# Change "is translation of" direction - or disconnect translated mails?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123 "2025-02-25T18:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dirk\_s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/dirk_s/32/748_2.png) [@dirk\_s](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dirk_s)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123/1 "2025-02-25T18:16:28Z")

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Mautic 5.1:

By mistake I connected the translations of a mail in the “wrong” direction:  
DE is a translation of EN, while I would rather have EN is a translation of DE.

Do you know a way I can disconnect them again? Looks like there is no way in the frontend to disconnect them anymore?

Do I need to do it in the database? Do you know where?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ekke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ekke/32/296_2.png) [@ekke](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ekke)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123/2 "2025-02-26T08:55:40Z")

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Yes, database only.  
The id of the email selected as “translation of” is stored in `emails.translation_parent_id`.

- If you remove that for DE, the emails are no longer connected
- If you now instead set the translation\_parent\_id for EN (pointing to DE) , it is reversed

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/1X/43c63600fe51440378769136903f1fa2a9a34102.png) [@system](https://forum.mautic.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123/3 "2025-02-27T20:56:06Z")

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**Author:** ![ekke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ekke/32/296_2.png) [@ekke](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ekke)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123/4 "2025-03-03T09:42:15Z")

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**Author:** ![dirk\_s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/dirk_s/32/748_2.png) [@dirk\_s](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dirk_s)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123/5 "2025-03-03T11:36:33Z")

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Just found out, its possible also via UI. Set it back to the first entry “Choose a translated item…”

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/a/a05cd5a94bd4bd636515ca16eea7c4e59782bcb2.png)

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**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/change-is-translation-of-direction-or-disconnect-translated-mails/35123/6 "2025-03-04T23:37:22Z")

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