diff --git a/zerver/lib/home.py b/zerver/lib/home.py
index 88b4149d81..ac6ad0648e 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/home.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/home.py
@@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ def build_page_params_for_home_page_load(
         page_params["max_message_id"] = max_message_id
         page_params["enable_desktop_notifications"] = False
 
-    page_params["translation_data"] = {}
-    if request_language != "en":
-        page_params["translation_data"] = get_language_translation_data(
-            request_language
-        )
+    page_params["translation_data"] = get_language_translation_data(request_language)
 
     return register_ret["queue_id"], page_params
diff --git a/zerver/lib/i18n.py b/zerver/lib/i18n.py
index 9e3aa00e98..6ce54740ac 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/i18n.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/i18n.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ def get_available_language_codes() -> List[str]:
     return codes
 
 def get_language_translation_data(language: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
-    if language == 'zh-hans':
+    if language == 'en':
+        return {}
+    elif language == 'zh-hans':
         language = 'zh_Hans'
     elif language == 'zh-hant':
         language = 'zh_Hant'