diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_locale.yml b/.github/workflows/check_locale.yml
index 1dec9524d8..576a525b51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_locale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_locale.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y gettext
 
+      # don't call ./run_gentext.sh as most translators never sync with main branch...
       - name: Check translation format
         run: |
-          ./run_gettext.sh
+          echo $PWD
+          pot_file="./localization/i18n/OrcaSlicer.pot"
+          for dir in ./localization/i18n/*/
+          do
+              dir=${dir%*/}      # remove the trailing "/"
+              lang=${dir##*/}    # extract the language identifier
+          
+              if [ -f "$dir/OrcaSlicer_${lang}.po" ]; then
+                  mkdir -p ./resources/i18n/${lang}/
+                  msgfmt --check-format -o ./resources/i18n/${lang}/OrcaSlicer.mo $dir/OrcaSlicer_${lang}.po
+                  # Check the exit status of the msgfmt command
+                  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                      echo "Error encountered with msgfmt command for language ${lang}."
+                      exit 1  # Exit the script with an error status
+                  fi
+              fi
+          done
+        
diff --git a/localization/i18n/zh_cn/OrcaSlicer_zh_CN.po b/localization/i18n/zh_CN/OrcaSlicer_zh_CN.po
similarity index 100%
rename from localization/i18n/zh_cn/OrcaSlicer_zh_CN.po
rename to localization/i18n/zh_CN/OrcaSlicer_zh_CN.po