diff --git a/flows/definition/localization.go b/flows/definition/localization.go
index 91dfad1fe..54c9e2d93 100644
--- a/flows/definition/localization.go
+++ b/flows/definition/localization.go
@@ -10,20 +10,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 // holds all property translations for a specific item, e.g.
-// {
-//   "text": "Do you like cheese?"
-//	 "quick_replies": ["Yes", "No"]
-// }
+//
+//	{
+//	  "text": "Do you like cheese?"
+//	  "quick_replies": ["Yes", "No"]
+//	}
 type itemTranslation map[string][]string
 
 // holds all the item translations for a specific language, e.g.
-// {
-//   "f3368070-8db8-4549-872a-e69a9d060612": {
-//	   "text": "Do you like cheese?"
-//	   "quick_replies": ["Yes", "No"]
-//   },
-//   "7a1aec43-f3e1-42f0-b967-0ee75e725e3a": { ... }
-// }
+//
+//	{
+//	  "f3368070-8db8-4549-872a-e69a9d060612": {
+//	    "text": "Do you like cheese?"
+//	    "quick_replies": ["Yes", "No"]
+//	  },
+//	  "7a1aec43-f3e1-42f0-b967-0ee75e725e3a": { ... }
+//	}
 type languageTranslation map[uuids.UUID]itemTranslation
 
 // returns the requested item translation
@@ -32,6 +34,12 @@ func (t languageTranslation) getTextArray(uuid uuids.UUID, property string) []st
 	if found {
 		translation, found := item[property]
 		if found {
+			// TODO editor sometimes saves empty rule translations as [""] which we should fix in a flow migration
+			// but for now need to ignore
+			if len(translation) == 0 || (len(translation) == 1 && translation[0] == "") {
+				return nil
+			}
+
 			return translation
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/flows/runs/run_test.go b/flows/runs/run_test.go
index 76ea02e81..e8461a00f 100644
--- a/flows/runs/run_test.go
+++ b/flows/runs/run_test.go
@@ -404,6 +404,18 @@ func TestTranslation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedQuickReplies: []string{"si"},
 		},
+		{
+			description:  "attachments and quick replies translations are single empty strings and should be ignored",
+			envLangs:     []envs.Language{"eng", "fra"},
+			contactLang:  "fra",
+			msgAction:    msgAction1,
+			expectedText: "Bonjour",
+			expectedAttachments: []utils.Attachment{
+				"image/jpeg:http://media.com/hello.jpg",
+				"audio/mp4:http://media.com/hello.m4a",
+			},
+			expectedQuickReplies: []string{"yes", "no"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tcs {
diff --git a/flows/runs/testdata/translation_assets.json b/flows/runs/testdata/translation_assets.json
index 0e3d662c6..0bf19e7c9 100644
--- a/flows/runs/testdata/translation_assets.json
+++ b/flows/runs/testdata/translation_assets.json
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@
                             "si"
                         ]
                     }
+                },
+                "fra": {
+                    "0a8467eb-911a-41db-8101-ccf415c48e6a": {
+                        "text": [
+                            "Bonjour"
+                        ],
+                        "attachments": [
+                            ""
+                        ],
+                        "quick_replies": [
+                            ""
+                        ]
+                    }
                 }
             },
             "nodes": [