How can I translate tags automatically?

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Problem:
You are trying to translate over 2,000 tags on your website automatically using WPML, but you find no option for this in the translation panel, unlike the option available for categories.
Solution:
We recommend creating a post and assigning all the tags you wish to translate to this post. Then, navigate to WPML > Translation Management > Dashboard and send the post for automatic translation. This method allows you to translate all tags at once. For a detailed guide on translating taxonomy terms, please visit https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-all-taxonomy-terms-at-once/.

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Last updated by pawelF-5 1 month ago.

Assisted by: Andreas W..

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May 9, 2025 at 10:07 am #17015739
pawelF-5	Background of the issue: I am trying to translate over 2,000 tags on my website. Many of these tags contain content such as descriptions. There is no such option in the translation panel, but there is one for categories, for example. I don't see this anywhere in the suggested answers. Symptoms: I am unsure how to translate tags automatically using WPML. There is no such option in the translation panel, but there is one for categories, for example. I don't see this anywhere in the suggested answers. Questions: How can I translate tags automatically using WPML? There is no such option in the translation panel, but there is one for categories, for example. I don't see this anywhere in the suggested answers.
May 9, 2025 at 10:44 am #17016017
Waqas Bin Hasan WPML Supporter since 05/2014 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Hi, Reference to our recent chat, please feel free to reply to this ticket with your findings as discussed. And one of my colleague 'll help you further on the matter. Regards.
May 16, 2025 at 12:11 pm #17041596
pawelF-5	Can you add some test credits to the test environment so I can test it?
May 16, 2025 at 11:41 pm #17043694
Andreas W. WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, We can sadly not add any test credits, as we get charged for the usage of translation engines. If you want to test the translation, you can assign the job to yourself and access it at WPML > Translations. You will need to create a post and assign all the tags to the posts. Then go to WPML > Translation Management > Dashboard and send the post to automatic translation. Guide: https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-all-taxonomy-terms-at-once/ This is the only solution we can offer if you want to translate all tags upfront. Otherwise, the tags will be translated always together with those posts that they are used on. Best regards Andreas
May 23, 2025 at 11:32 am #17065903
pawelF-5	Unfortunately, the problem persists. How? 1) when I translate via ATE everything is ok. 2) when I translate automatically posts, tags are not added to posts Only those tags that are already translated are added, but untranslated ones are not added and are not translated. Can you fix it? You can see it on the uploaded accesses page (Czech language).