refactored translation mapping logic to streamline default handling and restricted option assignment based on layout type

common.php

@@ -888,30 +888,13 @@ function qdb_build_app_translations_map(PDO $pdo): array {
     $translations = qdb_load_translations_for_entries($pdo, $entries);
     $defaults = qdb_app_string_catalog()['germanDefaults'] ?? [];
     $result = [];
-
-    qdb_ensure_source_language($pdo);
-    $languageCodes = $pdo->query('SELECT languageCode FROM language ORDER BY languageCode')
-        ->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
-    if (!in_array(QDB_SOURCE_LANGUAGE, $languageCodes, true)) {
-        $languageCodes[] = QDB_SOURCE_LANGUAGE;
-    }
-
     foreach ($entries as $e) {
         $key = $e['key'];
         foreach ($translations[$e['entityId']] ?? [] as $lang => $text) {
-            if ($text !== '') {
+            $result[$lang][$key] = $text;
-                $result[$lang][$key] = $text;
-            }
         }
-        $defaultDe = trim($defaults[$key] ?? '');
+        if (!isset($result[QDB_SOURCE_LANGUAGE][$key]) && !empty($defaults[$key])) {
-        if ($defaultDe === '') {
+            $result[QDB_SOURCE_LANGUAGE][$key] = $defaults[$key];
-            continue;
-        }
-        // New catalog keys: expose German default for every language until translated on the website.
-        foreach ($languageCodes as $lc) {
-            if (empty($result[$lc][$key] ?? '')) {
-                $result[$lc][$key] = $defaultDe;
-            }
         }
     }
     return $result;

handlers/app_questionnaires.php

@@ -339,8 +339,11 @@ if ($qnID) {
                 $optionsArr[] = $o;
                 $pointsMap[$opt['defaultText']] = (int)$opt['points'];
             }
-            $q['options'] = $optionsArr;
+            // DB answer_option rows are for choice layouts only — do not overwrite string/value spinners.
-            $q['pointsMap'] = $pointsMap;
+            if (in_array($layout, ['radio_question', 'multi_check_box_question', 'glass_scale_question'], true)) {
+                $q['options'] = $optionsArr;
+                $q['pointsMap'] = $pointsMap;
+            }
         }
 
         $questions[] = $q;