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Last updated by Long Nguyen 3 months, 3 weeks ago.

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October 10, 2024 at 12:29 am #16272505

chrisL-17

Background of the issue:
I have built a contact directory for my client using Toolset — Toolset Types and Blocks — that needs to be translated. The directory contains the contact information for about 800 people and each contact record needs to be available in English and French so that the directory is searchable in both languages. Currently, the contacts are present in the directory only in English. I was thinking I could export the contacts as a spreadsheet using WP-All-Export, create a French version of the spreadsheet with translated content and non-translated content, then import using WP-All-Import.

Symptoms:
I need to know how to line up the French content so that each French contact is associated with the correct English contact as the translation.

Questions:
How do I line up the French content so that each French contact is associated with the correct English contact as the translation?
Is there any documentation that you are following?

October 14, 2024 at 4:03 am #16283911

Long Nguyen
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (GMT+07:00)

Hi Chris,

Before this thread gets assigned to my colleague, I would like to share some suggestions or potential solutions for the issues you've reported.

Is "contact directory" a post type created with Toolset? If yes, you can translate all posts automatically by using Automatic Translation
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/

If you want to translate the posts manually by exporting and importing data with WP All Import, please follow the documentation
https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/legacy-wpml-all-import/importing-multiple-languages-with-wp-all-import-and-wpml/

Let us know the update. We will be happy to help if you need further assistance in this matter.

Thanks.

October 14, 2024 at 12:53 pm #16286127

chrisL-17

Hi Long.

Thanks for sending me the documentation. While l like the idea of doing this with machine translation I think the client will object. But the documentation you sent me answers my question and I think will help me get the job done.

Thank you.

cmkl