Multiple languages
Customers all over the world enjoy viewing content in their native language. Translating your store's content can lead to more sales because your international customers can better understand your marketing, product details, shipping, and return policies.
Elevated by default supports the following languages:
- English (default);
- Spanish;
- French.
To add a new language, keep scrolling down this page and follow the steps below.
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Steps to take prior to adding a new language
Translations required when adding languages to your store. Have translations ready or install a translation app and assign language to a market.
There are some options you have:
- Use the Translate & Adapt app ↗ to import your translated content ↗ into Shopify.
- Visit the Shopify App Store ↗ and install a translation app to your store. Follow the steps in the app to translate your online store's content and publish new languages.
Add and publish new languages to your store
Steps to add a new language:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
- Click Add Language.
- Choose a language from the drop-down menu, then click Add.
- Select an active market to add your language to.
- Do either of the following:
- Use the Translate & Adapt app to import your translated content into Shopify.
- Visit the Shopify App Store and install a translation app to your store. Follow the steps in the app to translate your online store's content and publish new languages.
- Click Preview to view different languages in your online store. You can preview both published and unpublished languages.
Manage languages for markets
By default, each new market that you create uses your store's default language.
You need to assign newly published languages to a market before they become visible to visitors on your online store.
To add a language to a market:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
- Click More actions beside the language that you want to add to a market.
- Click Add to market.
- Click Done.
To remove a language from a market:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
- Click More actions beside the language that you want to remove from a market.
- Click Remove.
- Click Done.
Unpublish and delete a language in your online store
You can also unpublish a language, which hides the language from customers. Any links to the store in that particular language result in a 404 “Page not found” error, so create redirects ↗ for any of your unpublished languages.
If you're confident that you don't need translations in that language, then you can also delete the language. Deleting a language also deletes all translations of that language permanently. If a language is re-enabled in the future, then the translations need to be added again.
To unpublish a language in your online store:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
- In Published languages, click Unpublish beside the language that you want to make unavailable.
- Click Unpublish.
By unpublishing a language, you also remove that language from any markets that it was added to.
To delete a store in your online store:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
- In Unpublished languages, click the delete icon beside the unpublished language that you want to remove from your store.
- Click Delete.
By deleting a language, you also remove that language from any markets that it was added to.
Change the default language of your online store
You can change the default language of your store. Your default store language is used in your Shopify admin and in your store's checkout and theme.
Steps:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
- In Published languages, click Change default beside the language that is your current default language.
- Select a language from the menu.
- Click Save.
Shopify's resources: