Translations

This page covers the languages Chassis ships with, how the theme handles right-to-left languages, and how to translate the text of your store. The theme's own labels and your store content are translated in different places.

Languages shipped

The theme ships label files for 33 languages: English (en.default, the default), Arabic (ar), Bulgarian (bg), Czech (cs), Danish (da), German (de), Greek (el), Spanish (es), Finnish (fi), French (fr), Hebrew (he), Croatian (hr), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Lithuanian (lt), Norwegian Bokmål (nb), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Portuguese for Brazil (pt-BR), Portuguese for Portugal (pt-PT), Romanian (ro), Russian (ru), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), Swedish (sv), Thai (th), Turkish (tr), Vietnamese (vi), Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) and Traditional Chinese (zh-TW).

The labels of the theme settings also have their own translations for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch and Portuguese for Brazil.

Right-to-left languages

The theme sets the text direction of each page from the store language. For these languages the page is shown right to left: Arabic (ar), Hebrew (he), Persian (fa), Urdu (ur), Pashto (ps), Sindhi (sd), Uyghur (ug), Yiddish (yi), Dhivehi (dv) and Central Kurdish (ckb).

• The menus, cards, cart and forms change direction with the page.
• Check each section on a phone after you switch the language. Images with text in them do not change, so provide a version for each language if the text matters.

Translate the theme labels

The theme labels are the words the theme shows, such as "Add to cart", "Fits" and "Does not fit". They are translated in the Shopify admin:

1. Go to Settings > Languages, and add a language.
2. Open the language and choose Translate and adapt, then Theme.
3. Translate each label. Keep the placeholders in braces, such as the vehicle name in "Showing N parts that fit your", unchanged.

Use the same words for the fit states across the store, so a shopper reads "Fits", "Check" and "Does not fit" in the same way on the card, the product page and the cart.

Translate your store content

Your products, collections, menus, pages and the text in the theme settings are your content. Translate them the same way:

1. Go to Settings > Languages, and open the language.
2. Choose Translate and adapt, then choose the content type, such as Products or Collections.
3. Translate the title and the description.

Do not translate the part numbers, SKUs, barcodes or OEM numbers. These are codes, and shoppers search for them as printed.

Check the translation

• Choose the language in the store, then open a product with a fit note. The note and the fit line must read in the same language.
• Check the cart, the checkout language, and the search results.
• Check that the numbers and units match the language. Write 412 mm and 1,2 kg in the form your shoppers expect.