Problem: The client is looking to translate fewer fields when translating a product, specifically to have the short description appear in a single field instead of multiple ones. They also inquired about the possibility of ignoring a field completely and still marking the translation as complete. Solution: 1) We recommend using the 'join' option in the Advanced Translation Editor to combine sentences if they form a single paragraph. For guidance on how to do this, please check the following guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/advanced-translation-editor/#joining-sentences. 2) It is not possible to ignore fields completely; if you do not wish to translate a value, you should copy the content from the default language field.
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