Translate external link automatically

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Last updated by Bruno Kos 4 months, 3 weeks ago.

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January 21, 2025 at 9:46 am #16617408
vitaliiO	Background of the issue: I have a website - hidden link where we use automatic translation. We often link to external sites like hidden link and want the corresponding English site to be hidden link. Similarly, for links like hidden link, the English counterpart should be hidden link. Symptoms: I want to save the information for these links so they do not have to be translated in every second article. Questions: Would it be possible to save the information for these links to avoid translating them repeatedly? Do you have a short tutorial for saving link translations?
January 22, 2025 at 10:27 am #16622155
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hi, Thank you for contacting WPML support! If you are translating the content using Advanced Translation Editor, if you translated the URL once, it should apply to all the new translations. https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/how-wpml-keeps-track-of-your-translations/ The process should happen automatically and in fact there are no options to disable it. So in the new translations it should appear like this - is this not happening in your case? So I translated this URL in the previous post, and this translated URL appeared when I went on to translate another one. Regards, Bruno Kos
January 22, 2025 at 11:41 am #16622580
vitaliiO	Hello WPML support team, I’m using the Translation Management feature to bulk-translate multiple posts automatically. I select all the posts, then in the “Select translation options” area, I choose the target language and click “Translate automatically.” At which step in this process can I handle or replace those external links once, so that the changes apply to all the newly created translations in a single pass? Thank you in advance for your help!
January 22, 2025 at 1:11 pm #16623148
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	I'm uncertain whether a system that shares ATE translation memory in real time is implemented or if it would function effectively. If you were to send two completely identical jobs simultaneously, they might be processed at the same time, leaving no opportunity for the translation memory to populate. Therefore, if you consistently work with the same links or a specific set of links, I recommend consolidating them onto a single page. Translate that page, including all the URLs, and then submit the jobs for automatic translation after that page with links have been successfully translated.

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