diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
index 368aac9b03..0175ab751a 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ function _get_plugin_data_markup_translate( $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $markup
 		}
 		if ( $textdomain ) {
 			foreach ( array( 'Name', 'PluginURI', 'Description', 'Author', 'AuthorURI', 'Version' ) as $field ) {
-				// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction,WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText,WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain
-				$plugin_data[ $field ] = translate( $plugin_data[ $field ], $textdomain );
+				if ( ! empty( $plugin_data[ $field ] ) ) {
+					// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction,WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText,WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain
+					$plugin_data[ $field ] = translate( $plugin_data[ $field ], $textdomain );
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}