How to disable content from getting translated in service portal

[Singh3]

Hi,
I have a scenario in which we are pulling the value of the connected content from backend and retrieving the values in a widget. These however are getting auto translated which we do not want. Is there a way by which we can stop this auto translations from happening?

The coding lines are as follows:

if(grTopic.next()){

                var result;

                if(data.contentype =="featured")

                {

                    result = {

                        name:grTopic.getDisplayValue(),

                        sysId:grTopic.getUniqueValue(),

                        connectedContents: _getFeaturedContents(grTopic.getUniqueValue(),grTopic.getDisplayValue())

                    }

                }

                else if(data.contentype == "connected")

                {

                    result = {

                        name:grTopic.getDisplayValue(),

                        sysId:grTopic.getUniqueValue(),

                        connectedContents: _getConnContent(grTopic.getUniqueValue(),grTopic.getDisplayValue())

                    }

                }

                topicData.push(result);

            }

        }

[Community Alums]

Hi @Singh3 ,

there's a few things to unpack here:

1. Is it technically possible - yes, you would need to find the translations in the [sys_translated] and [sys_translated_text] tables respectively, which won't be a small task. 
2. It would not be in-line with our best-practice, because this would by definition create a "mixed language experience" leading to a sub-optimal User-Experience (UX).

If users who have their language set to the language in question and want to navigate around where they don't understand English, they would struggle - hence the bad UX comment.

 it is not advisable to do this as it wouldn't be in the best interest of the end-user and defeats the objective of having a translated UI,