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How to Translate and Update Content in Transcy

Ready to make your store speak your customers' language? This guide walks you through Transcy's translation features, helping you create a truly global shopping experience. Whether you want full control over translations or need something quick and simple, we've got you covered.


Table of Contents


I. Understanding Translation Management and Language Types

  1. What "Editable Language" Means
  2. What "Non-Editable Language" Means


II. Check Your Language Type


III. Translating with Editable Language

  1. Sync Content from Shopify
  2. Choose Language and Content
  3. Translate Content

3.1. Use AI Translation

3.2. Direct input

  1. Update Translation Status
  2. Verify Your Changes


IV. Translating with Non-Editable Languages

  1. How It Works
  2. Limitations



I. Understanding Translation Management and Language Types


Transcy's translation management system serves as your central hub for controlling how your store content appears across different languages and markets. Rather than leaving translation to chance, this comprehensive system gives you the flexibility to choose the most appropriate translation method for each piece of content, ensuring quality and consistency across your entire multilingual store.

The "Manage Translation" interface displays all your store's translatable resources in an organized, easy-to-navigate format. From here, you can view translation status, initiate new translations, edit existing ones, and manage how content synchronizes between your Shopify store and Transcy.


Before diving in, let's understand the two types of languages Transcy offers and why it matters for your business.


1. What "Editable Language" Means


Editable languages save your translations directly on the server (not just displayed in browsers). This gives you:

• Full control - manually edit, review, and track translation status (Untranslated / Outdated / Partly Translated / Translated)

• SEO benefits - search engines can find and index your translated content, bringing more international customers

Key takeaways: Long-term international expansion and serious SEO strategy


2. What "Non-Editable Language" Means


Non-editable languages show translations on your storefront using JavaScript magic. Since nothing saves on the server:

• No manual editing (if your languages is "Non-Editable", it's will not appear in "Manage Translation")

• No SEO indexing - search engines can't see these translations

Key takeaways: Quick testing or temporary coverage while you plan your full international strategy, and no need to hand-on. Everything will be automatic


Note: Plan limits for Editable and Non-editable languages vary by subscription. See details in this article, or learn more about the two language types here.



II. Check Your Language Type


Not sure which type your target language is? Here's how to find out:

→ Go to "Markets" in Transcy → In "Manage markets" → Look down to navigate "Global settings" → Click "Languages"


Find your target language and check the "Edit translation" column:

• "Enable" = "Editable language"

• "Disable" = "Non-editable language"


Check languages type



III. Translating with Editable Languages


1. Sync Content from Shopify


Fresh content means accurate translations. While most resources appear automatically, syncing ensures nothing gets missed after big updates.

→ Go to "Translation" in Transcy → Click "Translate content" → In "Manage translations" → Click "Sync content" on the top right corner.


Sync content interface


2. Choose Language and Content


In your "Manage Translation" dashboard, you'll see all available resources organized by type in the "Resource name" column. Transcy makes selection flexible and efficient:

  • Individual Selection: Choose specific resources that need translation, perfect for targeted updates or new content additions.
  • Bulk Selection: Select multiple resources simultaneously for efficient batch processing, ideal when launching in new markets or updating existing translations.
  • Select All: Choose all available resources for comprehensive translation, ensuring complete language coverage across your entire store.

Follow to: "Translation" in Transcy → Click "Translate content" → In "Manage translations" → Scroll down to see all the resources in Transcy


Transcy provides these object types to help users easily manage their content, including: "Product", "Collections", "Transcy integrations", "Themes", "Blog posts", "Pages", "Navigation", "Preferences", "Payments", "Shipping and delivery", Policies", "Metaobjects", "Metafields", "Notifications".


The more translation data processed at once, the longer it takes and the more difficult it becomes to manage. Handle translations one resource at a time for optimal results.


Your store already has full translation in target languages but in some cases you need to find its sub-resources and edit its translation manually to update new translation, please click on the needed resource type. For more details can be found How to find and edit translation manually.


3. Translate Content


Choose between two approaches: automated AI processing or hands-on manual operations.


3.1. Use AI Translation


→ Select your preferred AI engine from the dropdown (OpenAI, DeepL, DeepSeek, Grok, Gemini, Baidu, Yandex, or Google) → Hit "Translate now"


AI translation engines dropdown


Translate with AI engine pop-up


Or you can translate each resources one-by-one, to easily to control by. Click the Pencil icon to open "Edit translation" → Pick your target language on the top left corner → Select your resources you want to edit → Select your preferred AI engine



Translate each resources one-by-one


We offer 2 translation methods with AI engines. You can either use tokens through the App wallet or connect with API keys (currently supported for DeepL, OpenAI, and Gemini only)


For App wallet, kindly follow this article Overview of App Wallet

For AI translation Engines, kindly follow OpenAI, DeepL, Gemini, Baidu, Yandex, DeepSeek & Grok


3.2. Direct input


→ Click the "Pencil icon" to open "Edit translation" → Pick your target language on the top left corner → Select your resources you want to edit → input the translations by yourself to create your own translation


Edit translation interface


When you're happy with the translation, hit "Save" - your changes sync to your storefront automatically.



Direct input translation


4. Update Translation Status


Transcy provides clear status tracking for all your translations:

  • Untranslated: Content has not been translated
  • Partly Translated: Some part of content are translated, and some part has not been translated
  • Outdated: Your original content has been updated, but the corresponding translations haven't been refreshed to match
  • Translated: Translation finished


Got content that's already correct but showing wrong status?

→ Click the three-dots button → Select "Mark as translated"


For more information about status in Transcy, kindly follow Understanding Translation Status


5. Verify Your Changes


Time to see your work in action:


→ Open your storefront → Switch to target language → Check your updated pages


Not seeing changes yet? You might have a scheduled-sync resource:

• Real-time resources publish immediately after saving

• Scheduled-sync resources need a manual sync or wait for the next scheduled window


To sync immediately: "Translation" menu tab in Transcy → Click "Translate content" → In "Manage translations" → Choose "Schedule sync" on the top right corner.


Sync settings interface


Switch to Real-time if you want instant updates on your storefront.


For fully understand about "Sync" in Transcy, kindly follow this article Overview of Content Synchronization System



IV. Translating with Non-Editable Languages


1. How It Works


Since your target language is non-editable, it won't appear in the "Manage Translation". When published:

• Transcy uses Google Translate's AI technology (google.translate.js)

• Translated content appears on your storefront through JavaScript


2. Limitations


• No manual editing in "Manage Translation"

• No status tracking (no need to worry about Untranslated/Partly Translated/Outdated/Translated statuses. Your content will fully translated on your storefont without caring about the status)

• Can't fix translations directly - if something looks wrong, switch the language to Editable first, then edit and save



Conclusion


Whether you choose the full control of Editable languages or the quick setup of Non-editable ones, Transcy makes international expansion accessible for every store owner. Start with what fits your current needs - you can always upgrade your approach as your global business grows.


Ready to break down language barriers and welcome customers from around the world?


If you need further guidance or have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our support team through LiveChat in your app or email us at support@transcy.io

Updated on: 04/09/2025

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