Magento 2 Chinese Language Pack

Today I will provide you another helpful document - Magento 2 Chinese Simplified Language Pack. With this knowledge base article, you can change the Magento 2 default language to Chinese Simplified Language with only two simple steps. After finishing, all labels on your storefront will be auto-converted to Chinese Simplified quickly.

Other language packages are available at language packs page

1. Download Chinese Language Pack

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Chinese Pack

2. Process

Chinese language pack

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3. How to Install Chinese Language Pack

Method #1. Install via Composer

Install the Chinese language pack via composer is really easier.

Install Chinese pack:

composer require mageplaza/magento-2-chinese-language-pack:dev-master
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy zh_CN
php bin/magento indexer:reindex
php bin/magento cache:clean
php bin/magento cache:flush

You may get this message:

Install Magento 2 extensions from Marketplace

=> Go to Access Keys page and Create A New Access Key.

Or use these keys:

Public Key: c7af1bfc9352e9c986637eec85ed53af
Private Key: 17e1b72ea5f0b23e9dbfb1f68dc12b53

Update Chinese pack:

composer update mageplaza/magento-2-chinese-language-pack:dev-master
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy zh_CN
php bin/magento indexer:reindex
php bin/magento cache:clean
php bin/magento cache:flush

Method #2. Install via command line

Install the Chinese language pack via command line.

Download the language file to your installation root directory. Now run the following command:

wget https://github.com/mageplaza/magento-2-chinese-language-pack/raw/master/zh_CN.csv
php bin/magento i18n:pack -m replace zh_CN.csv zh_CN
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy zh_CN
php bin/magento cache:flush

As a result, a directory language pack will be created, which contains the proper structure of language files for your installation. Copy it over to your Magento installation and the translation should be visible.

Note: additional directory i18n contains strings for which the module could not be found in your installation. This file can be skipped.

4. How to activate the language pack

It’s time to activate the language pack for your Magento 2 store. From Magento 2 admin panel, navigate to Stores > Configuration > General > Locale Options Magento 2 Chinese language pack Select Chinese (China) and click Save Configuration