Magento has the ability to run a store in multiple languages. Every store view has a language, and Magento has a system to translate the interface into that particular language.
Open the backend and go to the store configuration at Stores | Configuration | General. We will configure the French language for the default store view.
The following steps show how we can translate the interface of Magento in a specific language:
First, we will configure the default language of the store view. In the backend, go to Stores | Configuration | General and change the locale to the preferred value. In Magento, the following language packs are installed:
en_US
—English (United States)de_DE
—German (Germany)es_ES
—Spanish (Spain)fr_FR
—French (France)nl_NL
—Dutch (Netherlands)pt_BR
—Portuguese (Brazil)zh_CN
—Chinese (China)
This recipe works with a shop in the French language.
When cleaning the cache and reloading the frontend, you will see that the interface...