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Is Shopify Translate and Adapt Compatible with Infinite Options?

Learn why Shopify Translate and Adapt cannot translate Infinite Options fields, which live inside the app, and what other translation routes exist.

Is Shopify’s Translate & Adapt compatible with Infinite Options?

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Not currently. Translate & Adapt can only translate text that lives in your theme or Shopify’s built-in language system. Infinite Options fields are managed inside the app, so they can’t be detected or translated by Translate & Adapt.

Infinite Options fields are created and managed inside the app, not in your theme or Shopify’s built-in language system. Translate & Adapt can only translate text that lives in those Shopify-managed areas, so it isn’t able to see or translate app-generated fields. This is a limitation of Shopify’s translation system today.

  • Product titles and descriptions
  • Collections and pages
  • Theme text from sections, templates, and snippets
  • Any content stored in Shopify’s language files

  • Option set labels and fields created in Infinite Options
  • Option values and field labels generated by the app
  • App-managed content that is not stored as a Shopify or theme resource

Third-Party Translation Apps That May Support App Content

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If you need to translate content that comes from third-party apps like Infinite Options, some merchants use translation tools that work beyond Shopify’s built-in Translate & Adapt system. These apps can sometimes translate app-generated fields by scanning or injecting translations on the storefront.

Apps that merchants commonly use for this purpose include: