Localizing Variation Descriptions

Stencil themes support translations for variation descriptions enabling you to customize the display language of your theme.

Adding translations

You can localize theme variations by adding a translations object for each variation in the theme's config.json file.

The following example demonstrates how to localize each variation description by adding a translations object.

{
 "variations": [
   {
     "name": "Light",
     "id": "light",
     "meta": {
       "desktop_screenshot": "desktop_light.png",
       "mobile_screenshot": "mobile_light.png",
       "description": "This is the light variation for this theme!",
       "demo_url": "https://cornerstone-light-demo.mybigcommerce.com",
       "optimized_for": [
         "multi_purpose",
         "mobile_tablet_desktop",
         "sales_discounts",
         "large_catalog"
       ],
       "industries": [
         "home_garden"
       ],
       "translations": {
         "i18n.description": {
           "default": "This is the light variation for this theme!",
           "en": "This is the light variation for this theme!",
           "zh-CN": "这是这个主题的轻微变化！",
           "fr-FR": "C'est la variation de lumière pour ce thème!"
         }
       }
     },
     "images": {},
     "settings": {}
   },
   {
     "name": "Dark",
     "id": "dark",
     "meta": {
       "desktop_screenshot": "desktop_light.png",
       "mobile_screenshot": "mobile_light.png",
       "description": "This is the dark variation for this theme!",
       "demo_url": "https://cornerstone-light-demo.mybigcommerce.com",
       "optimized_for": [
         "multi_purpose",
         "mobile_tablet_desktop",
         "sales_discounts",
         "large_catalog"
       ],
       "industries": [
         "home_garden"
       ],
       "translations": {
         "i18n.description": {
           "default": "This is the dark variation for this theme!",
           "en": "This is the dark variation for this theme!",
           "zh-CN": "这是这个主题的黑暗变体！",
           "fr-FR": "C'est la variation sombre pour ce thème!"
         }
       }
     },
     "images": {},
     "settings": {}
   }
 ]
}

Note

Translations can only contain i18n.description at the moment.
You must include the original description value to render the theme on the BigCommerce theme marketplace.
Language code must contain a default value.

Supported language code schemes

In addition to the default language code, themes support both ISO 639‑1 (opens in a new tab) and IETF language tag (opens in a new tab) code schemes. The language code must follow a set format of two lowercase letters for a two-letter code system or two lowercase letters, a dash, and at least two alphanumeric characters for a multiple-character code system.

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