How can I translate the 'Buy it Now' button to Latvian in the Dawn theme?

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Topic summary

A user seeks to translate the ‘Buy it Now’ button to Latvian in Shopify’s Dawn theme.

Initial Guidance:

  • One response suggests navigating to Online Store → Theme → Actions → Edit languages, filtering for “Buy it now,” and entering the Latvian translation (e.g., “Pirkt tagad”).

Key Limitation Identified:

  • Shopify staff clarifies that the ‘Buy it Now’ button cannot be translated for languages outside Shopify’s 33 default supported languages—Latvian is not currently included.

Recommended Workarounds:

  • Hide the button entirely
  • Use third-party translation apps with front-end translation capabilities:
    • Langify (custom content feature)
    • LangShop (dynamic content feature, supports 241+ languages)

Unresolved Issue:

  • A follow-up question asks when Latvian language support will be added, noting that neighboring Lithuanian is already available. No timeline or commitment has been provided by Shopify.
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Hello!

How can I translate button ‘Buy it now’ in theme Dawn? Where I can translate?

I need in Latvian language.

Thank!

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Hello @UKULina ,

You can try to follow these steps:

  • Go to Online Store → Theme → Actions → Edit languages
  • In the Filter translations → type “Buy it now”
  • Locate the translation for the Buy it now button → click Edit.
  • In the Latvian field, type in the Latvian translation for Buy it now, for example, “Pirkt tagad”.
  • Save and preview

Hope this can help. Let we know if you have any further questions

Transcy team.

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H @UKULina , unfortunately Buy it Now can’t be translated if your language is not one of the 33 languages Shopify has default content for. We’re working on it. Your options are to hide it or use an app that can translate in the front end, such as Langify (custom content feature), or Langshop (Dynamic content feature).

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Hi there!

While it’s not possible to translate the ‘Buy it Now’ button if your language isn’t one of the 33 languages supported by Shopify, there are still some alternatives that you can consider. You can use a third-party app to translate it. One such app is LangShop.

LangShop is a powerful translation app that offers advanced features like automated translation, multi-language SEO, currency conversion, and more, to help merchants create a seamless multilingual shopping experience for their customers. It supports over 241 languages, so you can easily provide a seamless shopping experience for customers all over the world.

I hope this information helps!

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Hello! Are you planning on adding the Latvian language sometime soon? We Latvians feel that it’s a little unfair since our neighbors Lithuanians, have the language option. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?

With love to Shopify, Nikko.