Import translations for catalog items

The easiest way to translate your catalog into the additional languages your store supports is to export products, variants, and collections in your store’s default language, replace the translatable strings with localized text in the spreadsheets, and import them back into your catalog.

See Import and Export Catalog Items and Inventory for more information.

When you export catalog data for translation, you must select a language that the export supports. If you select a different language than your store’s default language, LOCALE appears in the fifth column (cell E1) of the export spreadsheet and shows the ISO locale code for the language, for example, LOCALE=fr.

When you import the translations back into your catalog, made sure LOCALE appears in the fifth column (cell E1) of the import spreadsheet and shows the ISO locale format for the language you are importing, for example, LOCALE=fr.

Note: You cannot create new items when you import translations. All new items, even those created by import, must be created in your store’s default language.