Migrate from LocoTranslate to WPML so that we can translate blogposts using Crowdin

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What

• Purchase the $99 version of WPML so that we get Crowdin integration
  • https://wpml.org/translation-service/crowdin/
• Migrate from LocoTranslate to WPML so that we can translate blogposts using Crowdin
  • https://wpml.org/documentation/loco-translate-and-wpml-comparison/#step-3-move-loco-translate-translations-to-wpml
  • https://crowdin.com/blog/2021/07/22/wpml-crowdin-integration-for-wordpress-localization

Why - Current workflow for JUST ONE ARTICLE:

1. Open the Wordpress editor
   2.Go into code mode
2. Copy paste HTML
3. Open GitHub
4. Create new file
5. Paste HTML
6. Take the title of the article
7. Turn it into a slug
8. Copy paste it into GitHub for the filename
9. Save the GitHub file
10. Tweak crowdin.yml
11. Wait 1h to synchronize
12. Merge
13. Forget about it
14. Translations become available
15. Review 150 files
16. Merge them blindly in the end
17. Look for translated articles in the Crowdin interface
18. Alternatively open the files one by one to see if they are fully translated
19. Open Wordpress
20. Search for the source article
21. Click on the flag
22. Go into HTML mode
23. Go to GitHub
24. Dive into the language folder
25. Look for the file
26. Copy HTML
27. Paste HTML into Wordpress
28. Exit HTML mode to check for errors
29. Reenter to fix errors
30. Publish

• Repeat 31 steps for 10 to 15 articles published, with multiple loops (19 to 31) for each language.
• Slowly become mad.
• This video that makes it appear simple walks you from the first part of the steps (set up for translation): https://www.loom.com/share/55e10e8446654daa816db42c90f3bc26