Looking for inspiration on how your store could look in two languages on Shopify?
Here are 5 beautiful websites built on Shopify in more than one language.
They’ve all done a wonderful job using the Bilingual Shopify Theme to build, customize and tweak the stores and we’re so happy to see their progress.
#1: Suture.ch – German and English Shopify Store
Switzerland | Leather Goods | German and English
See it at https://suture.ch
#2: Gourmet Mondial – French and English Shopify Store
Worldwide | Fresh Grapes for Home Wine-Makers, and Balsamic Vinegar | French and English
See it at https://www.gourmetmondiale.com
#3: Metropolism Cart – English and Spanish Shopify Store
USA | Comic Books, Art, and Accessories
#4: Elucx – English and French Shopify Store
Canada| Skin Care Products | English and French
See it at https://www.elucx.com
#5: Bilingual Coffee Demo Store – Spanish and English Shopify Store
Worldwide Demo Store | Demo store for the Bilingual Theme | Spanish and English
See it at https://bilingual-coffee-theme.myshopify.com
Do you have your own bilingual store built using our theme and want to be featured here? Just contact us and we’d love to feature you in later editions.
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Want to create your own Bilingual Shopify Store? Here’s some more information on the Shopify Bilingual Theme (the first ever theme with support for two languages).
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Bilingual Shopify Theme is very easy to work with. I highly recommend every business owner who desires to build a multilingual website to use this theme. Tristan and his team delivered the best customer service! Keep up the good work! Duyen
Wow! Thanks Duyen! Appreciate the kind words. Your store is looking good 🙂
Hi guys,
I’m really interested in using this theme. I have a store in Polish and we want to expand this to English. Your theme looks perfect,but I wanted to know how to address the shopping cart in Shopify?
I currently have mine in PLN and in Poliish language, but I’d also like it in English and in Euros. Do you have a solution for this?
Hi Keith,
Thanks for your question and interest in the theme. To answer your question: I see two parts to this.
Here goes:
1) Language: Polish & English. Sure, this can be done. For the Shopping Cart, we suggest adding both languages, separated by a slash. This can be done using your settings, via Admin > Settings > Checkout > Checkout Language. Even we as developers don’t have access to show/hide language on checkout, so the best solution we’ve found is to show both languages at the same time. For an example, check out this screenshot here, or our demo store here. This way, your customers can see their preferred language at all times. This is the only time we need to do this, as we can’t control checkout – but the rest of the time, they’d see only their preferred language.
2) Currency: Yes, the currency converter can be added and you can have PLN, EUR and whichever other currencies you need. Some clients add this themeselves, others hire us to do it (it can be a little complex to get it all working with the language capability, which is why some people get our help to do it, but if you’re game you can try it yourself).
Here’s’ how https://wiki.shopify.com/How_to_Show_Multiple_Currencies
Here’s an example of a client using language + currency converter with our theme *removed*
One thing to note is that customers will only be able to check out in one currency (your store’s default currency), but you can display different currencies to give users an idea of what things will cost.
Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions.
Tristan.
Can or will shopify offer multilingual option for more than two languages?
Hi Andre! There are many options for offering multilingual and bilingual Shopify stores 🙂 These might help:
https://www.blackbeltcommerce.com/translating-your-shopify-storefront-a-real-life-assessment/
https://www.blackbeltcommerce.com/bilingual-shopify-theme-download-4
Mega thread: https://ecommerce.shopify.com/c/shopify-discussion/t/definitively-time-for-multi-language-support-19980
Hope that helps, just let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Tristan.