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Background of the issue:
I am working on a site under development and trying to make some translations. I have used Loco Translate before but still can't translate a few items. using elementor pro. jupiter X
Symptoms:
certain lines won't translate translate.
Questions:
I've tried aa few things and can't seem to do it
Thank you for contacting WPML support. I'd be happy to assist you on this issue.
Can you please follow the below steps and see if it helps
- Go to WPML->Strings Translations->Auto Register strings for translations
- Enable the "Look for strings while pages are rendered" option
- Now visit the page on front-end where the string is shown, this will automatically register strings from that page
- Now go to WPML->Strings Translations->Auto Register strings for translations and disable the options
- Search for the strings in WPML->String Translations and translate it
OR
- Go to WPML->String Translations
- At the bottom of the String Translation table, click on “Translate text in admin screens”
- Search for the strings there and see if you can find them.
- If you can find it, select it and add it using the “Add to string translation” button
- Click on “Return to String Translations”
- Translate it
To debug this issue further, I would need to check your site settings once, for this I would need temporary access (wp-admin and ftp) to your site.
So could you please provide me with those details, you will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. hidden link
Your default language is English and you are visiting the page in English itself so the strings is not shown as translated, I translated one product in spanish then checked the issue and it's working for me. hidden link
If you navigate to hidden link, you'll notice that English is currently set as the default language, with Spanish as the secondary language.
Additionally, at hidden link, all products appear to have been created in English. As a result, when viewing products and pages, all strings are displayed in English by default.
If you'd like to change the site's default language and update the source language for pages to Spanish, you can follow these steps:
1. Go to **WPML -> Languages** and update the default language.
2. Edit one of the products, and in the language metabox, set the language for the product to your preferred choice.
Regarding the issue, I couldn't replicate it at this URL: hidden link. Could you please check this link and share a screenshot for further investigation?
Ok, think I'm fixing some things already but Having two versions of the website is kind of confusing me. sometimes i check and problem is fixed other times it isn't because i'm checking the english version and it's not always ovbious to switch from one to the other.
Can i eliminate the english translation in wpml and still do the back end in english using what you explained before?
I set the default language to spanish.
Do I have to translate each products to spanish one by one like in the screenshot or is there a way to do all of them ? (I have no interest to keep an english version of each product.)
about the screenshot you asked me. it's still in english some things. but the description is sometimes in english sometimes in spanish
Can I eliminate the English translation in WPML and still manage the backend in English as you explained earlier?
Yes, you can. You can change the original language of the products and then remove English later from **WPML -> Languages**.
Do I have to translate each product to Spanish individually, as shown in the screenshot, or is there a way to do it all at once? (I have no interest in keeping an English version of each product.)
Yes, the changes need to be done individually, one by one.
