diff --git a/src/Translation/Handlers/TranslatableEntityHandler.php b/src/Translation/Handlers/TranslatableEntityHandler.php
index 8ac03db..877ffa8 100644
--- a/src/Translation/Handlers/TranslatableEntityHandler.php
+++ b/src/Translation/Handlers/TranslatableEntityHandler.php
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ public function translate(TranslationArgs $args)
 
         $clone->setLocale($args->getTargetLocale());
 
-        $this->em->persist($clone);
-
         return $clone;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/AppTestBundle/Entity/Translatable/TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalParent.php b/tests/Fixtures/AppTestBundle/Entity/Translatable/TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalParent.php
index 076f367..9d1dbdb 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/AppTestBundle/Entity/Translatable/TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalParent.php
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/AppTestBundle/Entity/Translatable/TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalParent.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalParent implements TranslatableInterface
      *
      * @ORM\ManyToMany(
      *     targetEntity="AppTestBundle\Entity\Translatable\TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalChild",
+     *     cascade={"persist"},
      *     mappedBy="simpleParents"
      * )
      */
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalParent implements TranslatableInterface
      *
      * @ORM\ManyToMany(
      *     targetEntity="AppTestBundle\Entity\Translatable\TranslatableManyToManyBidirectionalChild",
+     *     cascade={"persist"},
      *     mappedBy="emptyParents"
      * )
      * @ORM\JoinTable(name="empty_translatablemanytomanybidirectionalchild_translatablemanytomanybidirectionalparent")
diff --git a/tests/ScalarTranslationTest.php b/tests/ScalarTranslationTest.php
index 6780f79..1c782e3 100644
--- a/tests/ScalarTranslationTest.php
+++ b/tests/ScalarTranslationTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public function it_can_translate_scalar_value()
     {
         $entity      = $this->createEntity();
         $translation = $this->translator->translate($entity, 'fr');
+        $this->em->persist($translation);
         $this->em->flush();
         $this->assertAttributeContains('Test title', 'title', $translation);
         $this->assertIsTranslation($entity, $translation);
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public function it_can_empty_scalar_value_on_translate()
         $entity      = $this->createEntity();
         $translation = $this->translator->translate($entity, 'fr');
 
+        $this->em->persist($translation);
         $this->em->flush();
         $this->assertAttributeEmpty('empty', $translation);
         $this->assertIsTranslation($entity, $translation);
diff --git a/tests/TranslatableManyToOneEntityTranslationTest.php b/tests/TranslatableManyToOneEntityTranslationTest.php
index 10295dc..18e6ddb 100644
--- a/tests/TranslatableManyToOneEntityTranslationTest.php
+++ b/tests/TranslatableManyToOneEntityTranslationTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public function it_can_translate_simple_value()
         /** @var TranslatableManyToOne $translation */
         $translation = $this->translator->translate($entity, self::TARGET_LOCALE);
 
+        $this->em->persist($translation);
         $this->em->flush();
         $this->assertNotEquals($associatedEntity, $translation->getSimple());
         $this->assertAttributeContains(self::TARGET_LOCALE, 'locale', $translation->getSimple());
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public function it_must_associate_existing_translation()
         $this->em->persist($associatedEntity);
 
         $translatedAssociatedEntity = $this->translator->translate($associatedEntity, self::TARGET_LOCALE);
+        $this->em->persist($translatedAssociatedEntity);
 
         $entity =
             (new TranslatableManyToOne())
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ public function it_must_associate_existing_translation()
         /** @var TranslatableManyToOne $translation */
         $translation = $this->translator->translate($entity, self::TARGET_LOCALE);
 
+        $this->em->persist($translation);
         $this->em->flush();
         $this->assertNotEquals($associatedEntity, $translation->getSimple());
         $this->assertEquals($translatedAssociatedEntity, $translation->getSimple());
diff --git a/tests/TranslatableOneToOneUnidirectionalTest.php b/tests/TranslatableOneToOneUnidirectionalTest.php
index fd8c0ed..e6e3300 100644
--- a/tests/TranslatableOneToOneUnidirectionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/TranslatableOneToOneUnidirectionalTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public function it_can_translate_simple_value()
         /** @var TranslatableOneToOneUnidirectional $translation */
         $translation = $this->translator->translate($entity, self::TARGET_LOCALE);
 
+        $this->em->persist($translation);
         $this->em->flush();
         $this->assertNotEquals($associatedEntity, $translation->getSimple());
         $this->assertAttributeContains(self::TARGET_LOCALE, 'locale', $translation->getSimple());