Shopify backup before bulk translation — name it, then start the job

Home is open. Target locales ticked. Missing + outdated, full catalog. Shopify has no undo for that blast. Shopify backup before bulk translation is the restore point you create before Start job — not a hope that locks caught every title. Checked 9 November 2026 on the OO - Ultimate AI Translations listing, docs Quick start (step 4) and FAQ and limitations. If Free loses the “No backups” line, or Plus leaves the 5+5 cap, re-read those before an overnight job with no snapshot.

Restore a translation backup is the rollback. This post is the create step: a named manual backup as a required beat before the first large run.

Shopify will not snapshot every locale for you

Markets and Translate & Adapt do not store a named restore of every FR/DE/NL product title at 06:59 before your job. A theme zip is the theme. A product CSV is the source locale, not every storefront locale. Locks in this app protect fields you saved in the editor — not the Missing fields the job is allowed to fill.

How the snapshot gets skipped

Start job on Free, “we will look later”. Listing: Free has no backups. Glossary “after we see the output”: brand names flip, and $0 cannot restore. One automatic slot on Professional: the next auto run can replace the pre-job copy. A theme zip in Drive does not roll back 3,200 titles.

Quick start order is strict: languages → AI → which products → backup → optional glossary/brand voice → then the job.

Backups are a paid-plan gate

Checked 9 November 2026: listing 0 reviews, launched 14 Oct 2026. Hero: *Automatic and manual backups let you restore earlier translations.* Free $0: own AI, unlimited languages/markets/translations, language switcher; No backups, No scheduled translation jobs, App AI not included. Professional $10/mo + usage: 1 manual + 1 automatic, monthly schedule, glossary, App AI ~$0.01/unit. Plus $20/mo + usage: 5 manual + 5 automatic, daily schedule.

Quick start step 4: Settings → Translation backups → Create a named manual backup before your first large run. FAQ: 5 named manual backups; delete one before a sixth. Automatic backups: a separate pool of 5. That 5+5 is Plus. Professional stays 1+1. Free: do not promise a snapshot.

Sources: listing 9 Nov 2026; Quick start step 4; FAQ limit. If Professional grows to five slots, re-check the card before you promise a snapshot per sprint.

Jobs skip handles, URLs, IDs, SKUs, size codes, JSON, empty source, locked fields. Restore vs locks is the other article. Glossary + brand voice (Professional+) travel with AI requests — set them before the run. Usage costs and your own LLM decide how the job bills, not whether a snapshot exists.

3,200 titles into French, Monday 07:00

EN is source. FR is this sprint. Forty titles already locked in the editor. The rest is Missing.

What I would do on 9 Nov 2026: not Free. Professional if this run needs a single snapshot; Plus if each sprint must keep its own name (pre-FR, pre-DE, …) up to the FAQ cap of 5. Settings → Translation backups → `2026-11-09-pre-fr-products`, not “backup1”. Then glossary (brand, the words you refuse). Then one language, one content type — Quick start: *Start with one language and a small content type before scheduling daily jobs.* FR titles, not theme + metaobjects + draft theme in the same blast.

Daily schedules come after that controlled run: daily translation jobs are Plus (daily) or Professional (monthly). Alt text is a different field: translate image alt text. Many languages with your own AI and no snapshot is the Free path: multilanguage without manual translation.

After the job: Jobs (translated / skipped / failed). FR looks wrong → restore the named point, do not “run it again and hope”. FR looks right → leave the manual backup until the next large run; on Professional the next manual fill replaces the only slot.

Order of operations

Listing: Free for own AI + switcher only. First catalog run? Professional or Plus, or Quick start step 4 is impossible. Publish languages. Connect AI. Products to translate: active-only first. Named backup. Glossary. One-language job. Schedule later.

Prices 9 Nov 2026: $10 / $20 + $0.01 per unit, USD. Zero reviews — do not invent stars.

Call I would make

I would not start a FR night job on Free. I would create `pre-fr-products` on Professional (Plus if that name must sit beside a DE snapshot), lock the forty editor titles, and translate titles only. Shopify backup before bulk translation is Quick start step 4, not a theme zip. Listing 9 Nov 2026: backups from Professional 1+1, Plus 5+5, Free none. FAQ: max 5 named manuals. If either source moves, this advice is done.

Get the snapshot from the OO - Ultimate AI Translations listing and refuse Start job until Settings shows that named backup.