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Configuration - Menu

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Copy Menus Automatically create translated menu types (e.g. mainmenu-nl -> mainmenu-en) when a menu is saved under Menus > Manage.
Translate Menu Items Enable to automatically clone and translate individual menu items to the corresponding target menu.
Update Existing Translations If 'Yes', existing translated items are overwritten with a new translation when you save the source item. If 'No', only new items are created.
Translatable Fields Select which fields the translation service processes. Unselected fields are copied 1-to-1 and not translated. You can choose from: Title, Browser Page Title, Page Heading, Meta Description and Note.
Fields to Update Applies to existing translations only. 'All fields' rebuilds the translation from the source menu item, so every field you did not select under Translatable Fields is copied over in its original language. 'Only the selected fields' leaves those unselected fields exactly as they are on the existing translation, so you can add one field, for example the meta description, to a finished set of translations without their title being replaced by the source text at the same time. Browser Page Title, Page Heading and Meta Description are stored together in the menu item options, and each is handled on its own: an option you did not select keeps the value the translation already holds. Values such as the menu, the parent item, the link, state and access keep following the source item in both modes. A new translation always receives a full copy, because there is nothing to preserve.
Default State for New Translations Set the publication state for newly created menu item translations. 'Default' copies the state from the original menu item. You can choose from: Default (copy from original), Published, Unpublished, Archived, Trashed.

Menus and menu items are translated separately: enable Copy Menus to get a translated menu container for each language, and Translate Menu Items to translate the items inside it. You typically want both enabled together.