Strapi Create New Locale with EntityService
You can create with default id in array like below: const translated = await translate ( json . value , { from : 'en' , to : 'iw' }); const res = await strapi . entityService . create ( "api::general-translation.general-translation" ,{ data : { localizations :[ defaultID ], key : json . key , value : translated . text , locale : 'he' }, populate :{ localizations : true } }) You must add localizations true parameter in populate and also