How to use Translation feature •

The Quick Announcement Bar has a built-in translation feature powered by our translation app, Hextom: Translate & Currency.  This allows you to display bars in multiple languages, helping you reach more markets.

On this page

• How to install Translate & Currency App
• How to create a Translation for the Bar Message
• How to Delete a Bar Translation

How to install Translate & Currency App

If you haven't installed Hextom: Translate & Currency yet, follow these steps:

1. Go to your app dashboard and click the Translation tab from the side navigation.

2. You’ll see a page like this, notifying you that the app is required to proceed with translation.

3. Click Add App for FREE, which will redirect you to the Shopify App Store, where you can install Hextom: Translate & Currency.

4. Click Install to add the app to your store.

Now that Translate & Currency app is installed, we can proceed with the translation.

How to Create a Translation for the Bar Message

1. To begin, click on Translation in the left side menu:

2. Now you will see a quick guide on the top half, and a list of your bars in the bottom half:

3. Click the Translate button of the bar you would like to translate. In this example, the bar "Saturday Sale" will be translated. When the Translate button is clicked, a new section appears. Here, you can select the language into which you would like to translate the bar.

4. Click the drop down to select the language, then click Load Content for Translation to load the bar content. 

5. You now have 2 options: you can manually enter the translation, or you can use the AI translation feature. Clicking the Load AI Translation button will load an AI generated translation into the field for you.

6. After adding the necessary translations, click on Save

After saving, you will be able to see the languages that each bar has been translated into:

As you translate the bars into more languages, that will be reflected in the dashboard:

Now that the bar has been translated, when you visit your store and set the language to one of the translated languages, the bar should display in that language:

Delete a translation from a bar:

To delete a translation, load the translation you wish to remove, clear the translated text from the fields, and then click Save with the fields left empty.

You will see that the bar is no longer translated in that language.

Here is a short video of the process: