Is it possible to have translation & locales for a specific region?
For example swiss german and german are very different so I’d like to tailor it based on region.
Topic summary
Region-specific translations/locales for a Shopify app, with a need to distinguish Swiss German from standard German.
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Guidance: It is possible to target either an entire language or specific regions by using IETF language tags when creating locale files. Example tags mentioned: “gsw” for Swiss German; if that doesn’t work, try a regional variant like “de-CHE”.
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Context: IETF language tags are standardized codes (e.g., language-region) used to identify language variants for localization.
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Open question: Whether the same region-specific approach is supported in Shopify’s Translate & Adapt app. No confirmation or details were provided in the thread.
Status: Partially answered. Method provided for locale files via IETF tags; compatibility with Translate & Adapt remains unanswered/ongoing.
Hello 
Yes, you can have locales for an entire language or specific regions, you just need to follow the IETF language tag nomenclature when creating the file.
For Swiss German I believe you even have a specific language tag that is gsw, but if it doesn’t work you could try de-CHE.
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Hello! Thank you, that’s very helpful 
Do you know if the same thing is possible with translate and adapt?