Change language mapping of translated material

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Supporter timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

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Last updated by Christopher Amirian 1 week, 3 days ago.

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January 31, 2025 at 9:47 pm #16657279
ericR-51	Background of the issue: I'm trying to change the default locale for a language on my site hidden link. I've been following direction from WPML support. Symptoms: No specific issue or error message mentioned. Questions: How can I change the default locale for a language in WPML?
January 31, 2025 at 9:55 pm #16657314
ericR-51	Translations being sent to the French language with the settings below (in the screenshot) are still being translated as locale fr_FR (France) not fr_CA (French Canadian). We want them to be translated to fr_CA. Can this be changed?
February 3, 2025 at 11:37 am #16662424
Christopher Amirian Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi, Welcome to WPML support. The language mapping feature is intended for scenarios that you have a custom language or a locale that is not supported by the automatic translation engine. https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/using-automatic-translation-with-custom-languages/#mapping-multiple-secondary-languages-to-the-same-supported-language You already have a French language and you changed the locale to Canadian French. So the automatic translation will translate everything in FR-fr and then you need to edit the translations to do changes for nuances of Canadian French. From the list of the translation engines that I see, only Microsoft claims to have support for Canadian French: hidden link.. But please consider that the quality of the translation is outside of our reach and is related to Microsoft. Thanks.