diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml
index efc290743..98924bda1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: create stub themes
         run: "echo '{\"layers\": [], \"themes\": []}' > ./assets/generated/known_layers_and_themes.json"
   
+      - name: generate translations
+        run: npm run generate:translations
+        
       - name: Compile license info
         run: npm run generate:licenses
      
@@ -62,4 +65,4 @@ jobs:
           env.VALIDATION_FAILED == 'true'
         with:
           message: "cat layer_report.txt missing_licenses.txt"
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  
\ No newline at end of file
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/theme_validation.yml b/.github/workflows/theme_validation.yml
index 4af37cfb3..6de6e1cb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/theme_validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/theme_validation.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: create stub themes
         run: "echo '{\"layers\": [], \"themes\": []}' > ./assets/generated/known_layers_and_themes.json"
   
+      - name: generate translations
+        run: npm run generate:translations
          
       - name: Compile license info
         run: npm run validate:licenses