diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 594e5d7e0..39d100613 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements_prod.txt
+    - name: Get translations
+      run: make pulllang
     - name: Flush errors
       run: make allerr
     - name: Build docs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 956fc7850..68feff447 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ _build
 venv
 venv_prod
 .vscode
+/source/locale/*
+!/source/locale/README.md
 
 # Base ignores:
 # =============
diff --git a/source/locale/README.md b/source/locale/README.md
index e69de29bb..82ee6b948 100644
--- a/source/locale/README.md
+++ b/source/locale/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+files for translations (pulled from Transifex) not kept in the repo history
\ No newline at end of file