---
title: Configure country, currency, and language selectors
url: https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/emerge/configure-country-currency-selectors/
theme: Emerge
theme_styles: Cafe, Elements
---

# Configure country, currency, and language selectors in Emerge

Country, currency, and language selectors are Shopify Markets and Languages (and Shopify Payments), not a Troop currency converter or translator. The theme only **shows** a selector once Markets and/or Languages are set up.

Set up Shopify **Settings** → **Markets** (for country/currency) and **Settings** → **Languages** (for language) first. Then turn on **Show country/region selector** and/or **Show language selector** in the places below.

A selector only appears once Shopify has more than one country, currency, or language published.

Admin prices stay in store currency. Payment methods and rounding are Shopify settings. Translating your product and page content is a separate job, see [Translating your store](#translating-your-store) below.

Refer to Shopify’s [selling in multiple currencies](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/markets/customizations/local-currencies) guide.


![Emerge country selector in the announcement bar](https://support.troopthemes.com/_images/emerge/country-currency--storefront.jpg)

## Header (Emerge)

**Edit theme** → **Header** → **Show country/region selector** and **Show language selector**.

Selectors sit in the header bar on desktop. On phones they move into the menu.

## Announcement (Emerge)

**Edit theme** → **Announcement** → **Show country/region selector** and **Show language selector**.

On desktop they sit on the right of the bar (social icons, if shown, sit on the left). On phones they move into the menu. Emerge demos often show the country selector here.

## Footer bar (Emerge)

**Edit theme** → **Footer bar** → add a **Localization** block (one only). On that block, enable **Show country/region selector** and **Show language selector**.

The Footer bar also holds payment icons, social icons, Powered by, and text, maximum three blocks.

## Translating your store (Emerge)

Storefront language is Shopify Translate & Adapt (or a translation app) plus [Edit default theme content](https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/emerge/change-default-text/) for theme chrome. The theme ships language files; it does not translate your products.

Shopify **Settings** → **Languages** for the languages themselves; Translate & Adapt (or an app) for product and page content; **Edit default theme content** for “Add to cart” and similar theme strings.

Checkout language is separate (Shopify checkout / Markets), and is not controlled by the theme. Typography is fonts, not language.

Refer to Shopify’s [localization and translation](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/international/localization-and-translation) and [Translate & Adapt](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/international/translate-adapt-app) guides.


## Troubleshooting (Emerge)

- **No selector**: a second country, currency, or language is not published in Markets/Languages, or **Show country/region selector** / **Show language selector** is off on that section.
- **Selector shows but prices don’t change**: Shopify Payments and Markets must be configured. The theme cannot convert currency by itself.
- **You still have an old currency-app widget**: disable that app embed; it will fight the native selector.
- **Products still show the default language**: translate products and pages in Translate & Adapt (or your app). Default theme content only covers theme chrome, not product data.
- **Checkout is still the default language**: expected. Checkout language is translated in Shopify, not Theme settings.
- **A translation app overwrote your wording**: the app owns storefront language once installed. Edit there, or disable the app embed to test. See [changing default theme text](https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/emerge/change-default-text/).