How to get rid of a "Only approved translations are written to the translation file."

[slrslr]

Under each string on a translation page https://hosted.weblate.org/translate/abc/-/languagecode/ are radio buttons to select status of a string while default selected is "Waiting for review".

Since project has no proofreader to review my code, i have been assigned permission to approve my translations, but this three radio buttons selection remains the same. As if i have to waste time selecting "Approved" radio button on each string or setup some macro using browser extension like SiteMacro to do this.

Under different projects on Weblate i do not have this problem.

https://docs.weblate.org/en/ nor this page contains any match for "Only approved translations are written to the translation file." to guide translator or project admin to solve this "issue". So how to solve it please exactly?

AI says:

The most common cause is Suggestion voting being enabled. To fix it:

Go to your project → Component settings
Under Translation section, find "Suggestion voting" and disable it
Also check "Auto-accept suggestions" — if set, only approved suggestions get written

If that's not it, check:

"Enable reviews" under component settings — when enabled, translations need to be marked as approved before they're written to the file. Disable it if you want direct writes.
Your user role — ensure you have "Power user" or "Administrator" permissions on the project. Lower roles can only suggest, not write directly.

UPDATE: Submitted a issue/feature request here: #20885

[nijel]

It is caused by the project configuration: https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/projects.html#translation-quality-filter

The same text is shown in the right sidebar for policy-blocked edits, where it has the help link as well. Now I wonder whether it's actually useful to show this on the radios as well.

[slrslr]

The project I am using is requiring reviews, but I have been told that I now have permission to approve(review) my own translations, so it does not make sense that i need to switch from "Waiting for review" to "Approved" after translating each of my strings. If I have that permission and considering that there is no one else to approve translations, i want the translations to be immediately marked as reviewed/approved (without thousands of unnecessary clicks - one per string), so the translations are pushed ASAP to the git, not waiting likely years (in this case), before someone will be made reviewer for my language.

[michael-smt]

(without thousands of unnecessary clicks - one per string)

For what it's worth: you can set the state of all strings in your translation to approved via bulk edit, provided you also have bulk edit permissions.

[nijel]

This has now been addressed through UX improvements in #21534, scheduled for Weblate 2026.10.

For your situation, where the language has no separate review process, a project administrator can disable reviews specifically for that language:

1. Open the language page within the project and select Settings.
2. Enable Customize translation workflow for this language in this project.
3. Turn off Enable reviews.

This removes the review controls for that language while preserving reviews for other languages. With the approved-only quality filter, disabling reviews allows all translation states to be written to files for that language, including those needing editing.

If you want to keep reviews enabled, Weblate 2026.10 also adds Ctrl+Alt+Enter (or Cmd+Alt+Enter on macOS) to approve the current translation, save, and continue without selecting the radio button separately. Approval remains explicit; having reviewer permissions does not automatically approve edits.

The documentation now explains the warning and these workflow settings: https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/projects.html#translation-quality-filter