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Last updated by Andrey 7 months ago.

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Author	Posts
October 10, 2024 at 7:30 am #16273152
Juan	Background of the issue: Our authors are from different countries, and we display their news. The main page is in English (hidden link), and on the right, we show a list of countries with their names and flags. I have configured the translation of all 'authors domain' in both 'display name' and 'nickname' using the 'String translation' page. Symptoms: When I view the Spanish version (hidden link), the countries are not translated. Questions: How can I get the translations of the countries to show on the Spanish version?
October 10, 2024 at 7:11 pm #16276765
Andrey WPML Supporter since 06/2013 Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Thank you for contacting WPML support. Do I correctly understand that those countries are the authors? How do you display them on the right of the homepage?
October 11, 2024 at 8:28 am #16278040
Juan	I created this site many years ago and I did not remember how it was done. I entered the widget area and saw that it is a missing "legacy widget". So I created a new one and using the icl_t function I was able to translate the countries name. However, I could not translate the word "Countries" into Spanish. In the string translation screen, looking under widgets translations, I found widget title = "Countries" and I added the translation, but it did not work. Where can I translate it?
October 11, 2024 at 10:12 am #16278537
Andrey WPML Supporter since 06/2013 Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Maybe you can create a separate widget for "Countries" and translate it to Spanish, and then display the widget in each language. Here are more details: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-widgets/#using-different-widgets-for-different-languages
October 14, 2024 at 9:08 am #16284657
Juan	Because I was not able to translate the word "countries" (!?) and I did not want to duplicate widgets for five languages, my decision was to do not shown an English word, but an icon. I wonder why it was not possible to translate the title of a widget with WPML.
October 14, 2024 at 10:14 am #16285112
Andrey WPML Supporter since 06/2013 Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Thank you for your feedback. You can translate it using WPML → String Translation. Due to compatibility issues with the widget, the translation may not appear. Have a great week.