Standard language should not be translated

If the website was created in German as the default language, the German selection should switch off the translation function or display the website in the default language.

Example:

  1. website opened via URL = the menu is displayed correctly
  2. language English selected
  3. back to German (the error appears here: instead of “Hot Tub” the menu now shows “Whirlpool”)

Link: https://www.chalet-roesi.ch

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Hi @Mathias, I’m really sorry for this inconvenience, but we don’t have a solution to offer at the moment :disappointed:

I, however, agree that an exclusion feature would be really helpful, and hope that this request in our Wishlist will gain traction: Exclude certain texts or scripts from the translation

Hi Helga - something really should be done. Even original languages are not translated correctly (when I select German) (in this case German).

Example link: Chalet Dohle
The big title: “Chalet Dohle”.
Dohle means jackdaw in English

In German it should be displayed like this: Chalet Dohle
Now with the translater it reads like this: Chalet Aufleuchten

“Aufleuchten” in English means: ”Light up”

I hope something will be done quickly - because it won’t be usable like this.
It would really be a sensationally practical tool!
Thank you and best regards
Mathias

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Hi @Mathias :wave:

Please let me step in for Helga.

I’ve talked to the devs once again, and they’ll try to investigate it further. Once any news comes up, I’ll update you here right away :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi there, @Mathias :wave:

Our devs investigated the issue and found the solution. Could you please check your website and let me know if it’s fine now?

If the issue still persists, please check your website in incognito mode :slightly_smiling_face:

Hello Max

The problem in German has been solved.

But now there is the following problem in the other languages:
“Dohle”
in English should be: Jackdaw (not “Come on”)
In French it should be: Choucas (not “Allez”)
In Dutch it should be: Kauw (not “kom op”)

This is a translation problem :slight_smile: Thanks and regards Mathias

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The thing is that our widget uses translated versions by Google. Thus, the translations you see are provided by Google and, unfortunately, there is nothing can be done with it at the moment.

However, we understand that the quality of the translation might need some improvement, and we have a request for this on Wishlist. Feel free to vote on it here :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks Max, I already voted and as you can see, the request is actually mine.

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Hi Max!
I think I have found a way to exclude a word from the translation - so the desired word remains as it is!

Link source: javascript - How can I tell Google Translate to not translate a section of a website? - Stack Overflow
Link Website: Chalet Dohle

Code:

<style>
#Dohle::after {
    content: " Dohle ";
}
</style>
Chalet <span id="Dohle"></span>
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Hi @Mathias :wave:

Thanks a ton for sharing your solution—it’s really appreciated!

Our devs reviewed the code and confirmed it would work well for some CMSs (though not all support adding HTML tags with an ID) and only if that specific word appears once on the page. If the word shows up multiple times, you’ll need to add the <span> tag to each instance which may be time-consuming and lead to some issues.

There’s also a chance the translator might lose some context if the word isn’t translated correctly, which could affect the overall translation quality.

Thus, you are very welcome to keep using this solution, but as it’s not quite universal, we’ll try to consider this feature within this request.

You’re definitely welcome to keep using this workaround, but since it’s not fully universal, we’ll keep this request on the Wishlist for future improvements :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi Max
Very good - I will work with it for the time being. The update that the language de-ch is no longer translated is very helpful - thank you!

I’m looking forward to your solution which will work universally.
I work with Joomla and yootheme Pagebuilder. It works well there.

Best regards
Mathias

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