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Locale requirements

Use the locale column to show product descriptions in English and French languages. For Canadian retailers who conduct business in Quebec, you must display all attributes in both English and French content.

ColumnData TypeDescriptionExample
localetextApplies to Canadian retailers who conduct business in Quebec. Specifies the language of the content provided. Each line item in the inventory file must specify the locale language.

Two records for every product are required: one in English and a second in French. These enable the storefront to display content based on the customer's preference.

For retailers doing business in Canada:
- fr_CA for French
- en_CA for English

For retailers doing business in the United States:
- en_US
en_CA
fr_CA

Storefront language minimum fields

To be displayed on the storefront, each product in the inventory file must include at a minimum the columns name, details, and remote_image_url in both languages. The following table illustrates the outcomes when you don't supply the column names for both languages.

Storefront languageEnglish remote_image_urlEnglish nameEnglish detailsFrench remote_image_urlFrench nameFrench detailsStorefront experience
EnglishIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedDisplayed
EnglishIncludedIncludedNot foundIncludedIncludedIncludedDisplayed
EnglishIncludedNot foundIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedNot displayed
EnglishNot foundIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedDisplayed
EnglishNot foundNot foundNot foundIncludedIncludedIncludedNot displayed
FrenchIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedDisplayed
FrenchIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedNot foundDisplayed
FrenchIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedNot foundIncludedNot displayed
FrenchIncludedIncludedIncludedNot foundIncludedIncludedDisplayed
FrenchIncludedIncludedIncludedNot foundNot foundNot foundNot displayed