The "&" symbol in translated text gets removed when I save a translated paragraph

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 9 months, 4 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Mihai Apetrei.

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August 16, 2024 at 4:00 pm #16078858
Jan Himmighofen	Background of the issue: I am trying to save a translation. I expected to see 'Insights & Trends' translated to 'Einblicke & Trends' in German. Symptoms: The '&' symbol in translated text gets removed when I save a translated paragraph. Instead, I got 'Einblicke Trends' in German. Questions: Why does the '&' symbol get removed when I save a translated paragraph? How can I ensure that special characters like '&' are preserved in translations?
August 16, 2024 at 5:10 pm #16078918
Mihai Apetrei WPML Supporter since 03/2018 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)	Hi there. Before this ticket gets assigned to one of my colleagues, I will try to help.  This is a known issue and has already been escalated to our developers.   As a workaround, you can try the following:  Open the page in the translation editor. On the top-right area there is a settings icon. Click on it and enable "Use the previous version of the advanced translation editor".  * This is a high priority issue, but we cannot provide an exact timeline for when a fix or patch will be released.  Let us know if that works fine for you and thank you for your understanding.  Kind regards,  Mihai Apetrei
August 21, 2024 at 4:24 pm #16091548
Jan Himmighofen	Thanks, please can you let me know when a fix is available? Thanks, Jan
August 27, 2024 at 10:36 pm #16112266
Mihai Apetrei WPML Supporter since 03/2018 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)	Hi, Jen. Sure! I will let you know when a fix will be launched.