Product Description translation field missing in Translate & Adapt

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Topic summary

A user customized the Dawn theme to display product descriptions in a dropdown menu but couldn’t find the “Description” field title in Shopify’s Translate & Adapt tool for translation.

Key Points:

  • The product description content itself was translating correctly
  • The issue was specifically with translating the field title (e.g., “Description” to “Descripción” in Spanish)
  • Staff clarified that product descriptions are part of product data, not the template

Resolution:

  • The field title was hardcoded in the theme customization
  • Staff provided a link to documentation on adding translation keys for custom Liquid sections
  • User successfully implemented translation keys, resolving the issue

Technical Context:
When hardcoding custom fields in Shopify themes, translation keys must be added manually to make those elements appear in Translate & Adapt.

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Hi @richbrown_staff !

I know how the translations work. What I said is, I need to translate the field Description to Descripción (example is Spanish), the content of the Description is already being translated fine.

Example below, the field title Shipping got translated correctly to German, the field title Description was not translated

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