# Excluding a Link but keep text translated

If you have an HTML anchor tag like:

```html
<a href="http://weglot.com" id="my-link">this is my link</a>
```

When this content is translated to French, Weglot will produce:

```html
<a href="http://weglot.com/fr/" id="my-link">c'est mon lien</a>
```

In this case:

* The **text content** `"this is my link"` is translated to `"c'est mon lien"`.
* The **URL** in the `href` attribute is also automatically adjusted to include the language code (e.g., `/fr/`).

If your link is **excluded** from translation, the result would be:

```html
<a href="http://weglot.com/fr/" id="my-link">this is my link</a>
```

Here, Weglot will still adjust the link to include the language code, but the **text content** will not be translated.

#### Keeping the Link Untranslated While Translating the Text

If you want to **keep the link unchanged** while still translating the text content, you can add the `wg-excluded-link` attribute to your tag:

```html
<a href="http://weglot.com" id="my-link" wg-excluded-link>this is my link</a>
```

With this attribute, the translation result will be:

```html
<a href="http://weglot.com" id="my-link" wg-excluded-link>ceci est mon lien</a>
```

Here, the text `"this is my link"` is translated to `"ceci est mon lien"`, but the `href` remains the same without adding a language code.

#### Purpose of `wg-excluded-link`

The purpose of the `wg-excluded-link` attribute is to allow users to translate the text label of a link while keeping the actual link URL unchanged. This is useful when you want to preserve specific URLs but still provide localized content for users.


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