converts special characters (like "&") to its html entity.

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Last updated by Alejandro 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Christopher Amirian.

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February 19, 2024 at 9:03 am
Alexander	Hello! I noticed that the Advanced Translation Editor converts special characters (like "&") to its html entity. Is there a way to disable this? This breaks the URL's and I have to manually switch to my secondary language and update links manually which is kind of inconvenient.
February 19, 2024 at 1:44 pm #15318684
Christopher Amirian WPML Supporter since 07/2020 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi there, The & issue is reported to the second-tier support I will get back to you as soon as I have an answer. Thanks.
March 13, 2024 at 9:18 am #15402624
Christopher Amirian WPML Supporter since 07/2020 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi there, I have an answer: For now there is no Workaround and you will need to avoid using Advanced Translation Editor and instead using Manual Translation for the pages that you need to keep & character as is. Here is the manual translation documentation: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/ The issue will be fixed in WPML 4.7 release cycle which we do not have ETA to share at the moment. Thank youu
March 13, 2024 at 1:39 pm #15404257
Alexander	Thanks! I'll look forward to the update then.
December 19, 2024 at 3:05 pm #16530724
Alejandro WPML Supporter since 02/2018 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Rome (GMT+02:00)	Hello, You can resend your pages to translate and the problem should be fixed.