# Translation destroy original text

**URL:** <https://community.elfsight.com/t/translation-destroy-original-text/65537>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Tags:** website-translator\
**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/translation-destroy-original-text/65537 "2024-08-13T12:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![user4229](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/user4229/32/9786_2.png) [@user4229](https://community.elfsight.com/u/user4229)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/translation-destroy-original-text/65537/1 "2024-08-13T12:02:14Z")

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When I put the widget in our backend and tested it - it ended up destroying our original text when it tried to translate it back from another language. And we where not able to reconstruct the text

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**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/helga/32/1155_2.png) [@Helga](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Helga)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/translation-destroy-original-text/65537/2 "2024-08-14T10:27:04Z")

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Hi @user4229, I’m extremely sorry to hear about such an experience with our Translator widget.

Is there an option for you to install it on a test page of your website and send the link to me? We’ll be very happy to investigate what went wrong 🙏🏻