diff --git a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js
index 84c7c09f7..3298e9094 100644
--- a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js
+++ b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ YUI.add('ez-contentcreateviewservice', function (Y) {
          * @param {EventFacade} e
          */
         _selectLanguage: function (e) {
+            var isTranslationAllowed = this.get('content').isNew();
+
             e.preventDefault();
             this.fire('languageSelect', {
                 config: {
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ YUI.add('ez-contentcreateviewservice', function (Y) {
                     languageSelectedHandler: Y.bind(this._setLanguage, this, e.target, e.fields),
                     cancelLanguageSelectionHandler: null,
                     canBaseTranslation: false,
-                    translationMode: true,
+                    translationMode: isTranslationAllowed,
                     referenceLanguageList: [this.get('languageCode')]
                 },
             });
diff --git a/Tests/js/views/services/assets/ez-contentcreateviewservice-tests.js b/Tests/js/views/services/assets/ez-contentcreateviewservice-tests.js
index 659dd806e..668b6fd9c 100644
--- a/Tests/js/views/services/assets/ez-contentcreateviewservice-tests.js
+++ b/Tests/js/views/services/assets/ez-contentcreateviewservice-tests.js
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ YUI.add('ez-contentcreateviewservice-tests', function (Y) {
             this.request = {params: {languageCode: this.languageCode}};
             this.capi = {};
 
+            Mock.expect(this.content, {
+                method: 'isNew',
+                returns: true
+            });
+
             Mock.expect(this.version, {
                 method: 'get',
                 args: ['versionId'],