Translate your content

Each store language has its own translation page. On it, you pick an item from the list on the left, then type the translation next to the original text on the right. A live preview shows how the item will look in that language before you save.

Note

Translation is available on the Diamond plan. Your store needs at least two languages in Shopify — see Translation overview.

Translate an item

1. Open Translation

   In Sami Product Labels, click Translation in the app menu. The page lists every language under Store languages, with your default language first.

   Label	Meaning
   Default	Your store’s main language. Its text is the original, so it can’t be opened.
   Published	Visitors can switch your store to this language.
   Unpublished	Added in Shopify but not live yet. You can still translate it ahead of time.

   To add or publish a language, click Manage languages — it opens Settings › Languages in your Shopify admin.

   

   Every language you added in Shopify appears here.

   Caution

   If your store has only one language, the page shows Add another language to start translating. Click Add language, add one in Shopify, then come back.

2. Pick a language

   Click the language you want to translate into. Its translation page opens with three areas:

   • The progress bar at the top — how many texts are translated in this language, and your AI usage.
   • The tabs — Badges & Labels, Trust Badges, Highlights, and Banners. Each tab shows how many items are fully translated, for example Badges & Labels 3/8.
   • The workspace — your items on the left, the translation fields on the right.

   

   A language’s translation page: progress at the top, tabs, item list, and fields.

3. Choose an item

   Click a tab, then click an item in the list on the left. Each item shows a small preview, its name, its ID, and its status:

   Status	Meaning
   Translated	Every text has a translation.
   2/5 translated	Some texts are translated, some aren’t.
   Not translated	No text is translated yet.
   No text	The item has no text to translate.

   To find an item quickly, type its name or ID in Search by name or ID, or click the filter icon and pick Not translated, Partially translated, or Translated.

   

   Filter the list to the items that still need work.

4. Type the translations

   The right side shows each text in two columns: the original on the left (read only), the translation on the right. Type your translation in the right column.

   Text, titles, descriptions, and banner messages use a rich-text editor with bold, italic, underline, emoji, and HTML source. Keep placeholders like {sale} or {countdown} exactly as they are.

   Leave a field empty to keep showing the original text in that language.

   

   Type the translation next to the original. Empty fields fall back to the default language.

   Note

   To fill in every field at once, click Auto-translate at the top of the item. See Auto-translate with AI.

5. Check the preview

   Preview in [language], above the fields, renders the item the way your storefront will show it in that language. It updates a moment after you stop typing.

   

   The preview shows the item in the language you are translating.

6. Save

   When you change a field, Shopify’s save bar appears at the top of the screen. Click Save to publish the translations of this item, or Discard to undo them. A Translations saved message confirms the save.

   Caution

   You translate one item at a time. If you click another item, tab, or page with unsaved changes, Shopify asks you to save or discard them first. The search box is also locked until you save.

Translate from the editor

Each editor has a Translate button, so you can jump to the translation of the item you’re working on.

Editor	Where the button is
Badges & Labels	Next to the Content heading in the Design tab
Trust Badges	Next to the Content & Badges heading
Highlights	Next to the Content & Badges heading
Banners	Next to the Content heading

When the editor shows a language other than the default, Translate opens that language’s page with the item already selected. Otherwise, it opens the list of store languages — pick one, and the item stays selected.

Click Translate in the editor to open the item on the Translation page.

Note

Translate is greyed out until the item has been saved once, and on plans without translation.

Open or create an item from the Translation page

• Open editor — at the top of the selected item, opens it in its editor so you can change the original text or design. When you close the editor, the list reloads with your changes.
• Create — when a tab has no items yet, it shows Nothing to translate yet with a Create button that starts a new item of that type.

Track your progress

The bar at the top of each translation page shows, for this language:

• How many texts are translated, for example 12/30 texts translated, with a Translated, Partially translated, or Not translated badge.
• Your AI tokens and Image credits used this month.

Click Details to see one tile per tab — for example 3 of 8 translated with 2 partially · 3 not started — and your monthly AI usage with the date it resets. Click a tile to jump to that tab.

Details shows the progress of each tab and your AI usage this month.

Next steps

• Auto-translate with AI — translate every text of an item in one click.
• Translate image badges — translate the words inside an image badge.

Tip

Need support?

If you run into any difficulty while following these steps, contact us at support@samita.io.