I found a temporary fix on another forum. Posting it here as it might help you as well. This solution worked for me
In the WordPress Dashboard I went to Appearance > Widgets and created two widgets in each footer section instead of one Widget. You can then select a language at the bottom of the widget you wish the widget to display for if Polylang is enabled. For example: Write English text in one widget and and set the language to English, create another widget with your second language and activate it on the same language page.
