Shopify Translate & Adapt

Similar to content, creative, or layout changes made to storefront elements for A/B testing, many merchants will leverage the official Shopify Translate & Adapt app to translate their storefront into different languages for each market.

At the moment, auto-translation of test variants created in Elevate A/B Testing is unsupported. If you leverage Translate & Adapt on your store, below is a guide for how to translate test variants created in Elevate for testing.

How to translate test variants

Step 1: Create your test variant in Elevate A/B Testing

Using the testing feature, create your test variant in Elevate as you would for a normal test. Your variant will contain the suffix of "eab-{{template-id}}" in the filename. This is how you will identify your template in the Translate & Adapt app when you make your translations.

Step 2: Make your edits and adjustments to your variant

Prior to translating your variant, make the changes you want to test to the untranslated variant in the Shopify Editor. This will ensure that your translations apply to the edits you are making for the purposes of the test.

Step 3: Locate your variant in Translate & Adapt

Open the Translate & Adapt app in Shopify and, using the navigation sidebar populated with template names, locate your variant using the identifier mentioned in Step 1. Once you've located it, you can make the translations necessary for each market.

Step 4: Save your translations and launch your test

Once you've made your translations on the variant, you are ready to launch your test. If you have a VPN, we recommend using it to review your translations for each market.