title: TYPO3 8: sys_language_overlay in free translation mode
body: <p>when a page is translated in free mode - or copy mode - i do have problems with </p>
  
  <pre><code>config.sys_language_overlay
  </code></pre>
  
  <ul>
  <li>set to 0 works: this shows all content elements with language id of the foreign language</li>
  <li>set to 1 does not work: this shows only the content elements of the default language (remember: free mode - there is no overlay) The elements with the language id of the foreign language are hidden. </li>
  <li>set to "hideNonTranlated" does not work: this shows nothing because there are no Overlay-Records in free mode. </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So i should set it to 0 which is mentioned in the manual: "This boils down to “free mode” language handling". </p>
  
  <p>BUT: </p>
  
  <p>My editors mix the mode from page to page and so we got many pages in free mode and many others in translated mode. </p>
  
  <pre><code>config.sys_language_overlay = 0 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>works well in free mode but shows nothing in connected mode. </p>
  
  <pre><code>config.sys_language_overlay = 1 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>works well in connected mode but shows only the default language in translation. </p>
  
  <pre><code>config.sys_language_overlay = hideNonTranslated
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>works only in connected mode and shows nothing in free mode.  </p>
  
  <p>I found no possibility to change this configuration depending on the translation mode of the actual page. And the editors cannot change it too. </p>
  
  <p>Any idea how to fix this broken behavior? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>