What is Shopify Translate & Adapt?
Shopify is the developer of this app for translating Shopify stores. With a single click inside the app, it performs bulk translation using Google Translate. You can also manually edit the content after the bulk translation.
Price: Free
*However, automatic translation is only available for up to two languages; from the third language onward, translation must be done manually.
Features of Shopify Translate & Adapt
Bulk automatic translation
With a single button inside the app, Shopify Translate & Adapt uses Google Translate to automatically translate all your content in bulk — products, collections, blog articles, and more. After the bulk translation, you can still edit any part you're not satisfied with.
Free to use
Shopify Translate & Adapt is completely free to use. However, as mentioned below, bulk automatic translation is limited to two languages.
Doesn't slow down page load speed
Many Shopify apps perform automatic translation each time a customer accesses your Shopify store. Translating on every access can slow down your Shopify store's load speed. Shopify Translate & Adapt, on the other hand, displays pre-translated content data on your Shopify store, so it's less likely to slow down page load speed.
Things to note about Shopify Translate & Adapt
Automatic translation is limited to two languages
Shopify Translate & Adapt can only automatically translate up to two languages. If you add a third language or more, translation must be done manually.
Re-translation is required when content is added or updated
Please note that Shopify Translate & Adapt does not automatically translate new or updated products, blog articles, and other content. Whenever you make a change to your content, you'll need to run bulk translation again from the Shopify Translate & Adapt app.
Policy information isn't automatically translated
Shopify Translate & Adapt cannot automatically translate policy information such as your terms of service or privacy policy. This is because Shopify recommends consulting a professional translator for legal policy information, to ensure it's translated as accurately as possible.
Text in custom Liquid or added by Shopify apps can't be translated
Shopify Translate & Adapt automatically translates text in products, blog articles, and similar content, but it cannot translate text within HTML added via custom Liquid, or text added by Shopify apps. Please also note that you can't manually translate this text from within the app either.
How to set up and use Shopify Translate & Adapt
How to run automatic translation
Here, we introduce the steps for automatically bulk-translating Japanese content into English after installing the Shopify app "Shopify Translate & Adapt."
Steps
1. Open the Shopify Translate & Adapt app
2. Click "Manage" in the top right of the app screen
3. On the Languages page, click "Add language"
4. Select "English" from the dialog that appears, then click "Add"
5. On the Languages page, click "Translate > Translate & Adapt" in order
6. Click "Auto-translate" in the top right of the app screen
7. Click "Translate" in the dialog that appears
8. Once you receive the completion email, translation is complete
How to publish the automatically translated language
Here, we introduce the steps for publishing the "English" language, automatically translated with the Shopify app "Shopify Translate & Adapt," on your Shopify store using the Shopify theme "Dawn 10.0.0."
Steps
1. Open the Shopify Translate & Adapt app
2. Click "Manage" next to English in the top right of the app screen
3. On the Languages page, click the "•••" menu next to English, then click "Publish"
4. Go to Online Store > Themes
5. Click "Customize" on your Shopify theme
6. Check "Header > Enable language selector"
7. Check "Footer > Enable language selector"
8. Click "Save" in the top right of the screen
How to fix parts you're not satisfied with after automatic translation
Here, we introduce the steps for editing part of the automatically translated text (English) with the Shopify app "Shopify Translate & Adapt."
Steps
1. Open the Shopify Translate & Adapt app
2. Click "Edit" on the content you want to fix
3. Edit the text you want to fix
4. Click "Save"
Other Shopify apps for going multilingual
Translate My Store
Translate My Store is a Shopify app that supports multilingual translation and multi-currency conversion for Shopify sites.
Unlike Shopify Translate & Adapt, it performs automatic translation each time a page is accessed, which slightly slows down page load speed, but it can also automatically translate text displayed via custom Liquid or Shopify apps. Also, while Shopify Translate & Adapt is free for up to two languages, Translate My Store's free plan supports up to three languages, and its paid plan allows automatic translation into even more languages.
For more details on Translate My Store, check out the blog article below.
Conclusion
The blog article below introduces recommended apps by category, covering not just automatic translation and multilingual apps but also apps for "customer acquisition," "boosting sales," "extending blog articles," and more. Feel free to use it as a reference.
