Problem: The client is experiencing issues with job listings visibility across different languages on their website. Specifically, jobs added in German (DE) are not visible in other languages, despite the site's standard language being English (EN). Solution: We explained that the behavior observed is expected due to the configuration settings: 1. The 'fallback to default language' feature functions only when the original post is in the default site language, which is English in this case. This means that for jobs posted in English, they will be visible in all languages without needing a translation. 2. For jobs posted in German, they need to be manually translated into other languages to be visible. We recommend using the Advanced Translation Editor for this purpose, where the automatic translation feature can help streamline the process. For detailed guidance on using this feature, please visit https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/advanced-translation-editor/#automatic-translation.
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Problem: The client needed guidance on how to disable automatic translation for specific fields like the title and description in a job listing, and also inquired about the implications of setting a custom post type job_listing to "Translatable - use translation if available or fallback to default language" versus "Translatable - only show translated items". Solution: To exclude the post title from the translation editor, we recommended following the workaround provided in this forum post. However, this involves custom code, and if the client is not comfortable implementing it, we suggested contacting one of our certified partners, which can be found here: WPML certified partners. Regarding the translation settings, using the fallback setting "Translatable - use translation if available or fallback to default language" will disable the automatic translation feature. This feature only works with the setting "Translatable - only show translated items", which also means that a job added in a secondary language won't appear in the job list when switching back to the default language, nor will the language switcher show other languages.
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