Title: String translation Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # String translation * [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/) * Hi Everyone, * Is anyone experiencing difficulties with the string translation feature? * I have 3 pages of string translations at this point. I do my translations on Page 1, save it and everything looks good BUT, when I go to page 2, do the same thing and save it, it brings me back to page 1 and I see that all the previous string translations I did were wiped and reverted back to the previous values. * I did a “Clean strings translation database” just in case but, it didn’t change anything 🙁 * Anyone can point out what I’m doing wrong here. * Thanks in advance to all who reply. * Cheers, * Marc * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Support [Chrystl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrystl/) * (@chrystl) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541108) * Hello You fill your strings in Settings > Languages > String translation tab? * Thread Starter [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541110) * That’s what I did, yes * Plugin Support [Chrystl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrystl/) * (@chrystl) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541112) * 1) Go in Settings > Permalinks > Common Settings : unselect “Default” and choose another permalink settings. * 2) in Settings > Languages > tab Settings: could you select for “URL modifications” one of this 3 settings: The language is set from the directory name in pretty permalinks The language is set from the subdomain name in pretty permalinks The language is set from different domains * Thread Starter [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541119) * Hello Chrystl, * Here’s what I had in settings > Permalinks > Common Settings * Post name [http://www.datatelcom.com/sample-post/](http://www.datatelcom.com/sample-post/) * Changed to Custom Structure [http://www.datatelcom.com/%postname%/](http://www.datatelcom.com/%postname%/) and hit save. It reverted back to Post name [http://www.datatelcom.com/sample-post/](http://www.datatelcom.com/sample-post/) * In Settings > Languages > tab Settings: I can select what ever I want. Current setting is: * The language is set from the directory name in pretty permalinks * I also have the following enabled in that section: * – Remove /language/ in pretty permalinks – Detect browser language When the front page is visited, set the language according to the browser preference – Media Activate languages and translations for media * Inthe Synchronization section, nothing is selected * Plugin Support [Chrystl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrystl/) * (@chrystl) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541128) * These settings were already selected and saved if I well understand? * Thread Starter [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541130) * Correct Chrystl * Plugin Support [Chrystl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrystl/) * (@chrystl) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541131) * Could you provide a copy screen of your Strings Translation tab? * Thread Starter [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541141) * How do paste the image here exactly? I don’t seem to be able to paste a print screen here * Plugin Support [Chrystl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrystl/) * (@chrystl) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541144) * You can paste it on your website and give the link or on others appropriate websites. * Thread Starter [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541148) * looks like crap. email me at [mdugre@datatelcom.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/mdugre@datatelcom.com?output_format=md) and I’ll send you the file * Plugin Support [Chrystl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrystl/) * (@chrystl) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541169) * Do you have a safety plugin that avoid to use html in text fields? Could try with only Polylang actived. * What happens? * Thread Starter [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * (@mdugre) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541172) * Yes I do and I cannot not have one on this site. * To be honest, the string translation isn’t such a big deal as I have done both English and French pages on my site. It would just be a nice to have. * Also, although on some pages, WordPress does do the translation to French through the built-in *po files, there’s one page (update user profile through front-end( member restricted access only) page) where it doesn’t. Still working on solving that one Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘String translation’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/polylang/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3433336) * [Polylang](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/reviews/) ## Tags * [pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pages/) * [string translation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/string-translation/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mdugre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdugre/) * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-translation-1/#post-5541172) * Status: not resolved