Ampersand symbol translates into HTML code

I noticed a small problem with the translation of an ampersand symbol (“&”) within English language text. In French it correctly translates it as “et”, but in German it translates it as “& amp;”. It looks like it’s trying to convert the ampersand into the html code for ampersand (&).

The problem can be seen in a footer link for “Terms & Conditions”. Elsewhere on the site, however, it is correctly translating the ampersand as “und”.

A custom field is being used to generate the footer’s “Terms & Conditions” text. Would it matter if I’m using esc_html with this text variable or not?

Is there something I can do to resolve this issue?

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