Change in original language (German) overwrites existing translation (English)

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Last updated by Andreas W. 48 minutes ago.

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May 23, 2025 at 10:08 pm #17067973
Mandy	<b>Background of the issue: </b> I am trying to update content in blog posts and their translations. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link. Maybe this issue is related to my other ticket: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/html-language-tag-on-translation-is-the-same-as-on-original-language/#post-17067958. <b>Symptoms: </b> After changing a paragraph in German, I open the translation editor and see that the updated German text is added to the English translation field, even though an English version of this text already existed. <b>Questions: </b> Why does the updated German text overwrite the existing English translation? Is this issue related to my other ticket about the HTML language tag? Update: I just remembered that we had the same issue on the same site about 2 years ago. See https://wpml.org/forums/topic/changes-in-main-language-de-en-translation-gets-replaced-with-de-text/ -- but this fix doesn't work anymore.
May 24, 2025 at 5:57 pm #17068987
Andreas W. WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, Did you make sure to translate the Header, Content, and Footer Templates for Divi at WPML > Translation Management > Dashboard? If not, create one job for each template and translate them. You can assign the jobs to yourself, access them at WPML > Translation, and translate the templates with the WPML Translation Editor or you could use the automatic translation. If this will not clarify the issue, please also try to clear the site's cache. Best regards Andreas