Translations
The storefront text of the theme, such as Add to cart, Sold out and the labels of the cart and filters, is translated into the languages below. Your own content is translated separately in Shopify.
Languages shipped with the theme#
| Language | Locale code |
|---|---|
| English | en |
| French | fr |
| German | de |
| Spanish | es |
| Italian | it |
| Dutch | nl |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
| Danish | da |
| Swedish | sv |
| Norwegian Bokmål | nb |
| Finnish | fi |
| Polish | pl |
| Czech | cs |
| Turkish | tr |
| Japanese | ja |
| Korean | ko |
| Chinese (Simplified) | zh-CN |
| Chinese (Traditional) | zh-TW |
| Arabic | ar |
| Indonesian | id |
| Thai | th |
| Vietnamese | vi |
English is the default language of the theme. When you publish your store in one of these languages, the theme's own text appears in that language with no further work. Arabic is shown right to left.
The theme editor itself, meaning the names of sections and settings quoted in this documentation, is in English.
Add a language to your store#
- In your Shopify admin, go to Settings › Languages and add the language.
- Publish the language, and assign it to the markets that should use it under Settings › Markets.
- The language selector appears in the header, the menu drawer and the footer once the store is published in more than one language. See Country and language selectors.
Translate your own content#
The theme's text is one part of a translated store. The other part is your content: product titles and descriptions, menus, page content and the text you typed in sections and blocks.
- Use the free Shopify Translate and Adapt app, or a translation app of your choice, to translate products, collections, pages, menus and the text of theme sections.
- In Translate and Adapt, the text typed in the theme editor is listed under the theme, by template and section.
Menu panels and menu badges find their menu item by its name. Type the name as it is written in the store's default language. See How a panel finds its menu item.
Change the theme's wording#
To change a word the theme writes, such as the label of the add to cart button:
- Go to Online Store › Themes.
- Select the ... button beside the theme, then Edit default theme content.
- Search for the text, change it and save.
To change the wording in another language, choose that language at the top of the same screen. Your changes are kept when you change theme settings. After a theme update, check them once.
Use a language that is not shipped#
Shopify lets you add any language to your store. For a language the theme does not ship, the theme's own text falls back to English until you translate it. Translate it under Edit default theme content after choosing the language, or with a translation app.
Dates, numbers and currencies#
Prices are formatted by Shopify for the customer's currency and market. Dates, such as blog post dates and estimated delivery dates, follow the language of the storefront. Countdown end dates are entered once with a time zone offset, so they end at the same moment for every visitor.