Problem: The client wanted to know if it's possible to automatically translate content from English pages into pre-existing German pages while retaining the title, permalink, and SEO metadata. Solution: We informed the client that WPML does not support the automatic translation of content into pre-existing pages by default. However, we provided a guide on how to link imported German pages with English pages: https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-link-already-translated-pages/. We noted that the content on these German pages would need to be entered manually and that the SEO metadata would remain unchanged. We also mentioned that while WPML does not support inserting translated content into existing pages automatically, the client could consider translating English content into new German pages.
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