get back to you if anything else comes up in this regard.

Thanks for your great help, Bruno!

May 16, 2025 at 1:50 pm #17042235

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

I'm glad I could help. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you need any further assistance.

May 19, 2025 at 12:08 pm #17048285

florianG-22

Hi Bruno,

I was able to translate most of the items now.

But with the two teams that I have marked in the attached images, I still have problems. They might be rooted in another issue - but I am not sure.

Can you have a look at this?

I have extended the temporary link accordingly.

Kind regards

Florian

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May 19, 2025 at 1:03 pm #17048545

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

When checking the page at hidden link, it appears that the language is correctly assigned. However, the corresponding English version hidden link does not seem to be properly linked as a translation, even though it is connected in the system.

The same issue is with the following page:
hidden link

Based on this, I believed that removing the English translation and recreating it as a new translation job might resolve the issue, especially since the original and translation have different post IDs.

Unfortunately, during this process, when I removed the English version of the archived page from the trash, the original page was somehow also deleted. I sincerely apologize for this oversight.

I noticed you have backups in place via UpdraftPlus:
hidden link
If needed, I’m happy to assist with restoring the deleted content.

Given that there may be inconsistencies in the database entries for both the original and translated pages, my recommendation for the fastest and cleanest solution is to delete both versions of the affected pages and recreate them from scratch. This will ensure they are treated as new entries in the database, allowing you to assign translations properly through the translation management system.

Please let me know how you’d like to proceed or if you would prefer I assist with any part of this process.

May 19, 2025 at 1:13 pm #17048576

florianG-22

Hello Bruno,

yes, I would need assistance on this.

You said original and translated versions of the pages are deleted - but when I call the links, they are both still there.

I would not mind deleting both versions - I have backup on dev.organisationsberatung.net so it would be very easy to copy the German translated content and afterwards translate it to English.

But from what I can see, even deleting the pages doesn't work ...

What can be done about this?

Best regards

Florian

May 19, 2025 at 1:16 pm #17048580

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

What I mean that both these pages should be deleted from the site, removed from the trash and then created as new pages.

Can you create these 2 new pages in German only so I could check what happens when I try translating them?

May 19, 2025 at 1:24 pm #17048601

florianG-22

Hi Bruno,

certainly.

But both have sub-pages - what happens to those when I delete pages in the middle of the path?

May 19, 2025 at 1:45 pm #17048739

florianG-22

in addition:

Whenever I try to edit one of the problematic pages or other pages that have incomplete translations, I run into "internal server error" for all URLs beneath the top level page.

When I reset the permalink settings, everything is back to "normal" - until I start editing one of the URLs that I have described above.

Could there be an underlying issue that we have not yet spotted correctly?

This behavior has started to appear since I I have translated many pages during the last 3-4 days.

This is new behavior of the site....

So can this be related to the issues that we have discussed in this thread so far:

- Sites are not translatable
- parts of sites are not translatable

Best regards

Florian