Setting up your multilingual store
On this page:
Auto translate your Shopify store
Translate your store with pro translation engines
Edit translations manually
Order translations with TextMaster
Adding currencies & Customize language & currency switcher
Translate third-party apps
After the app installation, you can start translating your store. LangShop allows you to translate your store automatically by using AI machine translation engines.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Translations > Products.
You can select any other element of your store which you want to translate automatically.
Select products from the list.
Click Translate.
From the Translation engines dropdown, select Standard engine.
Specify languages and element you want to translate.
Click Translate.
NOTE
Time for the tasks always depends on the amount of data and the number of languages you add to your online store.
You can translate content with one pro translation engine and get higher quality translations (instead of automatic translation where the app uses several machine translation engines at a time).
LangShop integrates with Google and DeepL translation engines. For this, you need to have a paid subscription and a generated API key in your account that you can enable in LangShop Settings > General settings > Translation engines.
cloud.google.com/translate
www.deepl.com/pro
You have full access to edit translations manually for each version of your store.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Translations > Products.
You can select any other resource where you want to edit translations.
Select a product from the list.
From the dropdown menu, select an ‘All supported markets’ option and a language you want to translate into.
If you want to add a custom translation for a specific market only, select it from the dropdown menu. Read more about custom translation.
Start editing product info in the right field.
Find the original version in the left field.
Click Save.
If you already have translations for products, collections, pages, you can use LangShop import and load translations with CSV or PO file format.
NOTE
The CSV (PO) file structure differs from the Shopify's one as it only imports translations (target languages).
TIP
Get to know the app better, learn how to import product translations.
If you don't want to spend a lot of time translating your online store into five or more languages, the app took care of integration with the industry-leading translation agency. You can order professional translations handled by native speakers directly inside the app interface.
TIP
Get to know the app better, learn how to order translations.
Add multiple currencies
LangShop allows you to add additional currencies to the store. There is no limitation in the number of currencies you want to display at your storefront. However, this feature is available only to stores with one Market (Primary Market). The stores with 2 and more markets can’t add LangShop currencies.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Settings > Currencies.
Click Add.
Select currencies from the list.
TIP
After new currencies are added, edit money formatting.
Add a language and currency switcher
By default, LangShop adds language and currency switcher to your storefront (for all the themes). However, all the elements are Visible for admin only or store owners.
Before publishing the button with default styles, you can adapt it to your store design, change colors, position, size, font, text in the app settings, and change the status to Published afterward.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Settings > Switchers.
At the left-side panel, find Language & currency switcher.
If there are 2 and more Markets in your store, you’ll see Language & country switcher. It’s because the multi currency feature is available for stores with only one Market.
Tap Edit switcher.
Apply new changes.
Click Save.
TIP
Get to know the app better, learn more about customizing a language & currency switcher.
You are ready to introduce your multilingual store to international customers.
Auto translate your Shopify store
Translate your store with pro translation engines
Edit translations manually
Order translations with TextMaster
Adding currencies & Customize language & currency switcher
Translate third-party apps
Auto translate your Shopify store
After the app installation, you can start translating your store. LangShop allows you to translate your store automatically by using AI machine translation engines.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Translations > Products.
You can select any other element of your store which you want to translate automatically.
Select products from the list.
Click Translate.
From the Translation engines dropdown, select Standard engine.
Specify languages and element you want to translate.
Click Translate.
NOTE
Time for the tasks always depends on the amount of data and the number of languages you add to your online store.
Translate your store with pro translation engines
You can translate content with one pro translation engine and get higher quality translations (instead of automatic translation where the app uses several machine translation engines at a time).
LangShop integrates with Google and DeepL translation engines. For this, you need to have a paid subscription and a generated API key in your account that you can enable in LangShop Settings > General settings > Translation engines.
cloud.google.com/translate
www.deepl.com/pro
Edit translations manually
You have full access to edit translations manually for each version of your store.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Translations > Products.
You can select any other resource where you want to edit translations.
Select a product from the list.
From the dropdown menu, select an ‘All supported markets’ option and a language you want to translate into.
If you want to add a custom translation for a specific market only, select it from the dropdown menu. Read more about custom translation.
Start editing product info in the right field.
Find the original version in the left field.
Click Save.
If you already have translations for products, collections, pages, you can use LangShop import and load translations with CSV or PO file format.
NOTE
The CSV (PO) file structure differs from the Shopify's one as it only imports translations (target languages).
TIP
Get to know the app better, learn how to import product translations.
Order translations with TextMaster
If you don't want to spend a lot of time translating your online store into five or more languages, the app took care of integration with the industry-leading translation agency. You can order professional translations handled by native speakers directly inside the app interface.
TIP
Get to know the app better, learn how to order translations.
Adding currencies & Customize language & currency switcher
Add multiple currencies
LangShop allows you to add additional currencies to the store. There is no limitation in the number of currencies you want to display at your storefront. However, this feature is available only to stores with one Market (Primary Market). The stores with 2 and more markets can’t add LangShop currencies.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Settings > Currencies.
Click Add.
Select currencies from the list.
TIP
After new currencies are added, edit money formatting.
Add a language and currency switcher
By default, LangShop adds language and currency switcher to your storefront (for all the themes). However, all the elements are Visible for admin only or store owners.
Before publishing the button with default styles, you can adapt it to your store design, change colors, position, size, font, text in the app settings, and change the status to Published afterward.
Steps:
From your LangShop admin, go to Settings > Switchers.
At the left-side panel, find Language & currency switcher.
If there are 2 and more Markets in your store, you’ll see Language & country switcher. It’s because the multi currency feature is available for stores with only one Market.
Tap Edit switcher.
Apply new changes.
Click Save.
TIP
Get to know the app better, learn more about customizing a language & currency switcher.
You are ready to introduce your multilingual store to international customers.
Updated on: 22/11/2023
Thank you!