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SELECT 
  IF(
    cscart_ult_language_values.value IS NULL, 
    lang.value, cscart_ult_language_values.value
  ) as value 
FROM 
  cscart_language_values lang 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ult_language_values ON cscart_ult_language_values.name = lang.name 
  AND company_id = 1 
  AND cscart_ult_language_values.lang_code = lang.lang_code 
WHERE 
  lang.lang_code = 'uk' 
  AND lang.name = 'ab__emd.placeholders.storefront'

Query time 0.00041

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "table": {
      "message": "Impossible WHERE noticed after reading const tables"
    }
  }
}