Translating inventory categories

Learn how to translate a product/item category into one or more supported languages.

New to categories? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to Inventory Categories.

Which plan do you need to use this feature?

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Inventory > Categories

What prerequisites are there?

Admin permissions to manage inventory or restricted permissions to View items, products, and assets and Manage items, products, and assets.

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new, or both?

The Inventory Categories feature is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.

New to Checkfront - Products ✨

Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront.

Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please get in touch with our Technical Support team for more information.

Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New).

Category Language

To translate the information in your category fields, click on the Translate button, as highlighted above.

From here, you can select any language you have configured for use in your system.

Category Translation

When the translatable Category Name and Description fields are highlighted in blue after selecting a language, input your translations.

Click Save Translation to save your changes when you are done.

For more details on language translations, you can visit our guide here: