Can I translate the image in my store for global selling purpose?

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Topic summary

A store owner targeting the European market seeks solutions for translating images across different language versions of their Shopify store.

Technical Approach:

  • Custom coding can detect the user’s language on site load and dynamically switch images accordingly
  • Requires creating separate image sets for each target language

App-Based Solutions:

  • Transcy: Third-party Shopify app offering translation for 100+ languages with media content translation features (images, text boxes, information bars, review boxes). Available with a free plan.
  • Image Translate: Standalone tool supporting translation of product images in 40+ languages, with tutorials available

Current Status:
Multiple solutions presented; discussion remains open with no final decision indicated by the original poster.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I’ve launched my first store and target Europe market. I’ve tried some ways to translate the content in my store. However, I’m wondering if there are any ways to change the image in my store for each translated version? Thank you for your help!

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Hi @jhubert

Yes its possible, You need to create the different images with respective languages,

Then on site load we can track the language and switch the image accordingly. It need to do some custom coding to achieve this thing. Hope this headed you in right direction.

Let me know if I can help you with anything.

Thanks!

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Hi @jhubert !

Since you want to translate the image content in your store, you can take a look at Transcy app. Transcy is a third-party app featured with currency converter and language translation.

Particularly, you can set up to translate the content in your store up to more than 100 languages using Transcy. Moreover, Transcy provides media content translation that assist you in translating image, text box, informaton bar, review box, etc.

Transcy is available in Shopify App Store with FREE plan. Thus, you can install the app wihthout being charge.

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Hi, you can try our tool, Image Translate for translating product images in more than 40 languages. Here are a few tutorials for your reference: https://www.imagetranslate.com/tutorials