diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/addtranslation.js b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/addtranslation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f235ac7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/addtranslation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * @license Copyright (c) 2003-2024, CKSource Holding sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.
+ * For licensing, see LICENSE.md.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @param {object} options
+ * @param {string} options.languageCode
+ * @param {number} options.numberOfPluralForms
+ * @param {TranslatableEntry} options.message
+ * @returns {Array.<string>}
+ */
+export default function addTranslation( { languageCode, numberOfPluralForms, message } ) {
+	// English is the source (base) language, so set the translation value to the text collected from source code.
+	if ( languageCode === 'en' ) {
+		const msgstr = [ message.string ];
+
+		if ( message.plural ) {
+			msgstr.push( message.plural );
+		}
+
+		return msgstr;
+	}
+
+	// For other languages, pre-fill the translation value with an empty string which means that it requires translation.
+	const msgstr = [ '' ];
+
+	if ( message.plural ) {
+		msgstr.push( ...Array( numberOfPluralForms - 1 ).fill( '' ) );
+	}
+
+	return msgstr;
+}
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js
index 972f5d007..59e46a605 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/lib/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { TRANSLATION_FILES_PATH } from './constants.js';
 import cleanTranslationFileContent from './cleantranslationfilecontent.js';
 import getHeaders from './getheaders.js';
 import getLanguages from './getlanguages.js';
+import addTranslation from './addtranslation.js';
 
 /**
  * @param {object} options
@@ -66,13 +67,13 @@ export default function synchronizeTranslationsBasedOnContext( { packageContexts
 
 						item.msgctxt = contextContent[ message.id ];
 						item.msgid = message.id;
-						item.msgstr.push( '' );
 
 						if ( message.plural ) {
 							item.msgid_plural = message.plural;
-							item.msgstr.push( ...Array( numberOfPluralForms - 1 ).fill( '' ) );
 						}
 
+						item.msgstr = addTranslation( { languageCode, numberOfPluralForms, message } );
+
 						return item;
 					} )
 			);
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/addtranslation.js b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/addtranslation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57b34e4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/addtranslation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * @license Copyright (c) 2003-2024, CKSource Holding sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.
+ * For licensing, see LICENSE.md.
+ */
+
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import addTranslation from '../../lib/utils/addtranslation.js';
+
+describe( 'addTranslation()', () => {
+	let singularMessage, pluralMessage;
+
+	beforeEach( () => {
+		singularMessage = {
+			string: 'Example message 1'
+		};
+
+		pluralMessage = {
+			string: 'Example message 2',
+			plural: 'Example message 2 - plural form'
+		};
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should be a function', () => {
+		expect( addTranslation ).toBeInstanceOf( Function );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return translation (English, non-plural message)', () => {
+		const result = addTranslation( { languageCode: 'en', numberOfPluralForms: 2, message: singularMessage } );
+
+		expect( result ).toEqual( [ 'Example message 1' ] );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return translation (English, plural message)', () => {
+		const result = addTranslation( { languageCode: 'en', numberOfPluralForms: 2, message: pluralMessage } );
+
+		expect( result ).toEqual( [ 'Example message 2', 'Example message 2 - plural form' ] );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return translation (non-English, non-plural message)', () => {
+		const result = addTranslation( { languageCode: 'pl', numberOfPluralForms: 4, message: singularMessage } );
+
+		expect( result ).toEqual( [ '' ] );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return translation (non-English, plural message)', () => {
+		const result = addTranslation( { languageCode: 'pl', numberOfPluralForms: 4, message: pluralMessage } );
+
+		expect( result ).toEqual( [ '', '', '', '' ] );
+	} );
+} );
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js
index 53854f464..a98fefe6b 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-dev-translations/tests/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import cleanTranslationFileContent from '../../lib/utils/cleantranslationfilecon
 import createMissingPackageTranslations from '../../lib/utils/createmissingpackagetranslations.js';
 import getLanguages from '../../lib/utils/getlanguages.js';
 import getHeaders from '../../lib/utils/getheaders.js';
+import addTranslation from '../../lib/utils/addtranslation.js';
 import synchronizeTranslationsBasedOnContext from '../../lib/utils/synchronizetranslationsbasedoncontext.js';
 
 vi.mock( 'fs-extra' );
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ vi.mock( '../../lib/utils/createmissingpackagetranslations.js' );
 vi.mock( '../../lib/utils/cleantranslationfilecontent.js' );
 vi.mock( '../../lib/utils/getlanguages.js' );
 vi.mock( '../../lib/utils/getheaders.js' );
+vi.mock( '../../lib/utils/addtranslation.js' );
 
 describe( 'synchronizeTranslationsBasedOnContext()', () => {
 	let defaultOptions, translations, stubs;
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ describe( 'synchronizeTranslationsBasedOnContext()', () => {
 			};
 		} );
 
+		vi.mocked( addTranslation ).mockReturnValue( [] );
+
 		vi.mocked( PO.parse ).mockReturnValue( translations );
 
 		vi.mocked( PO.parsePluralForms ).mockReturnValue( { nplurals: 4 } );
@@ -185,22 +189,44 @@ describe( 'synchronizeTranslationsBasedOnContext()', () => {
 	} );
 
 	it( 'should add missing translations', () => {
+		vi.mocked( addTranslation ).mockReturnValue( [ 'added missing translation' ] );
 		translations.items = [];
 
 		synchronizeTranslationsBasedOnContext( defaultOptions );
 
+		expect( addTranslation ).toHaveBeenCalledTimes( 2 );
+
+		expect( addTranslation ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( {
+			languageCode: 'en',
+			message: {
+				id: 'id1',
+				string: 'Example message 1'
+			},
+			numberOfPluralForms: 4
+		} );
+
+		expect( addTranslation ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( {
+			languageCode: 'en',
+			message: {
+				id: 'id2',
+				plural: 'Example message 2 - plural form',
+				string: 'Example message 2'
+			},
+			numberOfPluralForms: 4
+		} );
+
 		expect( translations.items ).toEqual( [
 			{
 				msgid: 'id1',
 				msgctxt: 'Context for example message 1',
 				msgid_plural: '',
-				msgstr: [ '' ]
+				msgstr: expect.arrayContaining( [ 'added missing translation' ] )
 			},
 			{
 				msgid: 'id2',
 				msgctxt: 'Context for example message 2',
 				msgid_plural: 'Example message 2 - plural form',
-				msgstr: [ '', '', '', '' ]
+				msgstr: expect.arrayContaining( [ 'added missing translation' ] )
 			}
 		] );
 	} );