Using ATE and auto-translation will be lost when changing domain (DNS change)?

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Assisted by: Mohamed Sayed.

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March 9, 2023 at 2:52 am #13202835
Jasmin	Currently, this site is under development and we are about to launch the site. which means, Domain will be different with DNS transfer. My question is, 1- if we start to translate the site by translators and use auto-translation, will we lose our translation when transferring the site? 2- Will be affected if we change a server? (this one is just to check) Thanks. Jasmin
March 9, 2023 at 10:27 am #13205673
Mohamed Sayed	Hi Jasmin, Thanks for contacting WPML support, I will be glad to help you. The translations you created manually or automatically are saved in the database, so if the migration is properly made, you shouldn't lose any of them. Also changing the domain won't affect the translations. Once you move your site to the new domain/server, WPML will detect the URL change and asks you if the site was copied or moved. This tells the Advanced Translation Editor what to do with pending translations, translation memory, and existing URLs and permalinks. Please check here for more details: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/advanced-translation-editor/using-advanced-translation-editor-when-you-move-or-use-a-copy-of-your-site/ I hope that you will find this answer helpful. Regards, Mohamed
March 12, 2023 at 4:12 am #13224667
Jasmin	thanks, we will start to translate then. Hope all will be fine. Jasmin

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