# Languages and countries

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/guides/languages-and-markets/
Updated: 2026-11-12

Your theme includes English and French shop text. See what you translate yourself and how to show language and country pickers in the header and footer.


Picante includes English and French text. You translate the words you type yourself, and you can show pickers so shoppers can switch.

## What Picante translates for you

Picante has English and French for the words it adds. Examples are **Add to cart**, cart messages and form labels. In other languages, those words show in English.

## What you translate yourself

- Headings, text and button labels you typed in the theme editor.
- Menu link names.
- Product, collection, page and blog text.

Use Shopify's Translate & Adapt app, or another translation app, to translate these.

## Add a language

1. In your Shopify admin, open **Settings**, then **Languages**.
2. Add the language and publish it.
3. Translate your own text with your translation app.
4. Visit your store in that language and check the home, product and cart pages.

## Show the pickers

1. Open the theme editor.
2. Select **Header** in the left panel.
3. Under **Search, account and cart**, switch **Show country/region selector** on.
4. Switch **Show language selector** on.
5. Select **Footer** in the left panel. Check that both switches are on too.
6. Select **Save**.

## Good to know

- Pickers show only when your store sells in more than one country or has more than one language.
- The theme editor itself is in English only.
- Long words can look bigger in French. Check your big headings in each language.
- Header pickers also appear in the phone menu.

See every setting: [Header](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/global/header/), [Footer](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/global/footer/) and [Currency format](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/theme-settings/currency/).