Shamelessly copy a checkout translation in the Shopify backend.

clone shopify checkout locale

When logged in, go to "Settings > Checkout > Checkout Language", click the "View and customize this translation" link.

A page with a url like this opens: "https://yourshop.myshopify.com/admin/settings/locales/[locale_id]".

copy [locale_id].

Go Back and choose "create a new one".

Open the Javascript console, paste this (change to your shop/locale_id first):

$.get('https://[yourshop].myshopify.com/admin/locale_translations.json?locale_id=[locale_id]', function(data) {
  transformed_lang = {};
  $.each(data.locale_translations, function(i, item){
    transformed_lang[item.english] = item.text;
  });

  $('.ssb').each(function(i, item){
    $(item).find('input').val(transformed_lang[$(item).find('label').text()]);
  });
});

Voilà, it's yours to edit. You have to tab through every single one of the fields in order to effectiviely "get" the strings, but that's small work compared to translating all by yourself.

Didn't work for me. Perhaps it's outdated?

Or is it because I'm trying to change a dutch language? (and not english - as on line 14)

The https://[yourshop].myshopify.com/admin/locale_translations.json?locale_id=[locale_id] url returns a 404. Can't find the new JSON location.

Hi! Is it possible that script doesn't work because I try to get non english translation?

It's now outdated, check this gist for an up-to-date solution with examples: https://gist.github.com/ridem/7555c197d3495b79b30c3c062f4cb9bc