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Languages and markets

The storefront languages Index ships with, translating your own content, right-to-left languages, and the language and country selectors.

Languages included

Index's storefront text – buttons, labels, cart and account messages – is translated into English, Czech, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Polish. The theme editor is available in English, Czech, German, French and Spanish.

Right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu and others) switch the page direction automatically.

Add a language

  1. Go to SettingsLanguages, add the language and publish it.
  2. Install Shopify's free Translate & Adapt app to translate your own content: products, collections, pages, menus and the text you entered in the theme editor.
  3. The language selector appears in the footer, in the mobile menu and – if you turn it on – in the header.

For a language Index does not include, the theme's own text can be translated in Translate & Adapt as well, or in Online StoreThemes⋯Edit default theme content.

Change the theme's own text

To change a fixed text such as Add to cart or Sold out in any language, go to Online StoreThemes⋯Edit default theme content, pick the language and search for the text. Changes there are kept when you update the theme.

Countries and currencies

Add countries and their currencies in SettingsMarkets. When the store sells to more than one country, the footer and the mobile menu show a country selector; turn on Show country and currency in the Header section to show it in the header too. Show currency codes in Theme settingsCurrency and extras adds the code after prices (€25.00 EUR), which helps when several currencies use the same symbol.

The selectors

The Header settings control how the language shows in the header (name, code or hidden, with or without a flag). In the footer, Show country and language and its two options control the bottom bar.