Translations and markets
FD Combined Listings works with the languages and markets you set up in Shopify. You can translate the text in your groups, and shoppers see it in their language. Translations are included on every plan, including Free.
Before you start
Add at least one language besides your default language in Shopify, under Settings > Languages. Until you do, the app has nothing to translate into.
Translate option names, values and badges
- Open a group in FD Combined Listings.
- Click Translate at the top of the page.
- The Translations page opens. Pick a language from the tabs.
- Type your translations in the right-hand column.
- Save. You see Translations saved.
The page lists three kinds of text:
- Option Name, like "Color".
- Option Value, like "Red" or "Navy".
- Badge Text, if your groups use badges.
The middle column shows your default language. Use the search box to find a word or a translation.
One translation covers every group
The Translations page shows the text from all your groups, not only the one you opened. Each word appears once. Translate "Red" one time, and every group that uses "Red" shows the translation.
When you create or save a group, it picks up translations you already made for the same text. You don't need to translate it again.
What shoppers see
When a shopper browses your store in a translated language, the swatches show your translated option name, values and badges. Any text you haven't translated shows in your default language.
Swatch links keep the shopper's language and market in the URL. A shopper on /fr/products/linen-shirt-olive who clicks another color goes to the French page of that product.
Prices in other currencies
Some swatch styles show each product's price. When a shopper browses in a currency other than your store's currency, the product page block shows those prices in the shopper's currency. Shopify supplies the price for each product in the group.
Two limits apply:
- The swatch for the product the shopper is on shows that product's lowest price, not the price of the selected variant.
- Converted prices cover the first 20 products on a product page.
In your store's own currency, the swatch for the current product shows the price of the selected variant.
Limits
- Groups with more than one option, and subcategory groups, can't be translated yet. The Translate button doesn't show on those groups.
- Each word has one translation for each language. If "Small" means one thing in a Size option and another in a Capacity option, both share the same translation. The last one you save is used.
- The app's admin follows your Shopify admin language when it's English, French, German, Spanish or Turkish. Some screens are still in English.
