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Languages overview

What you can and can't translate in a Foxy store, which languages ship by default, and what to check before selling in a new region.

A Foxy store can run in more than one language. All customer-facing wording is stored as language strings on a template set, so supporting several languages means running one template set per language and editing that set's strings.

To add a language, see Set up a second language on your store.

What you can change

  • Every customer-facing string on the cart, checkout, receipt, and emails. See Customize template language strings.

  • The base translation a template set starts from. Sixteen languages ship by default: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

  • The locale, which controls currency symbol and date formatting. Locale is set on the template set, alongside its language. See Edit language strings for a template set.

  • The email receipt subject line. This one is not a language string — it is set on the emails template page, and varying it by language takes a little Twig logic in the email template. See Customize the email subject by language.

  • The customer portal's language, which is set with a lang attribute on the foxy-customer-portal element rather than in the admin. See Customize the customer portal's language.

What you can't change

  • The Foxy admin interface itself. It is available in English only.

  • Country and state or province names in the checkout's address autocompleter. The autocompleter is multilingual on input — it recognizes both Spain and España — but it returns names in its own form.

What to check before selling in a new region

Language is only one part of selling internationally. Three things are worth confirming before you commit:

  • Payment gateway. PayPal Express Checkout is available in almost every country, but you may want a local gateway instead. Check which gateways are supported in your target country before you build.

  • Shipping carriers. Confirm that a carrier you can actually use is supported for the countries you ship to.

  • Taxes. Foxy's tax handling is flexible, but some countries have requirements that need planning. See Taxes overview. A free test store is the fastest way to confirm your requirements are met.

Notes

  • Language strings are stored per template set, not per store. Two template sets using the same language can carry different wording.

  • Which template set a customer gets is controlled by the template_set parameter on your add-to-cart links and forms. Editing strings has no effect until the matching template set is applied. See Apply a template set.

  • Language and currency are separate settings. Running a store in French does not by itself charge in euros — see Set up multicurrency with template sets.

  • If you need a language that isn't on the list above, get in touch. You can also pick the closest available language and override the strings yourself — overrides win over the base translation.

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