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title: "Important: Selected projects are translated in free fallback mode"
manual: "Academic Projects"
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source: "Changelog/2.4/Important-SelectedProjectsAreTranslatedInFreeMode.rst"
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# Important: Selected projects are translated in free fallback mode {#important-ace-341-academic-projects}

## Description {#description}

The **Projects (selected)** content element lists the project pages an
editor picks in **Selected projects to display**. The backend stores
such a selection as uids of the default language pages, so the query that
fetches it does not restrict the language, otherwise nothing would match on a
translated page.

On a site language with `fallbackType: free`, TYPO3 switches the overlay
of records off. The default language project pages the query returned were
therefore rendered as they were, and a German page listed the English titles
of its projects.

The query now switches the overlay on for such a selection before it drops the
language restriction, the same way EXT:academic_persons treats a
selection of profiles. A selected project is rendered in the language of the
page.

## Impact {#impact}

On a site language with `fallbackType: free`, the
**Projects (selected)** content element shows the translation of every
selected project page that has one. TYPO3 v12 and v13 behave alike.

The **Projects** content element, which lists the project pages below
its starting points, and the other fallback types are not affected.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

Multi-language installations with a site language that uses
`fallbackType: free` and a **Projects (selected)** content
element.