diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualContentServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualContentServiceImpl.java
index dbb1bae46b..45cd5ba658 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualContentServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualContentServiceImpl.java
@@ -756,7 +756,13 @@ public class MultilingualContentServiceImpl implements MultilingualContentServic
         ContentData translationOfContentData = (ContentData) nodeService.getProperty(translationOfNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_CONTENT);
         if (translationOfContentData != null)
         {
-            nodeService.setProperty(newTranslationNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_CONTENT, translationOfContentData);
+            ContentData newTranslationContentData = new ContentData(
+                    null,
+                    translationOfContentData.getMimetype(),
+                    translationOfContentData.getSize(),
+                    translationOfContentData.getEncoding(),
+                    translationOfContentData.getLocale());
+            nodeService.setProperty(newTranslationNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_CONTENT, newTranslationContentData);
         }
 
         // set it empty