diff --git a/I18N.md b/I18N.md
index b7d5f1106f..6cf284ab3b 100644
--- a/I18N.md
+++ b/I18N.md
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Here you will find a dropdown of all the available languages and all the modules
 
 ## Adding a new language
 
-The process is similar for the above, but does require a new folder with the language identifier to be added, with an empty `translation.json` (containing only `{}`) & `index.json` file (containing only `[]`)
+The process is similar for the above, but does require a new folder with the language identifier to be added. Create `packages/apps/public/locales/<id>` folder with an empty `translation.json` (containing only `{}`). After addition of the folder, run `yarn build:i18n` and then the new language will be available for update as per the process in the previous section.
diff --git a/packages/apps/public/locales/en/app-i18n.json b/packages/apps/public/locales/en/app-i18n.json
index 690bda1022..a90fde9fe6 100644
--- a/packages/apps/public/locales/en/app-i18n.json
+++ b/packages/apps/public/locales/en/app-i18n.json
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
+  "Generate {{lng}}/translation.json": "Generate {{lng}}/translation.json",
   "the language to display translations for": "the language to display translations for",
-  "{{p}}% done": "{{p}}% done",
   "the module to display strings for": "the module to display strings for",
-  "Generate {{lng}}/translate.json": "Generate {{lng}}/translate.json",
-  "{{done}}/{{total}}, {{progress}}% done": "{{done}}/{{total}}, {{progress}}% done",
-  "Generate {{lng}}/translation.json": "Generate {{lng}}/translation.json"
-}
+  "{{done}}/{{total}}, {{progress}}% done": "{{done}}/{{total}}, {{progress}}% done"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/apps/public/locales/en/index.json b/packages/apps/public/locales/en/index.json
index c15e8a22bd..af75d8726b 100644
--- a/packages/apps/public/locales/en/index.json
+++ b/packages/apps/public/locales/en/index.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "app-explorer.json",
   "app-extrinsics.json",
   "app-generic-asset.json",
+  "app-i18n.json",
   "app-js.json",
   "app-parachains.json",
   "app-settings.json",
diff --git a/packages/apps/public/locales/en/translation.json b/packages/apps/public/locales/en/translation.json
index 890ba18ee9..1455169210 100644
--- a/packages/apps/public/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/packages/apps/public/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@
   "Forget this contract": "",
   "Forks": "",
   "General": "",
-  "Generate {{lng}}/translate.json": "",
   "Generate {{lng}}/translation.json": "",
   "Genesis Hash": "",
   "Genesis Hash refers to initial state of the chain, it cannot be changed once the chain is launched": "",
@@ -893,7 +892,6 @@
   "{{h}} hrs": "",
   "{{m}} mins": "",
   "{{name}} ({{size}} bytes)": "",
-  "{{p}}% done": "",
   "{{relayDispatchQueueSize}} dispatch messages pending": "",
   "{{s}} s": "",
   "{{threshold}}, not passing": "",
diff --git a/packages/apps/public/locales/ja/index.json b/packages/apps/public/locales/ja/index.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0637a088a0..0000000000
--- a/packages/apps/public/locales/ja/index.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/apps/public/locales/zh/index.json b/packages/apps/public/locales/zh/index.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0637a088a0..0000000000
--- a/packages/apps/public/locales/zh/index.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/page-i18n/src/index.tsx b/packages/page-i18n/src/index.tsx
index f9bc75d9f5..a6f4ae0f9d 100644
--- a/packages/page-i18n/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-i18n/src/index.tsx
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ type StringsMod = Record<string, Strings>;
 type Languages = Record<string, Strings>;
 
 async function retrieveJson (url: string): Promise<any> {
-  const response = await fetch(url);
+  const response = await fetch(`locales/${url}`);
 
   return response.json();
 }
 
 async function retrieveEnglish (): Promise<StringsMod> {
-  const paths: Array<string> = await retrieveJson('locales/en/index.json');
-  const strings: Strings[] = await Promise.all(paths.map((path) => retrieveJson(`locales/en/${path}`)));
+  const paths: Array<string> = await retrieveJson('en/index.json');
+  const strings: Strings[] = await Promise.all(paths.map((path) => retrieveJson(`en/${path}`)));
 
   return strings.reduce((language: StringsMod, strings, index): StringsMod => {
     language[paths[index]] = strings;
@@ -45,27 +45,13 @@ async function retrieveEnglish (): Promise<StringsMod> {
   }, {});
 }
 
-async function retrieveLanguage (lng: string): Promise<Strings> {
-  const paths: Array<string> = await retrieveJson(`locales/${lng}/index.json`);
-  const translation: Strings = await retrieveJson(`locales/${lng}/translation.json`).catch(() => ({}));
-  const modules: Strings[] = await Promise.all(paths.map((path) => retrieveJson(`locales/${lng}/${path}`)));
-
-  modules.forEach((strings): void => {
-    Object.keys(strings).forEach((key): void => {
-      if (strings[key]) {
-        translation[key] = strings[key];
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  return translation;
-}
-
 async function retrieveAll (): Promise<Defaults> {
-  const _keys: string[] = await retrieveJson('locales/index.json');
+  const _keys: string[] = await retrieveJson('index.json');
   const keys = _keys.filter((key) => key !== 'en');
   const english = await retrieveEnglish();
-  const languages = await Promise.all(keys.map(retrieveLanguage));
+  const languages = await Promise.all(
+    keys.map((lng) => retrieveJson(`${lng}/translation.json`))
+  );
 
   return {
     english,
@@ -108,7 +94,7 @@ function calcProgress (english: StringsMod, language: Strings): Progress {
 }
 
 function doDownload (strings: Strings): void {
-  const sanitized = Object.keys(strings).reduce((result: Strings, key): Strings => {
+  const sanitized = Object.keys(strings).sort().reduce((result: Strings, key): Strings => {
     const sanitized = strings[key].trim();
 
     if (sanitized) {
diff --git a/scripts/i18nLint.js b/scripts/i18nLint.js
index b46008a784..99e3664513 100644
--- a/scripts/i18nLint.js
+++ b/scripts/i18nLint.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function getEntries (langRoot) {
       !['.', '..'].includes(entry) &&
       fs.lstatSync(path.join(langRoot, entry)).isFile() &&
       entry.endsWith('.json') &&
-      !['app-i18n.json', 'index.json', 'translation.json'].includes(entry)
+      !['index.json', 'translation.json'].includes(entry)
     )
     .sort();
 }
diff --git a/scripts/i18nSort.js b/scripts/i18nSort.js
index 0d82c8ce4b..0b18fdb052 100644
--- a/scripts/i18nSort.js
+++ b/scripts/i18nSort.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function getEntries (langRoot) {
       !['.', '..'].includes(entry) &&
       fs.lstatSync(path.join(langRoot, entry)).isFile() &&
       entry.endsWith('.json') &&
-      !['app-i18n.json', 'index.json'].includes(entry)
+      !['index.json'].includes(entry)
     )
     .sort();
 }
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ function sortLanguage (lang) {
     fs.writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(sorted, null, 2));
   });
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(
-    path.join(langRoot, 'index.json'),
-    JSON.stringify(entries.filter((entry) => !['translation.json'].includes(entry)), null, 2)
-  );
+  if (lang === 'en') {
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(langRoot, 'index.json'),
+      JSON.stringify(entries.filter((entry) => !['translation.json'].includes(entry)), null, 2)
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 function checkLanguages () {