The manually translated content got overwritten with auto-translate without triggering the automatic...

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Last updated by Andreas W. 1 month, 2 weeks ago.

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March 17, 2026 at 1:58 pm #17904865
olafsO	The manually translated content got overwritten with auto-translate without triggering the automatic translation.
March 17, 2026 at 2:14 pm #17904903
olafsO	Hey! It seems something just got rolled back to initial default translations. Products got translated and published. Afterwards the translator went through products [admin->products->product, then selecting to translate within woo product admin, editing the translation, saving]/ While the new translations did show up couple days ago, now they are evaporated and everything is back to the initial auto translated content. Those products were still pending for review in Translation, then edited in the product admin. did those original versions just overwrote the edits?! Please assist.
March 17, 2026 at 4:04 pm #17905509
olafsO	Google "Chief Labietis". It shows the correct beer with correct name. But, when we go to the site via link, we see the old unedited name. So it was fine and at some point those edits were deleted. HELP!!
March 17, 2026 at 4:20 pm #17905559
olafsO	this what Claude said? "Yeah, this is a classic WPML footgun. Here's what almost certainly happened: The "Pending Review" trap ate the manual edits. The workflow was: Auto-translate runs → creates translation, status = Pending Review Translator manually edits the product directly in the WooCommerce product admin (not through WPML's translation editor) At some point — plugin update, someone clicking "sync", saving the original product, or WPML deciding to re-push the pending job — the pending review job overwrote the manually made edits This is a known WPML behavior: if you update the original version, the translation can get overwritten. WPML puts the translation back into sync mode. WPML" What to doooooooooooooooooooooooooo?! I have an option to roll back a backup, but what to do afterwards in order to push the correct edits over the pending preview ones? [how is this even a separate thing?!]
March 17, 2026 at 7:40 pm #17905851
olafsO	Anyone....
March 18, 2026 at 5:48 am #17906238
olafsO	I still need assistance.
March 18, 2026 at 11:09 am #17907674
olafsO	Just pinging.
March 18, 2026 at 6:54 pm #17909162
olafsO	ping
March 19, 2026 at 1:46 am #17909604
Andreas W. WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, Thank you for reaching out! I have a couple of questions: With "The manually translated content," do you mean that you created yourself translations inside the Advanced Translation Editor, or do you mean that you edited the translation directly inside the WordPress Editor? Can you still complete the review of this content? Best regards Andreas

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