Is PrestaShop translation included in the license?

Yes. Official language packs are free and downloadable from the back-office. Translating product content (titles, descriptions, SEO) remains entirely manual — that is where Seegea steps in.

Can I export content for a translation agency?

Yes, via native CSV or API. Seegea exports a multilingual table (one column per language) importable into Google Sheets, then re-importable after translation.

Are URLs different per language?

Yes. PrestaShop generates a rewritten URL per language (e.g., /fr/t-shirt-bleu, /en/blue-t-shirt). This is the recommended behavior for multilingual SEO — never serve two languages on the same URL.

How do I manage meta titles and descriptions per language?

Each PrestaShop product has an SEO tab per language. For 5,000 products × 3 languages = 15,000 metas to write. Seegea offers tabular editing + bulk AI generation.

PrestaShop translation: a multilingual catalog without chaos

PrestaShop natively handles multiple languages — but it does not translate anything automatically. On a 2,000-product catalog with 3 languages, that is 6,000 titles, 6,000 descriptions and 6,000 metas to produce. Without tooling, this project takes months and rarely finishes.

This guide covers available methods for PrestaShop 1.7, 8 and 9, from the simplest to the most industrial.

Seegea edits your PrestaShop catalog in every language

The 3 translation layers in PrestaShop

Interface & theme

Interface translations (buttons, labels) are managed in Localization → Translations. Official language packs cover the basics — some strings still need customizing per theme.

Product content

Title, short description, description, SEO (meta title, meta description, rewritten URL): each field is entered manually per language in the product listing. This is the most voluminous layer.

Category & CMS content

Categories, CMS pages, attribute groups and values also have their own translation. Often forgotten, they create visible inconsistencies in navigation.

Method 1: native product-by-product editing

In each product listing, a language selector at the top right switches between languages. You edit field by field for each language. Reliable, but extremely slow beyond 100 products.

Method 2: multilingual CSV import

The PrestaShop CSV supports multilingual columns (e.g., Name (fr), Name (en)). A correctly formatted CSV import can update multiple languages in one pass. Watch encodings: UTF-8 without BOM is mandatory.

Before a multilingual CSV import: export your existing catalog to get the exact expected format (separator, column names). Each PrestaShop version may differ slightly.

Method 3: Seegea tabular editing

Seegea displays your catalog as a grid, with one column per field and per language. You paste translations from a Google Sheet directly into the grid — like Excel. Each edit is pushed to PrestaShop in real time, no import/export needed.

Criterion	Native (product by product)	CSV import	Seegea
Manageable volume	< 50 products	< 5,000 rows	Unlimited
Rollback	Impossible	DB backup restore	Ctrl+Z per field
SEO validation	None	None	Meta length, duplicates
AI generation	No	No	Yes (batch)
Time for 1,000 products x 3 languages	~60h	~8h	~2h

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Multilingual SEO: PrestaShop pitfalls

Three frequent mistakes on multilingual PrestaShop stores:

Untranslated URL: leaving /en/t-shirt-bleu instead of /en/blue-t-shirt — penalizes English-speaking SEO
Duplicated meta: copying the FR meta into the EN version — search engines detect multilingual duplicate content
Missing hreflang tag: without a module or configuration, PrestaShop does not always generate correct hreflang tags. Seegea injects them automatically.

Built in France between Annecy and Chantilly, Seegea supports merchants selling in multiple languages on PrestaShop. Official module v3.9.1, compatible with 1.7, 8 and 9.

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FAQ

As many as you want. Each language is installed from the International panel. In practice, beyond 5 languages, manually editing product listings becomes unmanageable without a dedicated tool like Seegea.