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This topic contains 33 replies, has 1 voice.
Last updated by Alejandro 1 hour, 47 minutes ago.
Assisted by: Otto.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:32 pm #17097852 | |
lic-2 |
Background of the issue: Symptoms: Questions: |
June 2, 2025 at 12:33 pm #17097861 | |
lic-2 |
I have followed the instructions you previously provided to adjust the settings. However, all of my previous Chinese translations are now gone (see screenshot 1). In the past, we manually translated our Chinese content. After adjusting the article in the following link: I found that in the WPML Chinese content section, everything is now empty and seems to require retranslation. Previously, in the setting area indicated by the red arrow in screenshot 2, our setting was “Don’t map this language.” But after following WPML's instructions and selecting “map” for Chinese, when I went to adjust the article again, all my previously manually translated Chinese content disappeared. Now I have changed the setting back to “Don’t map this language” in that section, but when I return to the Chinese WPML section of the article, the Chinese content is still missing. Could you please assist in resolving this issue? Thank you! |
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 pm #17097924 | |
lic-2 |
If you need WordPress administrator login and FTP access permissions, please let me know. You can also view previous tickets |
June 2, 2025 at 5:20 pm #17099060 | |
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00) |
Hello, To ensure the quickest and most accurate support, please provide your debug information so I can look at some of your configurations. We have an excellent article on how to locate it here: https://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/. I visited your site and, as far as I can see, the button is working properly in Chinese. Check the screenshot attached, please. Regarding the translated content, although the editor is empty, the front end seems to be working fine. Is it possible that you used the Classic Editor or the WP editor to translate that page? Best Regards, |
June 3, 2025 at 1:14 pm #17102434 | |
lic-2 |
I created a “Contact us” button in the Divi Library, as shown in Image 1. |
June 3, 2025 at 2:15 pm #17102793 | |
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00) |
Hello, I do see the "Contact us" button in Chinese (including the envelope). Please check the screenshot attached. I can't spot any difference between the English and the Chinese button. Am I missing something? Can you please try clearing the browser's cache, in incognito mode or with a different browser? Best Regards, |
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 am #17104373 | |
lic-2 |
Hello |
June 4, 2025 at 12:33 pm #17106369 | |
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00) |
Hello, I am sorry, I though we were discussing the "Contact us" button problem. Is that one sorted out? Regarding the missing translations issues: This can be prevented by switching the post back to translate, locking the page to the WordPress editor. What I mean is: each page can be translated using ATE or manually editing the page, you can choose what you prefer per page. But the flows can't be mixed as ATE is not aware of the changes done in the translation using the WP editor. Here's a detailed explanation: Best Regards, |
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 am #17108341 | |
lic-2 |
Because my Chinese translation was manually translated in ATE, not automatically translated using translation points in ATE |
June 5, 2025 at 1:35 pm #17110434 | |
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00) |
Hello, Thanks for the clarification. The editor content is empty, but the translation still works in the front-end, right? Is this the only page with the problem? And only for Chinese, right? Can you please try the following for this page: - Open the translation of hidden link using ATE Best Regards, |
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 am #17113156 | |
lic-2 |
Hello, I conducted a test and found that after using WPML's automatic translation, the Chinese content displayed is different from the manual translation I previously provided. Please refer to the attached screenshot. WPML used Google Translate for the Chinese version, but since the automatic translation is inaccurate, we manually translated the content ourselves. We do not want to use the automatically translated Chinese version. In addition, this automatic translation has consumed some of our translation credits. Could you please assist in requesting a refund for the credits used for this translation? It seems that WPML did not apply the existing translations from our translation memory. After exiting the translation editor, I chose “Skip” because I did not want to save the automatic translation. Could you please confirm whether this means the automatic translation has not overwritten my original manual translation? Thank you! |
June 6, 2025 at 1:47 pm #17114184 | |
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00) |
Hello, I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to take a better look at the issue. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it. **IMPORTANT** Best Regards, |
June 9, 2025 at 5:08 am #17116893 | |
lic-2 |
Dear WPML Support Team, We’ve encountered a critical issue regarding one of our translated blog posts. Specifically, the Chinese version of this article: 🔗 hidden link On the frontend, the Chinese URL and slug exist, which indicates that the translation has been previously completed. However, when accessing the WPML translation editor in the backend, only 16% of the content appears as translated — the rest of the previously translated Chinese content is completely missing. This poses a major inconvenience for us, as we had relied on the translated content for ongoing multilingual SEO efforts. Normally, we: Manually translate Chinese content via WPML backend. Automatically translate the other 6 languages via WPML’s automatic translation feature. Only update Chinese content when changes are made to the original post. But due to this sudden issue, the original Chinese content now appears lost, and we may need to retranslate everything from scratch — which was not the case before. We kindly ask: Is it possible to restore or retrieve the previously translated Chinese content in the WPML backend? Is this a known issue or bug? Are there any logs, revisions, or translation memory we can use to recover the content? Please advise us on the best course of action. We appreciate your prompt support on this matter, as it directly impacts our content and SEO operations. |
June 9, 2025 at 5:08 am #17116908 | |
lic-2 |
Since WPML provided a solution on May 29, I followed the SOP instructions, but then discovered that the Chinese translation content disappeared. Our engineer has created a test site using the backup from May 28, along with SFTP access as follows: [REMOVED] |
June 9, 2025 at 1:57 pm #17118719 | |
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00) |
Hello, Thanks for the explanation and for providing access. Take into account that this is a public forum, so only share credentials when the private form is enabled. I removed them from the previous post. Anyway, I managed to take a look at both your staging and production environments.
❌ Please make a full website backup before proceeding ❌ In the production site: Alternatively, I noted that if you edit the translation (using ATE) of this post in the staging environment, the translation is available there. Note the different ID's of the job ID in the URL, compared with the one that opens in the production site. Best Regards, |