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[Resolved] Sending items to automatic translation: some of the chosen content have already been translated and ...
This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: You are trying to use KI automatic translation for various content types on your site, but you encounter an issue where the system reports that some content has already been translated from German (DE) to English (EN), despite you never having created content in EN. This occurs when you attempt to translate pages, site templates, and other elements. Solution: First, verify that the language settings for your pages are correctly assigned. If the English versions are not properly linked as translations in the system, consider removing these translations and recreating them. This approach involves deleting both the original and the English version of the affected pages and then recreating them from scratch to ensure they are treated as new entries in the database. This method allows proper assignment through the translation management system. If you encounter issues such as error 500 after these changes, it might be related to permalinks. You can address this by resaving your permalinks or following the troubleshooting steps provided here: WPML permalink issue.
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Background of the issue:
I want to use KI automatic translation for pages, site templates, site template parts, table press tables, and many other things on my site hidden link. The original language is DE, and the translation target is EN. In Translation management, I am sending these elements to automatic translations.
Symptoms:
The system is responding 'some of the chosen content have already been translated and cannot be translated again from DE to EN'. This is strange as I have never created anything in EN. I am creating stuff in DE and translate it afterwards.
Questions:
Why does the system say some content cannot be translated again from DE to EN?
How can I ensure that all my DE content is translated to EN using WPML?
Languages: English (English )German (Deutsch )French (Français )
Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)
So you add some content to translation cart and you get these messages when you click "Translate", or even before you click the button to send it for the translation?
Can you send me a screenshot? I've added various content (templates, pages, etc), translated and not translated into the cart, this is what I see.
Languages: English (English )German (Deutsch )French (Français )
Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)
I've tested it with several pages, templates, and more. After running the troubleshooting steps (setting language information, fixing term counts, and assigning the correct post types for translations), everything should now be functioning as expected.
Can you please try it on your end and let me know if it works for you?
Languages: English (English )German (Deutsch )French (Français )
Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)
When checking the page at hidden link, it appears that the language is correctly assigned. However, the corresponding English version hidden link does not seem to be properly linked as a translation, even though it is connected in the system.
The same issue is with the following page: hidden link
Based on this, I believed that removing the English translation and recreating it as a new translation job might resolve the issue, especially since the original and translation have different post IDs.
Unfortunately, during this process, when I removed the English version of the archived page from the trash, the original page was somehow also deleted. I sincerely apologize for this oversight.
I noticed you have backups in place via UpdraftPlus: hidden link
If needed, I’m happy to assist with restoring the deleted content.
Given that there may be inconsistencies in the database entries for both the original and translated pages, my recommendation for the fastest and cleanest solution is to delete both versions of the affected pages and recreate them from scratch. This will ensure they are treated as new entries in the database, allowing you to assign translations properly through the translation management system.
Please let me know how you’d like to proceed or if you would prefer I assist with any part of this process.
You said original and translated versions of the pages are deleted - but when I call the links, they are both still there.
I would not mind deleting both versions - I have backup on dev.organisationsberatung.net so it would be very easy to copy the German translated content and afterwards translate it to English.
But from what I can see, even deleting the pages doesn't work ...
Whenever I try to edit one of the problematic pages or other pages that have incomplete translations, I run into "internal server error" for all URLs beneath the top level page.
When I reset the permalink settings, everything is back to "normal" - until I start editing one of the URLs that I have described above.
Could there be an underlying issue that we have not yet spotted correctly?
This behavior has started to appear since I I have translated many pages during the last 3-4 days.
This is new behavior of the site....
So can this be related to the issues that we have discussed in this thread so far:
- Sites are not translatable
- parts of sites are not translatable
