Creating a multi-language storefront with a translation app – Pixel Union

Allow customers to select their preferred language and shop your translated storefront by installing a translation app. Use your selected app to translate both the storefront for customers and the admin for your staff.

First, confirm your theme is up-to-date, then install a translation app and activate theme editor settings to set up an app for language translation.

Confirm your theme is up-to-date

This feature is available for each theme in our current catalog.

The compatible versions are:

Empire v5.2.0+
Atlantic v14.3.0+
Pacific v4.4.0+
Editions v9.7.0+
Startup v9.3.0+
Launch v6.4.0+
Vogue v4.6.0+
Handy v2.7.0+
Reach v4.5.0+
Grid v4.7.0+

Checking your theme's version number

Install a translation app

Install Weglot's advanced translation app or select an app using Shopify's translation API.

What's the difference?

Shopify provides an API (digital framework) for app developers to build from and develop translation features for merchants. Apps using this API offer fundamental and standardized features for translating most store content.

Weglot built their own framework and offer more complete translations for the storefront. Dynamic elements not translated by the Shopify API are translated by the Weglot app, such as product reviews.

Weglot's advanced translation app

Weglot: Translate your website

Apps using the Shopify translation API

Activate theme editor settings

Then go to your Online Store, select Customize beside your theme.

Open Footer.

Locate the Language selector section and select Enable language selector.