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Problem:
You are trying to use KI automatic translation for various content types on your site, but you encounter an issue where the system reports that some content has already been translated from German (DE) to English (EN), despite you never having created content in EN. This occurs when you attempt to translate pages, site templates, and other elements.
Solution:
First, verify that the language settings for your pages are correctly assigned. If the English versions are not properly linked as translations in the system, consider removing these translations and recreating them. This approach involves deleting both the original and the English version of the affected pages and then recreating them from scratch to ensure they are treated as new entries in the database. This method allows proper assignment through the translation management system.
If you encounter issues such as error 500 after these changes, it might be related to permalinks. You can address this by resaving your permalinks or following the troubleshooting steps provided here: WPML permalink issue.

If this solution does not apply to your case, or if it seems outdated, we recommend opening a new support ticket. We also highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. For further assistance, please visit our support forum at WPML support forum.

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Last updated by Paola Mendiburu 5 months, 3 weeks ago.

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May 20, 2025 at 5:42 am #17050833

Bruno Kos
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

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

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)

If you delete a page in the middle of the path, the child pages become orphans. They are not deleted, but they no longer have a parent assigned. You’d need to manually assign them a new parent if needed.

For the error 500 that gets fixed after you resave permalinks, can you try this?
https://wpml.org/faq/why-is-htaccess-getting-overwritten-with-the-language-folder-on-my-wpml-website/#how-can-i-identify-the-plugin-causing-this-and-fix-the-issue

May 27, 2025 at 6:48 am #17075855
florianG-22

I have implemented the code in functions.php and will observe behaviour.

Meanwhilte,

on mobile version of the website, the hamburger menu is missing in the EN translations.

I am not sure how to fix this - seems like I have translated all templates, site parts etc. ...

New threads created by Paola Mendiburu and linked to this one are listed below:

https://wpml.org/forums/topic/cant-see-mobile-menu-on-translation/

May 27, 2025 at 3:43 pm #17079640

Paola Mendiburu
WPML Supporter since 11/2020

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi there!

This is Paola and I will continue with the ticket as Bruno is on holidays.

I have created a new ticket as this is a new problem and we will continue here:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/cant-see-mobile-menu-on-translation/

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