String Translation -> Export po file - I am missing a language

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Supporter timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+03:00)

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Last updated by Itamar 3 years ago.

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April 6, 2021 at 4:56 pm #8475545
michaelR-105	At the moment my content is GER, ENG and FRE When exporting the po file from a post i ony can select to include French or German. No English but why to include German as this is the base language If i disable "Also include translations" i download the german version by default So how can i download the base (german) and english po file Kind regards, Mike
April 7, 2021 at 8:30 am #8479737
Itamar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+03:00)	Hi, Mike. The strings that you want to export are in German, but their source language is English. You need to change the source language of those strings into German, and then you will be able to export them where the source language is German, and the target language is English. Please read our guide at the following link to understand how to do that. https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/how-to-change-the-source-language-of-strings/ Regards, Itamar.
April 7, 2021 at 8:55 am #8480087
michaelR-105	Hello Itamar, i do not think that the source language of my posts is english. The default WPML language is german (please see added screenshot 244 - Languages.png). We write the posts in german and then we translate them into english. Here is a bigger piccture of my string translation (241 - String Translation.png) The default string is flagged as german and the english and french translation is already complete. Best regards, Mike
April 7, 2021 at 11:32 am #8481959
Itamar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+03:00)	Hi, Mike and thanks for the further information you provided. Apparently, this issue is known to us and already escalated to our developers. Luckily there is a workaround that you can implement to fix this issue. Here is what you need to do. 1. Open the following file with a code editor. /wp-content/plugins/wpml-string-translation/menu/string-translation.php 2. Find the following piece of code in two placed in this file. The first place will be line number 644. And the second place will line number 722. foreach ( $active_languages as $al ) : if ( $al['code'] == $string_settings['strings_language'] ) { continue;} 3. Change this pisce of code to: foreach ( $active_languages as $al ) : The change is actually to delete the two lines under the above line. 4. Save the changes. ** Important! Please make a full site backup (files and DB) before you proceed with those steps** 5. Now, you should be able to export the file with the English translation. When I have news regarding this issue, I'll update you here. Regards, Itamar.