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Managing Languages for Your Global Markets

To deliver a localized shopping experience, it’s important to present your store content in the languages your customers understand. This guide walks you through assigning one or more languages to each market and managing your language settings. This ensures that customers see the correct language based on their location or preferences.

 

 

Preparing Translations

Before adding a new language, ensure you have the corresponding translations prepared. You can also install a translation app and assign the language to the market.

 

 

Adding Languages to Your Store

Before assigning languages to markets, you must first add them to your store’s supported language list. Follow these steps:

  1. From your SHOPLINE admin panel, go to Settings > Languages.
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  2. In the Supported languages section, click Add languages.
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  3. Select one or more languages from the pop-up list based on your needs, then click Save.
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The selected languages are now added to your store. You can proceed to assign them to your markets.

 

 

Assigning Languages to Markets

To assign a language to a specific market, follow these steps:

Important: Only markets configured with a subdomain or subfolder support language assignment. If a market doesn’t appear in the assignment list, go to Settings > Markets > Domains and Languages and configure a subdomain or subfolder for it.
  1. From your admin panel, go to Settings > Languages.
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  2. In the Supported languages section, click Assign to markets next to the language you want to assign.
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  3. Check the market(s) you want to assign the language to, then click Complete.
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The language has now been assigned to the selected markets.

 

 

Managing Market Assignments for a Language

To add or remove markets assigned to a language, follow these steps:

  1. From your admin panel, go to Settings > Languages.
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  2. In the Supported languages section, click Adjust markets next to the language you want to remove.
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  3. Select or deselect the markets as needed, then click Complete to save your changes.
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Changing the Default Market Language

If multiple languages are assigned to a market, you can set a new default language by following these steps: 

  1. From your SHOPLINE admin panel, go to Settings > Markets. Click the market you want to edit.
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  2. Click Manage next to Domains and languages.
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  3. In the Market language section, click Change default language.
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  4. Select the new default language, then click Complete.
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Deleting Supported Store Languages

If you no longer need a specific language, you can delete it. This action permanently removes all associated translations. To re-enable the language later, you’ll need to add and translate it again.

Note: Deleting a language removes it from all markets. Please proceed with caution.

To delete a language:

  1. From your SHOPLINE admin panel, go to Settings > Languages.
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  2. In the Supported languages section, click the more options icon next to the language you want to delete, then select Delete language.
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