Can you use BabelTranslation for multilingual and link targets in Richtext

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I have a multilingual site and use Babel with BabelTranslate to copy a page. In the German version, I have a link [[~2]] that I want to be translated into the corresponding English version. Simply replacing it with a ereplace in Fenom does not work, possibly because the placeholder is rendered before. How do you handle things like this on your sites anyway?

I also found this note: FAQ - BabelTranslate

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You can create a plugin in OnDocFormSave that transforms the normal link tag to a corresponding one using BabelTranslation. This tag should work in every context and does not have to be transformed later by BabelTranslate.

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Hej @jako,

thanks for the idea! The plugin uses $modx->_output to replace all occurrences of [[~12345]] with [[~[[BabelTranslation? &contextKey=`[[*context_key]]` &resourceId=`12345`]]]].

When you edit the page again with a Rich Text Editor, the value [[~[[BabelTranslation? &contextKey=`[[*context_key]]` &resourceId=`12345`]]]] may confuse users?

Another idea is to use the OnBabelDuplicate plugin event to replace the correct ID from the context. However, this may break when changes are made later :thinking:

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You can reset the links back to a value without that BabelTranslation call in OnDocFormRender.

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But if you reset the link back, you have to regard the context in different contexts then the Babel default context. I can add that plugin into Babel, when you create a PR.