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Edit language strings for a template set

How to edit customer-facing language strings for a specific template set in the Foxy admin, and how to request a new language.

Every template set carries its own set of language strings. Editing them changes the wording a customer sees whenever that template set is applied to the cart session — so a store supporting more than one language or region uses one template set per language, each with its own strings.

Before you start

Language strings are edited on the template set itself, and only on a template set that already exists. If you are setting up a new language, create and save the template set first, then come back to edit its strings. See Create a new template set.

Steps

  1. 1

    Go to the Foxy admin.

  2. 2

    Go to Settings > Templates.

  3. 3

    Under Template sets, click the template set you want to edit.

  4. 4

    Confirm the Language and Locale dropdowns near the top of the page are set correctly. Language controls the base translation the strings start from; Locale controls price and date formatting.

  5. 5

    Scroll to the string editor below Payment method set and pick a tab for the area you want to change — cart, checkout, receipt, email, gift, downloadables, validation, messaging, minfraud, gateway, or one of the gateway-specific tabs.

  6. 6

    Each string shows its identifier (for example cart_add_coupon) with the current wording in the field below it. Edit the wording you want to change.

  7. 7

    Save your changes. Save changes and Undo changes appear once you have edited something.

To put a single string back to the stock translation, use the Restore default value icon beside that string rather than retyping the original text.

Supported languages

The Language dropdown offers: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

If you need a language that is not on that list, get in touch with Foxy — Foxy can provide a file to help with the translation. You can also pick the closest available language and override the strings yourself; overrides win over the base translation, so nothing prevents you from running a template set in a language Foxy does not ship.

Notes

  • Strings are per template set, not per store. Two template sets on the same language can carry different wording — useful for a wholesale checkout that reads differently from the retail one.

  • Locale is set on this same page, not elsewhere. The Locale dropdown drives the currency symbol and date formatting for this template set. Only the currency the store charges in is a separate setting — see Set up multicurrency with template sets.

  • Which template set a customer gets is controlled by the template_set parameter on your add-to-cart links and forms. Editing strings has no effect until the matching template set is actually applied. See Apply a template set.

  • The customer portal is not covered here. Its language is set with a lang attribute on the foxy-customer-portal element and overridden in JavaScript, not in the Foxy admin. See Customize the customer portal's language.

  • This covers customer-facing text only. The Foxy admin interface itself is not available in other languages.

  • Wording changes only. For layout or styling changes, use custom CSS and JS or Twig template customization.

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