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Translate draft themes

Prepare theme translations on unpublished or development themes before you go live.

Written By Floris de Vries

Last updated 10 days ago

OO Translations can translate theme content on your live theme and on draft or development themes. That lets you prepare translations before you publish a new theme.

What you can translate per theme

Theme-scoped content types include items such as:

  • Locale content (theme translations)

  • JSON templates

  • Section groups and section settings

  • Theme settings categories

  • App embeds

Translate a draft theme

  1. Open Translate.

  2. Choose a target language.

  3. Select a theme content type (for example Locale content or JSON templates).

  4. Use the Theme dropdown to pick the draft or development theme. Live themes are labeled (Live); unpublished themes are labeled (Draft).

  5. Translate fields manually or with AI, then save.

Tips

  • Translations are stored per theme. Preparing a draft does not change the live theme until you publish that theme in Shopify.

  • After you publish a draft theme, its translations stay with that theme.

  • Scheduled jobs use the theme selected for the job (or the live theme when none is set). For a draft-only rollout, translate the draft in the editor first.

  • Manual locks still apply: fields you save yourself are not overwritten by automatic jobs.

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