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title: "What are VirtueMart language files?"
description: "VirtueMart language files are text files included with VirtueMart that help you change the language your store uses. Language files have a .ini extension, and they include predefined terms. For..."
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date: 2012-04-24
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5", "VirtueMart"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
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lang: en
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# What are VirtueMart language files?

**VirtueMart language files** are text files included with VirtueMart that help you change the language your store uses. Language files have a .ini extension, and they include predefined terms. For example, let’s look at the following file: language/en-GB/en-GB.com_virtuemart.ini

COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ACTION="Update"
**COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO="Add to Cart"**
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_PAYMENT="Change Payment"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_SHIPPING="Select Shipment"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DATA_NOT_VALID="Invalid data entered"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DONE_CONFIRM_ORDER="Checkout done, please confirm the order"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CONFIRM="Confirm cart"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_DELETE="Delete Product From Cart"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_COUPON="Edit coupon"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_PAYMENT="Select payment"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_SHIPPING="Select shipment"

VirtueMart uses these values to turn a standard page into English. For example, whenever `COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO` is listed in a template file, VirtueMart replaces it with “Add to Cart”. This concept allows you to easily run VirtueMart under a different language. If you wanted to run a Spanish VirtueMart store, VirtueMart would instead load the following file with the following values: language/es-ES/es-ES.com_virtuemart_cart.ini

COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ACTION="Actualizar"
**COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO="Agregar a carro"**
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_PAYMENT="Cambiar pago"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_SHIPPING="Cambiar envío"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DATA_NOT_VALID="Datos inválidos"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DONE_CONFIRM_ORDER="Compra realizada, Por favor confirme el pedido"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CONFIRM="Confirme carro"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_DELETE="Borrar producto de carro"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_COUPON="Editar cupón"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_PAYMENT="Editas pago"
COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_SHIPPING="Editar envío"

Based on this file, instead of showing “Add to Cart”, the Spanish version of VirtueMart will say “Agregar a carro”.

If you’d like to change which language VirtueMart uses, read our tutorial on [how to change your VirtueMart store language](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/change-virtuemart-language/).