What is product translation and how is localized product text stored?

Because the platform is multilingual, product text can be translated per language. A ProductTranslation record stores the localized name, short details, and long details for a product in a given language code, and category text is translated the same way via CategoryTranslation. When a customer views the store in a particular language, the system serves the matching translation; where…

Because the platform is multilingual, product text can be translated per language. A ProductTranslation record stores the localized name, short details, and long details for a product in a given language code, and category text is translated the same way via CategoryTranslation. When a customer views the store in a particular language, the system serves the matching translation; where one isn't provided, it falls back to the default. This is what lets the same catalogue present itself correctly in English, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Filipino, French, and any language you add — including right-to-left rendering for Arabic and Urdu.