TYPO3 Core

1. Create a content element in a draft workspace with some categories assigned.¶

1. PLACEHOLDER-Element with uid 42 (for example)
   • t3ver_label: INITIAL PLACEHOLDER
   • t3ver_oid: 0
   • t3ver_wsid: 1 (Workspace-Id)
   • t3ver_state: 1
   • t3origuid: 0
   • sys_language_uid: 0
   • No categories assigned
2. Draft element with uid 43
   • pid: -1
   • t3ver_oid: 42
   • t3ver_label: First draft version
   • t3ver_wsid: 1 (Workspace-Id)
   • t3ver_state: -1
   • Entries in table sys_category_record_mm are made with uid 43

2. Make a translation of this element¶

1. New translated placeholder
   • uid: 44
   • t3ver_label: INITIAL PLACEHOLDER
   • t3ver_oid: 0
   • t3ver_wsid: 1
   • t3ver_state: 1
   • t3origuid: 42
   • sys_language_uid: 1
   • No categories assigned
2. new translated draft
   • uid: 45
   • pid: -1
   • t3ver_oid: 44
   • tever_label: First draft version
   • t3ver_wsid: 1 (Workspace-Id)
   • t3ver_state: -1
   • t3origuid: 42
   • sys_language_uid: 1
   • No categories assigned

3. Problem¶

The translated elements do not have the categories assigned.
The reason is, the translations are always made from the Placeholder record (uid 42) which has no categories assigned. The categories only get assigned to the placeholder record, when the element is published to the LIVE workspace.