Guest Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hi Just looking at prestashop (currently use ECWID) as we want to develop internationally. I presume I can import products via CSv file or similar (Can I also edit doing that?) We have all our product titles, descriptions etc in English If we install language packs in prestashop what happens? Do just the menu / instructions change or descriptions also? I would like users from Germany to see the full site in German including prodict titles and descriptions etc Any thoughts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hi haylau, First of all, yes you can import products via CSV, As for your question about language packs, you have the opportunity to translate everything you want, from menus to modules to descriptions. I've included a screenshot of the Back Office to show you what I'm talking about. Please let me know if you have any additional questions. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 That is great, thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Sorry Mike, another clarification please Is the translation done on the fly? So if I set up the site in English, then install German, Italian, Spanish language packs etc. When someone from Germany or Italy see the site in their own language? Or Is it a site wide translation meaning I will need to set up different sites for different countries The first I hope If it is done on the fly, how does that sit with goolge / SEO etc What i am needing is we sell nuts and bolts. If someone searches for U-bolt they will get to our site as it says U-bolt on the page, and Google picks that up - hey presto But in Germany, someone will not type in U-bolt, but U-bolzen (I think). Now with the transalion pack installed, will Google have picked that phrase up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Hi haylau, The site should show up in the user's native language as long as that translation pack is installed. For example, I don't know where you are located, but if you visit www.PrestaShop.com it should default to your native language. And if not, or you would just like to change it, you can select from the flags at the top of the page to choose to switch everything to one of the other installed languages. Let me know if you have any additional questions! -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 That is good news Mike So what about Google (and the others) will they also pick up the foreign translation. So with one site, created in English with the word, say "Bolt". When visitors from Germany, France vist they WILL see Boltzen or boulon which is fabulous BUT Will google also pick those words up, so when someone in France searches on Google for boulon could they be directed to my site ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Hi haylau, There are always things you can do to improve your SEO, but Google should have no issues picking up on different translations. If you want, you can check out one of our favorite PrestaShop websites, www.archiduchesse.com. You'll see that it's built with translations in French and English, but more importantly, you can also search for them in both French and English on Google. If you search "Archiduchesse socks," you'll get the English language results on their page, and if you search "Archiduchesse chaussettes," you'll get their French page! I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any additional questions, we'd love to help you make the switch to PrestaShop. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I fear I am being totally thick I have added the languages, and we get little flags on the front screen so that users can select their language. I think I am right in saying that the browser could well pick up the visitors language and select appropriately All the menus and information pages are translated. This only seems possible from the main front page though, event though the flags are on all page, they only work from the front. Correct? Anyway, not my main problem. The main problem i have is the details about my products - they are always in English The site you sent me to www.archiduchesse.com the product title and description changes according to language. How? Do I have to do manual translations somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 . This only seems possible from the main front page though, event though the flags are on all page, they only work from the front. Correct? This is now sorted - must have been a glitch My main problem remains: The main problem i have is the details about my products - they are always in English The site you sent me to www.archiduchesse.com the product title and description changes according to language. How? Do I have to do manual translations somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi haylau, Have you imported the corresponding translation packs in the back office? -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi Mike Yes I have the translations in (See attachment) So, you think that my product title and description SHOULD be translated? Perhaps you could point me in the direction of a step by step procedure? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi Ron, Your titles and descriptions absolutely should be translated on the fly. Have you tried clearing your cache and regenerating htaccess? -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Mike I have re-installed to make sure I have no corruptions. I then enabled just the German language pack. I then added one new product and entered the Title, short & long descriptions in English As you can see from the site: http://www.graphskill.co.uk/prestashop/en/ The default products all switch to German when language is changed. But for mine, the D-Shackle the text is not translated When I created the item in the back office, I noticed a little flag next to the description box. On clicking the flag it seemed as though it wanted me to enter the text for that language I wonder if we have been cross talking? Do I have to enter the German text in the Back Office for the description for then the system to work? If so then that is not translating on the fly. It would mean i would need to provide translations for all my products I am confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi haylau, Your store should absolutely translate on the fly, I even tested this on one of our test sites to make sure of this before my previous post. I just took a look at it for you and tried to replicate the issue on our test shop, and it appears to be an issue restricted to the German translation pack. I will make a note of it to report to our developers. If you want to check out the page I created to test this out, click here and try toggling the languages to see how it should work. And meantime, I will see what I can do to get this taken care of for you. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks for looking in to this Mike You have entered two new products - NoPic and Tulips If I just look at Tulips In the original French, when I click the Tulips it shows the title as "tulips" and the description as "Tulipany" When I switch to English Title is still "Tulips" and Description is still "Tulipany", German in the same. Spanish shows now description as all This does not look to be translating Perhaps there is an issue at my end, though I have tried all three popular browsers Do you see the words Tulip and Tulipany translated? into Tulipe and Tulipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi haylau, That was actually from an earlier test for another user. "Tulipany" is actually something we entered manually into the description field for this test, along with a few other modifications. If you would like to see the way PrestaShop is set up to translate on the fly, please try clicking on the Macbook and checking the translations there. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Mike, I have looked at the MacBook and also in the Back Office (on my install), and that has translated text entered into the description boxes. Fabien Serny has just sent me a reply on twitter and he says that on the fly translation is NOT possible with database items such as these In other words all the labels can be translated, but what I type in as description and titles has to be hand translated, Prestashop can then switch to the desired text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 In that case, I apologize for the confusion. I will speak with Fabien to get more information on this for you. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks, I would love you to be correct. We have >800 products on ECWID, and we want to start targeting foreign language customers, but manual translation would be a slow nightmare Please keep me informed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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