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Translation cannot be restarted
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When a person tries to translate an article already translated by him/her, the old translation shows up. This is perfectly normal and is not a bug in itself.
However, there have been at least two cases where the error message stating that the translation is based on an old version (which normally appears) does not appear properly. In one, the button to start the translation from the beginning does not appear, while in the other, the whole error message appear.
As far as I am aware of, pressing that button is the only way to translate an already published translation all over again (based on a newer edition).

note: another way to restart a translation could be a valid alternative (at least for me and one fellow translator)

relevant discussions on Talk:Content translation:

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YTRK created this task.May 4 2020, 2:24 PM
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YTRK removed a project: (DEPRECATED) Bug-Report.May 4 2020, 2:26 PM
YTRK renamed this task from "Old version" error message not working to Translation cannot be restarted.May 5 2020, 2:43 PM
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Pginer-WMF subscribed.May 8 2020, 5:41 PM

The underlying limitation seems to be T192065: Starting a new translation is loading contents from a previously deleted one, so I think it makes sense to merge the tickets.
When supporting the option to restart the translation this was discussed (T228968#5368233), and the button is not shown because it could not be supported because of the above issue.

Pginer-WMF closed this task as a duplicate of T192065: Starting a new translation is loading contents from a previously deleted one.May 8 2020, 5:41 PM
YTRK added a comment.May 9 2020, 2:48 AM

Although making it possible to delete the old translations completely IS a solution to this, there's another bug with the error message, which I think should be settled as a different matter from the merged task.
I had never used that function before, but there WAS a button to restart the translation from scratch when the original became old.

Pginer-WMF added a comment.May 18 2020, 11:29 AM
In T251773#6120707, @YTRK wrote:

I had never used that function before, but there WAS a button to restart the translation from scratch when the original became old.

The button you mention appears in most cases. It is only hidden (intentionally and temporally) for articles that have been already published since those cannot be restarted because of T192065.
So, once T192065 is fixed, the button will be also visible in those cases.

YTRK added a comment.May 18 2020, 2:23 PM

Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you for your explanation.

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