diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_for_crowdin_updates.yml b/.github/workflows/check_for_crowdin_updates.yml
index fa5d7e6..daaa286 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_for_crowdin_updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_for_crowdin_updates.yml
@@ -133,9 +133,30 @@ jobs:
           overwrite: true
           if-no-files-found: warn
           retention-days: 7
-      # It's easier to find what went wrong with some strings if we can get the files from the artefact upload step above.
-      # The job will still be marked as failed and no Pull Requests will be made.
-      - name: Prepare QA strings
+
+  build_qa:
+    name: Build QA strings
+    needs: [fetch_translations]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo Content
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: 'scripts'
+          # don't provide a branch (ref) so it uses the default for that event
+      - name: Setup shared
+        uses: ./scripts/actions/setup_shared
+
+      - name: Checkout Desktop
+        uses: ./scripts/actions/checkout_desktop
+
+      - name: Export QA Strings (json)
+        run: |
+          python "${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/crowdin/generate_desktop_strings.py" --qa_build \
+            "${{ github.workspace }}/raw_translations" \
+            "${{ github.workspace }}/desktop/_locales" \
+            "${{ github.workspace }}/desktop/ts/localization/constants.ts"
+      - name: Prepare QA strings (ts)
         run: |
           cd ${{ github.workspace }}/desktop/
           python ./tools/localization/generateLocales.py --generate-types --print-problems --print-problem-strings --print-problem-formatting-tag-strings --error-on-problems
diff --git a/crowdin/generate_desktop_strings.py b/crowdin/generate_desktop_strings.py
index 1d50506..7baac89 100644
--- a/crowdin/generate_desktop_strings.py
+++ b/crowdin/generate_desktop_strings.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 # Parse command-line arguments
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert a XLIFF translation files to JSON.')
+parser.add_argument('--qa_build', help='Set to true to output only English strings (only used for QA)', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
 parser.add_argument('raw_translations_directory', help='Directory which contains the raw translation files')
 parser.add_argument('translations_output_directory', help='Directory to save the converted translation files')
 parser.add_argument('non_translatable_strings_output_path', help='Path to save the non-translatable strings to')
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 INPUT_DIRECTORY = args.raw_translations_directory
 TRANSLATIONS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = args.translations_output_directory
 NON_TRANSLATABLE_STRINGS_OUTPUT_PATH = args.non_translatable_strings_output_path
+IS_QA_BUILD = args.qa_build
 
 
 def parse_xliff(file_path):
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ def convert_non_translatable_strings_to_type_script(input_file: str, output_path
         file.write('\n')
 
 
-def convert_all_files(input_directory: str):
+def convert_all_files(input_directory: str, is_qa_build: bool):
     setup_values = setup_generation(input_directory)
     source_language, rtl_languages, non_translatable_strings_file, target_languages = setup_values.values()
 
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ def convert_all_files(input_directory: str):
     exported_locales = []
     glossary_dict = load_glossary_dict(non_translatable_strings_file)
 
-    for language in [source_language] + target_languages:
+    for language in [source_language] + [] if is_qa_build else target_languages:
         lang_locale = language['locale']
         lang_two_letter_code = language['twoLettersCode']
         print(f"\033[2K{Fore.WHITE}⏳ Converting translations for {lang_locale} to target format...{Style.RESET_ALL}", end='\r')
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ def convert_all_files(input_directory: str):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
-        convert_all_files(INPUT_DIRECTORY)
+        convert_all_files(INPUT_DIRECTORY, IS_QA_BUILD)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("\nProcess interrupted by user")
         sys.exit(0)