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Problem:
You are developing a site and want to clone the default language (English) to a secondary language (English-Canada), where some pages do not exist in the secondary language. You need a method to manage translations, especially for custom post types like products that may not be available in both languages.
Solution:
We recommend duplicating products from one language to another. You can find detailed instructions on how to do this in our documentation on translating WooCommerce products. Additionally, to ensure that products not translated do not appear in the secondary language, you can adjust the WPML settings accordingly. For guidance on these settings, please visit this forum topic.

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 month, 1 week ago.

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October 8, 2024 at 8:42 pm #16267371

mollyC

Background of the issue:
I am developing a site and want to clone the default language (English) to a secondary language (English-Canada). The secondary language is mostly the same as the primary language, but some pages don't exist in English-Canada. For example, a custom post type item like 'product A' is only in English, but 'product B' is in both English and English-Canada. In the future, I will make minimal language changes, such as changing 'color' to 'colour'.

Symptoms:
No specific issue or error message mentioned.

Questions:
What is the best way to clone the default language (English) to a secondary language (English-Canada)?

October 8, 2024 at 9:50 pm #16267423

Mihai Apetrei
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

I will use your example: you can duplicate products from one language to another (https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/woocommerce-multilingual/#products) and you can set the settings so that the products that are not translated will not show up in the other language (https://wpml.org/forums/topic/hide-products-that-are-not-translated/).

I hope that you will find this information helpful.

Mihai Apetrei