You can translate almost all your store's images with langify. Because these images are stored and rendered differently in your store, they have to be translated in different sections. Below you will find 4 translation approaches, depending on where the image was added within your Shopify admin. These options include:

If you're looking to translate the alt-text of your images, please have a look at our guide Image Alt Text Translations.

Images from the Theme Customizer

If you have added an image to your theme via the Shopify Theme Customizer, then it can be translated at langify -> Online Store -> Theme -> Section.

Find your image in the section and click on the translation field on the right. This will open an image translation diaogue where you can uplaod a new image or choose one from your image library:

Image translation dialogue

Product/Collection/Article Images

If you have added the image to a product's, collection's or article's dedicated image section in your Shopify admin, then you can translate these inside the Images tab of the respective item in langify.

You can also translate the image's alt text in this section.

In the below example you'll find the steps to translate a product image.

Step 1 — Find the Product in langify

In langify, go to the Products section and open the product the image belongs to, then scroll a bit down to find the Images tab.

Images option in langify if in a product, a collection or an article

Step 2 — Choose the Image You Want to Translate

Once you've opened the Images tab, you will find all images attached to this product. To translate one of them, click into the translation field on the right:

Image tab with two images for translation

Step 3 — Translate the Image

A popup will appear where you can upload your translated image, select from your library or simply enter an image URL:

Image translation pop-up with the options to upload an image, select from library or enter an image URL

After choosing a translation image, click the blue Save button in the top-right corner.

Please be aware that the image translation is based on the image's URL. So, if you change the URL or title of the original image, the image translation will stop working and has to be done again.

Images within a Description Text

If you have added an image within a product's, collection's, article's or page's description text, you can translate them within the text itself.

To translate such images, please go to the description text of the respective item in langify. Click into the text at the place where you want the image to be inserted. Then, to insert your translated image, click on the plus icon on the left side of the toolbar, and select the Image option: When the image is in the description, it can be uploaded directly by clicking the "+" option in the description

A popup will appear where you can paste the link of an already uploaded translated image.

Or you can click into the grey box to select an image, or drag and drop an image from an open folder on your device.

Window where the image can be added by either pasting the URL or dragged or selected from the PC

Any Other Image

If the above guides do not apply to your image, you can still translate any image via langify's Custom section. This is especially helpful for images added by third-party apps.

If you have never worked with Custom Content before, please first have a look at our general guide Custom Content translations. Make sure the langify app embed is enabled in your theme. Otherwise, Custom Content translations won’t be applied.

Watch our video or check the step-by-step guide below.

Translating an image via Custom Content

Step 1 — Find Out the URL of the Original Image

Open the page in your storefront where the image appears. Right-click on the image and choose one of:

  • Open image in new tab (recommended), then copy the URL from the browser’s address bar, or
  • Copy image address or Copy image link 

Step 2 — Set Up a Custom Content in langify

Go to langify -> Custom and choose a subsection. If you're not sure where to add it, just use the "Global" subsection.

Create a new Custom Content and enter the original image's URL that you found out in step 1.

Enter the image URL as Custom Content

Click on the blue Save button in order to create the new Custom Content.

Step 3 — Translate the Image

Now you can enter the URL of your translated image into the right field of the newly created Custom Content.

The translation can be added on the right like a normal custom content

If you do not have a URL for your translated image, because you haven't uploaded it yet, then please go to your Shopify admin area and upload the image at Content -> Files.

Once the image has been uploaded, copy its URL by clicking on the chain-link icon on the right side:

The image uploaded in Shopify can be copied and pasted in langify -> Custom

Add this URL as the translation of the original image's URL, and hit Save.