USING MENU DIFFERENT FROM THE DEFAULT LANGUAGE

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Problem:
The client needs help translating and syncing menus from English to Chinese, where the menus in Chinese are different from the default English language but still need to sync with their respective pages/posts.
Solution:
We recommend translating the menu manually since automatic syncing only replicates the exact same items across different languages. If you need distinct items in the Chinese menu, manual translation is necessary. You can follow the steps outlined in our documentation on fully custom menu creation.

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year ago.

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May 14, 2024 at 12:39 pm #15625359
tropiconD	Tell us what you are trying to do? Hello, I need help translating and syncing menu from English to Chinese. The challenge here is that some of the menus in English are not the same as Chinese. How do I create distinctive menu for Chinese that is different from the default English language but they can sync with their respective pages/posts. Note that the translated posts/pages are readily available. I will await your feedback. Thanks Franklin Is there any documentation that you are following? https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-menus/ Is there a similar example that we can see? What is the link to your site? hidden link
May 14, 2024 at 6:30 pm #15626797
Mihai Apetrei WPML Supporter since 03/2018 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)	Hi Franklin. For what you mentioned, you will need full control and the only way that can be done is by translating the menu manually. There is no way to sync things that are different in the translated menu. Syncing is exactly that: syncing the exact same buttons from the default language in the other language. If you need to have different buttons in the other language, then you need to use the manual menu translation method: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-menus/#fully-custom-create-menus-manually I hope that you will find this information helpful. 🙂 Mihai Apetrei