diff --git a/message/pipeline/extract.go b/message/pipeline/extract.go
index 7d8385d9..2d6ba797 100644
--- a/message/pipeline/extract.go
+++ b/message/pipeline/extract.go
@@ -657,6 +657,16 @@ func (px packageExtracter) addMessage(
 	comment string,
 	arguments []argument) {
 	x := px.x
+	
+	// Do not extract strings from external dependencies,
+	// as their files are located in the module cache.    
+    if file := x.conf.Fset.File(pos); file != nil {
+        filename := filepath.ToSlash(file.Name())
+        if strings.Contains(filename, "/pkg/mod/") {
+            return
+        }
+    }
+	
 	fmtMsg := constant.StringVal(c)
 
 	ph := placeholders{index: map[string]string{}}
diff --git a/message/pipeline/pipeline.go b/message/pipeline/pipeline.go
index 2b07e38b..9ffe06c6 100644
--- a/message/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/message/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (s *State) Merge() error {
 		for _, orig := range filtered {
 			m := *orig
 			m.Key = ""
-			m.Position = ""
+			// m.Position = ""
 
 			for _, id := range m.ID {
 				if t, ok := translations[tag][id]; ok {