Why am I getting a 'Translatable content hash is invalid' error in Shopify Translate?

Topic summary

Users are encountering a “Translatable content hash is invalid” error when attempting to save translations in Shopify Translate & Adapt. The issue affects multiple language pairs including Turkish, Italian, Icelandic, and Spanish.

Identified Solutions:

  • The error often occurs when the original source content has been modified after translation began
  • Workaround: Copy the translated text, refresh the page, then paste and save the translation
  • Email links within content can trigger this error; removing and re-adding them after saving may resolve the issue

Staff Response:
A Shopify staff member requested affected users send videos or detailed screenshots to localization-product-team@shopify.com, as the team cannot reproduce the error internally and needs replication steps to investigate further.

Status: The discussion remains open with community-discovered workarounds available, but no official fix has been announced. Multiple users continue reporting the issue across different language translations.

Summarized with AI on October 31. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hi @rapidturtle , I’ll look into this and find out what’s happening