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Multi language & theme translation

All We are Underground themes include multi-language options which allow your customers to shop in their preferred language.

Themes may be translated to any other language. By default our most recent themes are pre-configured in the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian*, and Portuguese.

*Currently available on Vantage, Mr Parker and Testament

 

To enable the language selector button in your theme you'll want to go to your Header and/or Footer (theme dependent) and select “Enable language selector”.

 

To edit languages or add your own translations, follow these steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to SettingsLanguages

  2. In Translated languages, click Add Language

  3. Choose a language from the drop-down menu, then click Add

  4. Follow this guide on how to import your translated content into Shopify

  5. Click Preview to view different languages in your online store. You can preview both published and unpublished languages

  6. When you are ready, click Publish next to the language you’d like to include on your store

To review more detail on translating themes please review this guide on the Shopify support page.

 

You will also need to assign all published languages to a Market. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to SettingsMarkets

  2. Click Manage next to the market you want to update

  3. Next to Domains and languages click Manage

  4. Select the checkbox for each language that you want to enable

  5. Click Save.

If you’d like to learn more about localization and translation to a Market please review these guides on the Shopify support page.

Also, please note that our themes are not necessarily RTL (Right to Left) compatible. You may need to reach out to a third-party developer to adjust some sections in order to work for your text.