I have a category made in all store views, but it didn't show up in the english version. I don't have the ability to create a root category or a sub category for that matter outside of All Store Views. Any ideas?
You have websites, stores and store views. How many of each do you have? Does the english version have its own website, store and store view or is it just one website, one store and multiple store views for different languages?
Categories are global thing, but they are assigned to a root category which is assigned to a store. + they can be enabled/disabled on the store view level.
Please refer this for multi store view and category related : https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/commerce-operations/configuration-guide/multi-sites/ms-ad...