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Latest, 20 Oct 2026, 8 min read

Translate & Adapt: Shopify's free translation app is the right foundation. What it lacks can be added.

Translate & Adapt is free, comes from Shopify and writes translations where Shopify serves them itself. That makes it the best foundation for a multilingual store. Where it stops is the automatic part: glossary, checks, update frequency and a way back. What the app does, where its limits are and when it's enough on its own.

Translate Shopify natively
6 Oct 2026, 6 min read
Translate Shopify Without a Translation App: Seven Languages, Native in the Store
Shopify can store and serve translations itself. At LOULEX, a bot of our own fills those fields every hour in seven languages, with a glossary, checks, a log and rollback. The 299 € a month translation service is gone. This is how it's built.
29 Sept 2026, 6 min read
Replace Shopify Apps: Your Store Pays for Features Your Theme Already Has
Every app costs you twice: on the invoice and in load time. At LOULEX we replaced six apps and a translation service costing 299 € a month. What Shopify apps really cost, how to review yours in 30 minutes and which ones may stay.

Practical insights on AI, automation and software.

Translate & Adapt: Shopify's free translation app is the right foundation. What it lacks can be added.

Translate Shopify Without a Translation App: Seven Languages, Native in the Store

Replace Shopify Apps: Your Store Pays for Features Your Theme Already Has