Top 7 Translation Apps For Shopify

Going international on Shopify means your store suddenly has to speak languages you don’t. And translation is the part that’s easiest to underestimate.

It’s tempting to run the catalog through a tool, publish, and move on. But a shopper in another country doesn’t see the effort behind it. They see a product description that either sounds like a brand worth trusting, or one that reads like it came out of a machine.

This guide compares the 7 best translation apps on Shopify today. We look at how each one handles Shopify Markets integration, SEO, translating multiple languages at once, URL slug translation, and migration support. There’s a side-by-side table so you can weigh them without installing each one first.

If you sell internationally on Shopify, or you’re about to, this is the place to start.

What to look for in a Shopify translation app

On the surface, most translation apps look interchangeable. The differences are underneath, in how they handle the things that decide whether your store actually works in another language.

On the technical side, two things matter most. First, how the app integrates with Shopify Markets, because an app that fights your Markets setup creates problems at checkout. Second, whether your translated pages are actually readable by search engines. A page can be perfectly translated and still be invisible in Google if the app handles URLs the wrong way. Translated URL slugs are a good test here; plenty of apps still get them wrong.

On the practical side, look at how the interface feels day to day, whether you can translate several languages in one pass instead of one at a time, and whether the app helps you migrate. If you’re moving from another tool, the translations you’ve already paid for shouldn’t have to be redone from zero.

Ratings and features last updated: October 23, 2026. App Store ratings change over time.

A closer look at each app

Orbe Translate

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What it does

Orbe Translate starts from a different question than most translation apps. Not “can we convert these words,” but “does the result still sound like your brand.” Before it translates anything, it learns how your brand writes: your tone, your style, the terms you use, the way you describe your products. That understanding travels with every translation it produces, across the whole catalog, at scale.

Best for

Merchants who care about how they write in their main language and want that same standard to hold in every market, without having to reread every translated line to check it still sounds right.

Key features

• Brand context setup: before a single translation runs, Orbe configures itself around your brand, your tone, your style, your key terms, and real examples of your own content. That context stays loaded and shapes everything it translates from then on, so output stays consistent as your catalog grows.
• AI translation with brand context: bulk translations run with that full context in place, so what comes out isn’t generic machine output. It’s copy calibrated to how your brand actually sounds.
• Second-agent review: once the first pass is done, a second AI agent checks the output for inconsistencies, off-brand phrasing, and errors before any of it reaches you. It’s the closest thing to a bilingual editor reviewing your store, at a scale no human team could match.
• Multilingual preview: see every language version of the same content side by side on one screen before anything publishes. No jumping between tabs or language settings.
• Draft-and-publish workflow: translations land as drafts first. Nothing goes live until you approve it, so you keep full control over what your international customers actually see.
• Glossary: set the terms that should never be translated, always translated a certain way, or kept identical across languages. Brand names, product lines, and key messaging stay protected.
• Fully native to Shopify and Shopify Markets: built inside Shopify’s own architecture. No external rendering layer, no JavaScript overlays, nothing that interferes with your checkout or your market setup.

Transcy

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What it does

Transcy handles translation and currency conversion in one app. It runs on several AI engines, including OpenAI, DeepL, and Gemini, and uses geolocation to show visitors the store in their language automatically.

Best for

Merchants who’d rather handle translation and currency conversion in one app instead of two.

Key features

• AI translation across 147+ languages using multiple engines, with manual editing available at every level.
• Real-time currency conversion for 169+ currencies, shown based on the visitor’s location.
• Image localization, so banners and visual content can be adapted per market.
• Multilingual SEO support: translated URLs, hreflang tags, and metadata.
• Geolocation detection that serves the right language and currency without asking the visitor to choose.

Weglot

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What it does

Weglot detects and translates store content across 110+ languages. It works outside Shopify’s native translation architecture, running its own subdirectories or subdomains per language, and includes a visual editor for reviewing translations in context.

Best for

Merchants who want quick setup, broad language coverage, and a visual editor to review and adjust translations directly on the storefront.

Key features

• Automatic detection and translation of all store content across 110+ languages, with no manual content mapping.
• Visual editor for reviewing and editing translations in context, right on the page.
• Multilingual SEO support: hreflang tags, language subdirectories, and translated metadata.
• A custom AI model you can train with your brand’s glossary and translation preferences.
• Works with Shopify Markets, though setup involves DNS configuration and a step through Weglot support.

LangShop

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What it does

LangShop is a feature-heavy translation app covering AI translation, manual editing, currency conversion, and dynamic content. It’s aimed at merchants who want detailed control over a complex multilingual setup.

Best for

Merchants with large catalogs, intricate store setups, and specific localization needs who want tight control over translation quality and workflow.

Key features

• AI translation using OpenAI (GPT-4), DeepL Pro, and Google Cloud, with manual editing at every level.
• Glossary and content rules to hold brand terminology steady across languages.
• Translation of dynamic content, third-party app content, metafields, and Shopify Checkout.
• Flat-rate pricing with no word-count limits on paid plans, so costs stay predictable as the catalog grows.
• RTL language support, including Arabic and Hebrew, with layout adapted to match.

Langify

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What it does

Langify is one of the longest-running translation apps on Shopify, around since 2014. It leans toward editorial control, pairing manual translation with optional machine translation through DeepL, Google, or GPT.

Best for

Merchants who put accuracy and editorial control ahead of speed, and who want to manage their multilingual content by hand or with professional translators.

Key features

• A full manual translation workflow, with optional machine translation (DeepL, Google, GPT) as a starting point.
• SEO support: hreflang tags and language-specific URLs.
• Integration with third-party apps for translating content from external tools.
• CSV export and import for working with outside translation teams or agencies.
• Migration support for stores moving over from another translation app.

Shopify Translate & Adapt

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What it does

Translate & Adapt is Shopify’s own free native app. You can translate store content manually, auto-translate up to two languages with Google Translate, and adapt content between markets that share a language.

Best for

Merchants just starting out internationally who want a no-cost starting point and only need one or two extra languages.

Key features

• Free automatic translation for up to two languages via Google Translate.
• A side-by-side editor for reviewing and adjusting translations inside the Shopify admin.
• Content adaptation for markets that share a language, so you can adjust regional copy without creating a separate language.
• Full native integration with Shopify Markets and the admin.
• URL slug translation, with some limits on certain URL segments.

T Lab

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What it does

T Lab, by Sherpas Design, combines AI auto-translation with manual editing, bulk CSV import and export, and image translation. You can bring your own API key for DeepL, Google, or ChatGPT, and an autopilot mode handles new and updated content on its own.

Best for

Merchants who want a full-featured, accessible translation tool with strong AI output and image localization, at a clear and predictable price.

Key features

• AI translation using DeepL, Google Neural Machine Translation, or ChatGPT, with the option to use your own API key.
• Autopilot mode that translates new and updated content automatically.
• Image translation for banners and visual content, available even on the free plan.
• Glossary for keeping terminology consistent across languages.
• Multi-currency support and a customizable language and currency switcher.

Which one is right for you

Every app on this list solves the mechanical part: getting your words into another language. Where they split is how much say you have over what those words end up sounding like, and how sure you can be that your brand still reads like itself on the other side.

If you’re early in your international journey, the decision usually comes down to cost and simplicity, and a free native tool is a reasonable place to begin. If you’re serious about growing across markets, the question changes. It’s no longer whether your store is translated. It’s whether it’s convincing in every language you sell in.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the best translation app for Shopify?

It depends on what you need. If you’re just getting started and only need a language or two, Shopify’s free Translate & Adapt is a solid starting point. If you’re scaling internationally and need your brand to sound consistent across several languages, Orbe Translate is the most complete option. It’s the only app that configures itself around your brand voice before it translates, adds a second-agent review layer, and gives you full control over what goes live.

Do Shopify translation apps affect SEO?

Yes, and the gap between apps can be large. With some apps, search engines can’t properly read the translated content, so your Spanish, Italian, or Dutch pages exist in your store but never surface in Google. Apps built natively inside Shopify avoid this: the translated content is fully visible to search engines, and each language gets its own indexable URL, which is what lets your international pages rank.

How is Translate & Adapt different from other translation apps?

Translate & Adapt is Shopify’s free native app, so it’s reliable and well integrated, but limited. Automatic translation caps at two languages, with no glossary, no bulk workflow, and no editorial control over what publishes. Third-party apps like Orbe Translate, Transcy, or LangShop are built for merchants translating at scale who need brand consistency and content control across several markets at once.

Do translation apps work with Shopify Markets?

Most are compatible, but the depth of integration varies a lot. Some run outside Shopify’s native architecture and need extra configuration to work with Markets, which can cause friction at checkout or limit what Markets was built to do. Apps built natively inside Shopify, like Orbe Translate, work with Markets out of the box, with nothing extra to set up.

What does “Built for Shopify” mean for a translation app?

It’s a badge Shopify gives apps that meet its highest standards for performance, design, and integration. For a translation app, it means the app has been reviewed and certified to work cleanly inside Shopify without slowing down or destabilizing your store. Not every translation app carries it, and it’s worth checking before you install.

Can I switch translation apps without losing my translations?

It depends on the app. Many offer no migration support, which means the work you’ve already done may have to be redone from scratch. Orbe Translate, Weglot, and Langify all support migration, which makes the switch much smoother, especially for stores with large catalogs.