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title: "When saving, should empty translations be saved or skipped?"
description: "Use the \"Save empty translations\" setting in Configuration to control whether empty entries are skipped or saved when writing files."
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# When saving, should empty translations be saved or skipped?

This can be customized in **Toolbar** → **Configuration**: Use the checkbox "Save empty translations" to choose whether empty translations should be skipped or saved as empty entries.

Note: Translation IDs are always saved for the source language. If no source language is set, this option is unavailable, and empty translations will be written by default.

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