Translate admin_texts_wpseo_titles?!

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Problem:
The client is trying to translate

admin_texts_wpseo_titles

for SEO purposes and is unsure how to handle placeholders and actual text within the string.
Solution:
We recommend translating only the actual text within the string and keeping the placeholders identical across languages. For example, in the string

%%term_title%% Archives %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%

, only the word "Archives" should be translated, while placeholders like

%%term_title%%

%%page%%

%%sep%%

, and

%%sitename%%

should remain unchanged. Here is how you should translate it:

English Original: %%term_title%% Archives %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%

 German Translation: %%term_title%% Archive %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%

For further details on how these placeholders work, you can refer to Yoast's documentation here: Yoast SEO Snippet Variables.

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Last updated by Andreas W. 7 months, 3 weeks ago.

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May 10, 2024 at 11:49 pm #15616521
khalidA-55	Tell us what you are trying to do? i'm trying to Translate admin_texts_wpseo_titles Is there any documentation that you are following? yes https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/using-wordpress-seo-with-wpml/ Is there a similar example that we can see? Actually i don't know how to translate these admin_texts_wpseo_titles! should i translate just words between %% like in this example: %%term_title%% Archives %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% ( English ) %%terme_titre%% Archives %%page%% %%sep%% %%nom du site%% ( French ) ???? thanks for your help
May 11, 2024 at 3:29 pm #15617094
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, These strings placed in between %% are placeholders, they should stay identical. Please translate them exactly in the same way but only change the text "Archives": English Original: %%term_title%% Archives %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% German Translation %%term_title%% Archive %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% Best regards Andreas
May 11, 2024 at 5:35 pm #15617169
khalidA-55	Hi There Thanks for your reply, do you mean i should just only translate the word ( Archives ) ?!!
May 11, 2024 at 6:29 pm #15617176
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	This string determines how your your Archive Pages will appear on search indexes. On the search index, it would look like: T-Shirt Archives T-Shirts - MySite.com This is explained here on Yoasts documentation: hidden link Let me split the string up: %%term_title%% => This is a placeholder for the Title of the Taxonomy (just copy it) Archives => This is an actual text string and should be translated %%page%% => This is a placeholder for the Archive page (just copy it) %%sep%% => This is a placeholder for a Separator (just copy it) %%sitename%% => This is a placeholder for the name of your website (just copy it)