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How do I translate my school?

Learn how to deliver a localized student experience with automatic and manual translation options.

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Overview

Teachable makes it easy to offer a localized experience for students using built-in language support. You can automatically translate system-generated text on student-facing pages, and manually customize text that’s not included in the auto-translation.


Key benefits / use cases

  • Easily localize your school by selecting one primary language for student-facing pages.

  • Automatically translate key student pages like your product catalog and product detail pages.

  • Customize legacy content using the manual Custom Text tool.


How to enable automatic translation

You can automatically translate system-generated text on the latest student-facing pages: Browse Products and Product Detail Pages (PDPs).

Note: These settings only affect the new student experience. Older pages and admin views won’t be translated.

  1. Go to Site > Language and Text from your admin sidebar.

  2. Under Student-facing language, choose your desired language from the dropdown.

    1. Languages available: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

    2. Coming soon: Italian, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, Arabic, and German.

  3. Click Save.

Tip: Click Preview product catalog before saving your language to see how your school looks translated.

Example

If your school language is set to Spanish:

  • “My Library” becomes “Mi biblioteca”

  • “Free” becomes “Gratis”

See the screenshot below for a translated example of the product catalog in Spanish:

Manually translating additional content

For areas not covered by one-click translation (like checkout, email notifications, and older pages), you can manually translate text using the Custom Text feature.

FAQs

Can I mix languages—for example, use Spanish on my product catalog but English elsewhere?

Not currently. The language setting applies globally to all eligible student-facing pages.

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