diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af0b85d..717cdbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 *.swp
 .DS_Store
 
+# Ignora file compilati Python
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
 # Ignora file di build o output comuni
 build/
 dist/
diff --git a/containers/talkbot/__pycache__/server.cpython-314.pyc b/containers/talkbot/__pycache__/server.cpython-314.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bf8171..0000000
Binary files a/containers/talkbot/__pycache__/server.cpython-314.pyc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/containers/talkbot/server.py b/containers/talkbot/server.py
index d8b346a..87c4d85 100644
--- a/containers/talkbot/server.py
+++ b/containers/talkbot/server.py
@@ -1155,6 +1155,8 @@ def process_event(job: dict) -> None:
             sender_user_id,
         )
 
+        translations = []
+
         for recipient in recipients:
             target_language = normalize_language_code(
                 get_user_language(recipient),
@@ -1169,6 +1171,26 @@ def process_event(job: dict) -> None:
             if translated.strip().lower() == message_text.lower():
                 continue
 
+            translations.append((recipient, target_language, translated))
+
+        if not translations:
+            return
+
+        deleted = delete_message(
+            token,
+            message_id,
+        )
+
+        if not deleted:
+            log.warning(
+                "Original message %s was not deleted. "
+                "Generated translations will not be posted "
+                "to avoid confusing duplicates.",
+                message_id,
+            )
+            return
+
+        for recipient, target_language, translated in translations:
             post_manager_message(
                 token,
                 f"@{sender_display_name}: {translated}",