diff --git a/lib/active_admin/globalize3/engine.rb b/lib/active_admin/globalize3/engine.rb
index 267b8bd0..04ee875a 100644
--- a/lib/active_admin/globalize3/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/active_admin/globalize3/engine.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'active_admin/globalize3/filter_empty_translations'
+
 module ActiveAdmin
   module Globalize3
     class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
         ActiveAdmin.application.register_javascript "active_admin/active_admin_globalize3.js"
       end
 
+      # Register a before_filter in ActionController that will filter out
+      # empty translations submitted by activeadmin-globalize3.
+      # See ActiveAdmin::Globalize3::FilterEmptyTranslations#filter_empty_translations
+      initializer "activeadmin-globalize3.load_helpers" do |app|
+        ActionController::Base.send :include, ActiveAdmin::Globalize3::FilterEmptyTranslations
+        ActionController::Base.send :before_filter, :filter_empty_translations, only: [:create, :update]
+      end
+
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/active_admin/globalize3/filter_empty_translations.rb b/lib/active_admin/globalize3/filter_empty_translations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c873fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_admin/globalize3/filter_empty_translations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+module ActiveAdmin
+  module Globalize3
+    module FilterEmptyTranslations
+      private
+      # Activeadmin-globalize3 renders inputs for all translations,
+      # resulting in many empty translations being created by globalize.
+      #
+      # For instance, given the available locales L1, L2 and L2, the
+      # following params would be submitted on 'create':
+      #
+      # {
+      #   :
+      #   MODEL => {
+      #     "translations_attributes" => {
+      #       "0" => {
+      #         "locale"=>"L1", "id" => "", ATTR1 => "", ATTR2 => "", ...
+      #       }
+      #       "1" => {
+      #         "locale"=>"L2", "id" => "", ATTR1 => "", ATTR2 => "", ...
+      #       }
+      #       "2" => {
+      #         "locale"=>"L3", "id" => "", ATTR1 => "", ATTR2 => "", ...
+      #       }
+      #     }
+      #   }
+      #   :
+      # }
+      #
+      # Given these parameters, globalize3 would create a record for every
+      # possible translation - even empty ones.
+      #
+      # This filter removes all empty and unsaved translations from params
+      # and marks empty and saved translation for deletion.
+      def filter_empty_translations
+        model_class = controller_name.classify.safe_constantize
+        if model_class.nil? or not model_class.translates?
+          return
+        end
+        model = controller_name.singularize.to_sym
+        params[model][:translations_attributes].each do |k,v|
+          if v.values[2..-1].all?(&:blank?)
+            if v[:id].empty?
+              params[model][:translations_attributes].delete(k)
+            else
+              params[model][:translations_attributes][k]['_destroy'] = '1'
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end