{"id":17067032,"date":"2025-05-27T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17067032"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:00:26","slug":"how-to-apply-formatting-markers","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/faq\/how-to-apply-formatting-markers\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I apply formatting markers in the translation editor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\">You can apply formatting markers by selecting the translated text and clicking the corresponding marker shown under the segment. In the Advanced Translation Editor, they appear as labels like <strong>strong<\/strong>, <em>em<\/em>, and code, based on standard HTML formatting tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you use automatic translation, the Advanced Translation Editor applies these markers for you. If you edit the translation or write your own, you may need to apply the formatting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I apply markers to translated text?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To apply a marker from the original text to your translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hover over the text in the default language to see which markers are used. The translation editor highlights the matching marker under the translation segment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\" tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none aligncenter\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"91bd18da4813684bf7f19b038ea3e6de\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"442\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-1024x442.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17443572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-1536x663.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ate-highlighted-text-and-marker-2048x884.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Hovering highlights the source text and its matching marker<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3081d285-7fff-e603-3df5-4f20a585fe2c\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the translated text you want to apply the marker on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the marker to apply it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\" tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none aligncenter\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"5279417262972fffd557e5bcd1c9569e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"413\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-1024x413.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17443588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-1024x413.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-1536x619.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/advanced-translation-editor-select-text-and-click-marker-2048x826.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Select the translated text and click the marker to apply it<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-210e4f50-7fff-1336-0273-0a3bd007aa86\"><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This workflow applies to all markers, including simple markers (like <strong>strong<\/strong>, <em>em<\/em>, code) and nested markers (for example, bold inside a link). For nested markers, you can apply them in any order.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a marker is missing in your translation, the corresponding text in the original and the missing marker under the translation segment are both highlighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I apply hyperlinks?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below the markers, the editor shows you any links included in the selected sentence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add links the same way as other markers: highlight the translated text and click the hyperlink icon under the segment. You don\u2019t need to edit the link itself. For more on how link translation works, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/faq\/how-to-translate-links\/\">FAQ on translating links<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need to use all the markers from the original text in my translation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No, you don\u2019t need to use every marker. Simple formatting markers, like <strong>bold<\/strong> or <em>italics<\/em>, are optional in your translation. However, if the original text contains a hyperlink, you must also apply that hyperlink to the translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can apply formatting markers by selecting the trans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777903,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"faq-category":[26137],"class_list":["post-17067032","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/17067032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777903"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/17067032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17447770,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/17067032\/revisions\/17447770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17067032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=17067032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}