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Support for bilingual or multi-script product names #76

Open vucefalas opened 2 years ago

vucefalas commented 2 years ago

Who for

For countries where product names come in two languages, or where product names are written in two different scripts.

Example for multiple languages: in Spain and Portugal, most product names appear in both languages, as in this product "gel micelar de baño/banho".

Example for multiple scripts: some Eastern European countries show names in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts. Or some Asian countries show names in both Arab and Latin scripts.

What

In "Edit a product", in the section "Product Details", show a plus button below "Product language" and "Product name" which adds another two fields called "Additional product language" and "Additional product name".

Previous example without this change:

Product language: Spanish _(cannot add Portuguese)_
Product name: gel micelar de baño/banho

Previous example with this change:

Product language: Spanish
Product name: gel micelar de baño

Additional product language: Portuguese
Additional product name: gel micelar de banho

Why

This change would improve the searchability for a product name in a certain language or script. It also provides accuracy when the product name is in two languages (e.g. right now searching for Portuguese products would return few results if they were tagged as Spanish).