diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index bcc9d38ef..16c2e89c8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ yarn.lock linguist-generated=false
 
 test/e2e/send-eth-with-private-key-test/ethereumjs-tx.js linguist-vendored linguist-generated -diff
 test/e2e/send-eth-with-private-key-test/web3js.js linguist-vendored linguist-generated -diff
+
+# Collapse changes to translation files by default in diffs as it is very common
+# to remove keys in PRs. Of course this means that PRs that solely update
+# translations will be a little harder to review but those do not get submitted
+# as often as other PRs.
+app/_locales/** linguist-generated