Multilanguage setup: translate search results

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I have a multilanguage setup with two languages (de/en). Users can switch languages using a language switcher and a search input in the menu bar. The language switcher is redirecting the current de url to the en current url. www.example.com/de/something to www.example.com/en/something

The issue: on the search results page www.example.com/en/search?q=teststring, when switching languages the query string ?q=teststring gets lost. Instead of redirecting to www.example.com/de/search?q=teststring it’s redirecting to www.example.com/en/search.

(Also, the /search page is actually a hidden page.)

Am I missing something implementing the language switcher?

Thanks for any input!

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Does it make sense to keep the search string? After all, a search term “Hamsterkäfig” wouldn’t yield any results in the English variant and vice versa?

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Hm, you’re right, that makes sense.
I guess I need a route for the /search page if the language is switched on the results page. Or is there some other trick?

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From what you posted above, the language switch redirect seems to be correct? Or what’s wrong with www.example.com/en/search?

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There’s actually no www.example.com/search page the www.example.com/search page is only to display the search results.
If there’s no search query in the url, the www.example.com/search page shouldn’t be accessible at all. That means, the only search input field is in the menu bar.

So I guess, I basically need a route for if no search query redirect www.example.com/search to home or something. Hm.

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Then I wouldn’t put the search into the language switcher?

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What do you mean exactly? I can’t follow :smiley: Do you mean to make an if clause that’s excluding the /search page from translation?

(Thanks for your input btw!)

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Why is there a link to the search page in the navigation if the search page is only there to display the search results?

Yes, you can use an if statement

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That’s a misunderstanding i think, there’s no link in the navigation bar just the search input field which is redirecting to /search?q on submit.
I’ll figure out a route then.