diff --git a/lint-rules/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStrings.java b/lint-rules/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStrings.java
index f2b82de1e2..10e2e9c79b 100644
--- a/lint-rules/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStrings.java
+++ b/lint-rules/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStrings.java
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ public class DuplicateCrowdInStrings extends ResourceXmlDetector {
 
     @Override
     public void visitElement(@NotNull XmlContext context, @NotNull Element element) {
+        // Only check the golden copy - not the translated sources.
+        if (!"values".equals(context.file.getParentFile().getName())) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
         if (childNodes.getLength() > 0) {
             if (childNodes.getLength() == 1) {
diff --git a/lint-rules/src/test/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStringsTest.java b/lint-rules/src/test/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStringsTest.java
index 1c423a7f23..e40c04eae5 100644
--- a/lint-rules/src/test/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStringsTest.java
+++ b/lint-rules/src/test/java/com/ichi2/anki/lint/rules/DuplicateCrowdInStringsTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DuplicateCrowdInStringsTest {
 
     /** Easiest test case: Two exact duplicates in the same file */
     @Language("XML")
-    private final String selfInvalid = "<resources>\n" +
+    private final String mSelfInvalid = "<resources>\n" +
             "   <string name=\"hello\">a</string>\n" +
             "   <string name=\"hello2\">a</string>\n" +
             "</resources>";
@@ -38,9 +38,22 @@ public class DuplicateCrowdInStringsTest {
         lint()
         .allowMissingSdk()
         .allowCompilationErrors()
-        .files(xml("res/values/string.xml", selfInvalid))
+        .files(xml("res/values/string.xml", mSelfInvalid))
         .issues(DuplicateCrowdInStrings.ISSUE)
         .run()
         .expectErrorCount(1);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void invalidStringInNonEnglishPasses() {
+        // We only want to check the base resource files, not the translated ones -
+        // translators know if values are equivalent and do not require a comment explaining why.
+        lint()
+        .allowMissingSdk()
+        .allowCompilationErrors()
+        .files(xml("res/values-af/string.xml", mSelfInvalid))
+        .issues(DuplicateCrowdInStrings.ISSUE)
+        .run()
+        .expectErrorCount(0);
+    }
 }