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Add language translations using the Translate & Adapt app

With theTranslate & Adapt app,您可以添加翻译为连续商店cts, collections, blog posts, policies, and pages.

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Install the app

When youadd a new languageto your store, the Translate & Adapt app is installed automatically.

If you already have languages published to your store and you want to install the app, then in yourStore languagessettings, clickInstall Shopify Translate & Adapt.

Manually translate content

You can access the translation editor directly in your Shopify admin from the Translate & Adapt app, or from any content page that you want to translate.

Manually translate content in the Translate & Adapt app

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toApps.
  2. ClickTranslate & Adapt.
  3. Select the language that you want to translate.
  4. Select the resource that you want to translate.
  5. Enter your translated content into the appropriate field.
  6. ClickSave.

Manually translate content from a content page

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to the content page that you want to translate. For example, to add translations for a product, go to the product page.
  2. ClickMore actions>Localize.
  1. Optional: If you have multiple languages, then from the drop-down menu, select the language that you're providing translations for.
  2. 输入您的翻译的appropriate field.
  3. ClickSave.

Localize images, videos, and other files

When translating a resource that includes images or videos, you can add a different version of the image or video file for different languages.

Steps:

  1. Make sure that you have uploaded a new version of the file inContent>Files. Learn aboutmanaging file uploads.
  2. From your Shopify admin, go to欧宝体育官网入口首页.
  3. In the section for your current theme, clickCustomize.
  4. In the theme editor, select an image or video.
  5. Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner, and selectLocalize. This will open the Translate & Adapt translation editor.
  6. Select the language that you want to translate to.
  7. In the row where the file is displayed, clickChange.
  8. Select the image or video that you want to translate from your uploaded files.
  9. ClickClose.
  10. ClickSave.

You can also localize other files, such as PDFs, by usingmetafields. After you add a file metafield to your resource, it will show up in the translation editor.

Translate URL slugs

When translating a resource, you can also localize the URL slug for different languages. Sitemaps will update to included translated URL slugs. Redirects will be created from default language urls to translated URLs when translated URL slugs are created.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toApps.
  2. ClickTranslate & Adapt.
  3. Select the language that you want to translate.
  4. Select the localized content that you want to have translated URL slugs.
  5. Navigate to theURL handlerow and add your translated URL slug.

搜索和筛选

You can search and filter across resources within the app.

Steps:

  1. InTranslate & Adapt, select the search icon (magnifying glass), and enter a search term in the search box.
  2. Select the filter option to choose a specific resource.

Search results are grouped by resource type. If the word or group of words you searched for appear multiple times within a resource type, you will see it as one group. Selecting an individual search result will take you to that field. Search will also try to find similar words to your search term. If you don't see the field you are looking for, try exporting the CSV fromSettings > Languagesto see if it’s available in the Translation API. If the field is not in the Translations CSV, it is not translatable.

Automatically translate content

You can use the Translate & Adapt app to automatically translate content. Automatic translations are provided by the Google Cloud Translation API. Before you publish translations to your storefront, you should review them for accuracy.

Automatically translate content for a language

If you add automatic translations, then you need to activate them for each individual language that you want to translate. After you automatically translate a language, the translations will take a few minutes to display on your storefront.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toApps.
  2. ClickTranslate & Adapt.
  3. Select the language that you want to translate.
  4. ClickAuto-translate.
  5. ClickTranslate.

Auto-translations will be added for:

  • Content that has not been translated yet
  • Auto-translated content that is out of sync

Automatic translations are out of sync when the source language has been updated after running automatic translation. When you clickAuto-translateon your content, empty and outdated content will be translated. This willnotchange any translations that you have added, or edited, manually.

New automatic translations won't be added unless you clickAuto-translate.

If new content is added (e.g. a new product has been added), you will need to come back to the app and clickAuto-translateagain to add the translations to the new content, in each language.

Automatically translate content for a single resource

If you want to automatically translate only a specific part of your content, then you can initiate an automatic translation for a single resource. After you automatically translate a single resource, the translations will take a few minutes to display on your storefront.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go toApps.
  2. ClickTranslate & Adapt.
  3. Select the localized content that you want to translate.
  4. ClickAuto-translate.
  5. ClickSave.

Create custom content for a market

Custom content can be created to help adapt to the regional and cultural aspects in each market.

Some examples of how custom content can be used include the following:

  • Support regional spelling or preferred terms in a market. For example, creating aSweatersmenu title for a United States market, and aJumpersmenu title for a United Kingdom market.
  • Display promotional content based on the customer's market. For example, creating a custom Thanksgiving announcement bar in October for Canadian customers.
  • Use metafields to display a fixed money value for a given market. For example, creating a display in Canadian dollars that shows how much you have contributed to charities in your Canadian market.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to the content page that you want to customize for a market. For example, to add custom content for a product page, open the product page.
  2. ClickMore actions>Localize.
  3. Select the market that you'd like to display customized content for from the drop-down list.
  4. Optional: Select the language that you'd like to display customized content for from the drop-down list.
  5. Enter your customized content into the appropriate field.
  6. ClickSave.

Third-party app compatibility

The Translate & Adapt app is compatible with otherthird-party translation appsthat use the Translations API. Content created with these apps will be in the Translate & Adapt app, and vice versa.

Translate & Adapt app limitations

The following types of content can't be translated with the Translate & Adapt app:

  • Third-party app content that isn't hosted as a Shopifytranslatable resource typeorstorefront locale file.
  • Tags
  • URL slugs, such as/products/en-ca/shoescan be translated into/products/es-mx/zapatosbut the wordproductscannot be translated
  • URL slugs cannot be customized for markets. Translations can only be added for URL slugs on all markets where a language is visible.
  • Product images
  • Collection filters
  • Manual payment method instructions
  • Search includes support for resources listed in the resource type filter. Additional resources can be searched for within CSV export. Below is a list of theTranslatable Resource Typesthat arenotsupported by search:
    • DELIVERY_METHOD_DEFINITION
    • EMAIL_TEMPLATE
    • FILTER
    • METAFIELD
    • PACKING_SLIP_TEMPLATE
    • PAYMENT_GATEWAY
    • SELLING_PLAN
    • SELLING_PLAN_GROUP
    • SHOP
    • SHOP_POLICY
    • ONLINE_STORE_THEME_APP_EMBED
    • ONLINE_STORE_THEME_SETTINGS_CATEGORY
    • ONLINE_STORE_THEME_SETTINGS_DATA_SECTIONS

Unsupported languages

The following languages can't be translated with the Translate & Adapt app:

  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Cebuano
  • Corsican
  • Frisian
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hmong
  • Latin
  • Nyanja (Chichewa)
  • Odia (Oriya)
  • Samoan
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Sesotho
  • Tagalog (Filipino)

Language selectors

Allow customers to choose their preferred language by enabling language selectors in your theme. If you are using a free theme from Shopify, language selectors are built in. Steps:

  • From your Shopify admin, go to欧宝体育官网入口首页>Themes.
  • Find the theme that you want to edit, and then clickCustomize.
  • Search your theme settings forEnable language selector. It could be in thetheme settings, footer or header depending on your theme and the theme developer.

If you’re not using a free theme from Shopify, view the support documentation for your theme or contact the theme developer. You can use theGeolocation appto add language and country selectors to any theme. Language selectors can also bebuilt for a theme.

Please note that language selectors aren't a part of the Translate & Adapt app.

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