How to Sell Globally? Complete Shopify Official Free Translation Plugin Tutorial, Up to 2 Free Languages! 99 Shopify Tips (20)

Many people dream of selling globally and dominating all languages. The first hurdle is how to comprehensively and accurately translate the independent site into local languages.

This episode introduces a Shopify official translation plugin (no sponsorship, rest assured).

Pros:

• Supports one-click automatic translation: Up to 2 languages for free. (May increase in the future, whether it becomes paid remains to be seen)
• Supports manual translation—as long as you want, you can manually translate unlimited languages.
• International SEO friendly—all meta titles and descriptions can be translated, and with Shopify Markets, makes international SEO work easier for Shopify users.

Cons:

• Automatic translation has various bugs, sometimes can't translate all content well, needs manual correction.
• Can't automatically translate in real-time, needs manual button press.
• Doesn't support automatic image translation.
• Not very friendly to other plugins. (Like review plugin content).

No Nonsense, Direct Demo

Step 1: Add your desired languages.

(Can enter from plugin main page Manage, or directly from backend Languages)

Step 2: Add corresponding markets and languages.

(Also need to use Geolocation plugin here, so users from various countries can be适配 to their country's language and currency. Involves some international currency, domain定向 issues—not elaborated here, will detail later)

Step 3: Return to plugin, select your newly added language, and one-click translate

Step 4: Check website, enter manual correction page.

Can select various places for manual correction. (Like policy content—officially stated won't auto-translate, needs manual translation)

Advanced: Export and import language files, batch manual translation or correction!

(Not detailed in this article, but those who can see here probably know how to do it.)

Some Important Official Documentation:

• Different country/region URL domain strategies: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/markets/international-domains/setting-up-unique-urls
• Plugin official documentation: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/markets/languages/translate-adapt-app
• Automatic redirection introduction: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/markets/automatic-redirection