diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index ebbca9b18d..cfa1b0c9b5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
  */
 
 import {jest} from '@jest/globals';
-import path from 'path';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import {normalizePluginOptions} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import {
   posixPath,
   getFileCommitDate,
   LAST_UPDATE_FALLBACK,
+  getLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {DEFAULT_FUTURE_CONFIG} from '@docusaurus/core/src/server/configValidation';
 import pluginContentBlog from '../index';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import type {
   I18n,
   Validate,
   MarkdownConfig,
+  I18nLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {
   BlogPost,
@@ -67,7 +69,10 @@ Available blog post titles are:\n- ${blogPosts
   return post;
 }
 
-function getI18n(locale: string): I18n {
+function getI18n(
+  locale: string,
+  localeConfigOptions?: Partial<I18nLocaleConfig>,
+): I18n {
   return {
     currentLocale: locale,
     locales: [locale],
@@ -80,6 +85,8 @@ function getI18n(locale: string): I18n {
         htmlLang: locale,
         direction: 'ltr',
         path: locale,
+        translate: true,
+        ...localeConfigOptions,
       },
     },
   };
@@ -94,13 +101,14 @@ const BaseEditUrl = 'https://baseEditUrl.com/edit';
 const getPlugin = async (
   siteDir: string,
   pluginOptions: Partial<PluginOptions> = {},
-  i18n: I18n = DefaultI18N,
+  i18nOptions: Partial<I18n> = {},
 ) => {
+  const i18n = {...DefaultI18N, ...i18nOptions};
   const generatedFilesDir: string = path.resolve(siteDir, '.docusaurus');
   const localizationDir = path.join(
     siteDir,
     i18n.path,
-    i18n.localeConfigs[i18n.currentLocale]!.path,
+    getLocaleConfig(i18n).path,
   );
   const siteConfig = {
     title: 'Hello',
@@ -153,20 +161,34 @@ const getBlogTags = async (
 };
 
 describe('blog plugin', () => {
-  it('getPathsToWatch returns right files', async () => {
-    const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
-    const plugin = await getPlugin(siteDir);
-    const pathsToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
-    const relativePathsToWatch = pathsToWatch.map((p) =>
-      posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, p)),
-    );
-    expect(relativePathsToWatch).toEqual([
-      'i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/authors.yml',
-      'i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/tags.yml',
-      'blog/tags.yml',
-      'i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/**/*.{md,mdx}',
-      'blog/**/*.{md,mdx}',
-    ]);
+  describe('getPathsToWatch', () => {
+    async function runTest({translate}: {translate: boolean}) {
+      const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
+      const plugin = await getPlugin(siteDir, {}, getI18n('en', {translate}));
+      const pathsToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
+      return pathsToWatch.map((p) => posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, p)));
+    }
+
+    it('getPathsToWatch returns right files', async () => {
+      const relativePathsToWatch = await runTest({translate: true});
+      expect(relativePathsToWatch).toEqual([
+        'i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/authors.yml',
+        'i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/tags.yml',
+        // 'blog/authors.yml', // TODO weird that it's not here but tags is?
+        'blog/tags.yml',
+        'i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/**/*.{md,mdx}',
+        'blog/**/*.{md,mdx}',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('getPathsToWatch returns right files (translate: false)', async () => {
+      const relativePathsToWatch = await runTest({translate: false});
+      expect(relativePathsToWatch).toEqual([
+        'blog/authors.yml',
+        'blog/tags.yml',
+        'blog/**/*.{md,mdx}',
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 
   it('builds a simple website', async () => {
@@ -377,6 +399,54 @@ describe('blog plugin', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('i18n config translate is wired properly', () => {
+    async function runTest({translate}: {translate: boolean}) {
+      const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
+      const blogPosts = await getBlogPosts(
+        siteDir,
+        {},
+        getI18n('en', {translate}),
+      );
+
+      // Simpler to snapshot
+      return blogPosts.map((post) => post.metadata.title);
+    }
+
+    it('works with translate: false', async () => {
+      await expect(runTest({translate: false})).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "test links",
+          "MDX Blog Sample with require calls",
+          "Full Blog Sample",
+          "Complex Slug",
+          "Simple Slug",
+          "draft",
+          "unlisted",
+          "some heading",
+          "date-matter",
+          "Happy 1st Birthday Slash!",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
+
+    it('works with translate: true', async () => {
+      await expect(runTest({translate: true})).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "test links",
+          "MDX Blog Sample with require calls",
+          "Full Blog Sample",
+          "Complex Slug",
+          "Simple Slug",
+          "draft",
+          "unlisted",
+          "some heading",
+          "date-matter",
+          "Happy 1st Birthday Slash! (translated)",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('handles edit URL with editLocalizedBlogs: true', async () => {
     const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
     const blogPosts = await getBlogPosts(siteDir, {editLocalizedFiles: true});
@@ -390,6 +460,23 @@ describe('blog plugin', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('handles edit URL with editLocalizedBlogs: true and translate: false', async () => {
+    const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
+    const blogPosts = await getBlogPosts(
+      siteDir,
+      {editLocalizedFiles: true},
+      getI18n('en', {translate: false}),
+    );
+
+    const localizedBlogPost = blogPosts.find(
+      (v) => v.metadata.title === 'Happy 1st Birthday Slash!',
+    )!;
+
+    expect(localizedBlogPost.metadata.editUrl).toBe(
+      `${BaseEditUrl}/blog/2018-12-14-Happy-First-Birthday-Slash.md`,
+    );
+  });
+
   it('handles edit URL with editUrl function', async () => {
     const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
index cd3c1b8837..3647a34550 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ async function processBlogSourceFile(
     } else if (typeof editUrl === 'string') {
       const isLocalized = blogDirPath === contentPaths.contentPathLocalized;
       const fileContentPath =
-        isLocalized && options.editLocalizedFiles
+        isLocalized &&
+        options.editLocalizedFiles &&
+        contentPaths.contentPathLocalized
           ? contentPaths.contentPathLocalized
           : contentPaths.contentPath;
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
index fe38ec471c..e19969ab22 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   getDataFilePath,
   DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
   resolveMarkdownLinkPathname,
+  getLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {getTagsFilePathsToWatch} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import {createMDXLoaderItem} from '@docusaurus/mdx-loader';
@@ -73,13 +74,16 @@ export default async function pluginContentBlog(
 
   const {baseUrl} = siteConfig;
 
+  const shouldTranslate = getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
   const contentPaths: BlogContentPaths = {
     contentPath: path.resolve(siteDir, options.path),
-    contentPathLocalized: getPluginI18nPath({
-      localizationDir,
-      pluginName: PluginName,
-      pluginId: options.id,
-    }),
+    contentPathLocalized: shouldTranslate
+      ? getPluginI18nPath({
+          localizationDir,
+          pluginName: PluginName,
+          pluginId: options.id,
+        })
+      : undefined,
   };
   const pluginId = options.id ?? DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID;
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 820c30fec3..c8692a5eb8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -2005,17 +2005,6 @@ exports[`simple website content: route config 1`] = `
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`simple website getPathToWatch 1`] = `
-[
-  "sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "docs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/tags.yml",
-  "docs/tags.yml",
-  "docs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-]
-`;
-
 exports[`site with custom sidebar items generator sidebar is autogenerated according to a custom sidebarItemsGenerator 1`] = `
 {
   "defaultSidebar": [
@@ -3327,23 +3316,6 @@ exports[`versioned website (community) content: route config 1`] = `
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`versioned website (community) getPathToWatch 1`] = `
-[
-  "community_sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/current/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "community/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/current/tags.yml",
-  "community/tags.yml",
-  "community/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-  "community_versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
-  "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
-  "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-]
-`;
-
 exports[`versioned website content 1`] = `
 {
   "description": "This is next version of bar.",
@@ -5209,32 +5181,3 @@ exports[`versioned website content: withSlugs version sidebars 1`] = `
   ],
 }
 `;
-
-exports[`versioned website getPathToWatch 1`] = `
-[
-  "sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "docs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/tags.yml",
-  "docs/tags.yml",
-  "docs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-  "versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.1-sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.1/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.1/tags.yml",
-  "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/tags.yml",
-  "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-  "versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
-  "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
-  "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-  "versioned_sidebars/version-withSlugs-sidebars.json",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-withSlugs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
-  "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-withSlugs/tags.yml",
-  "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/tags.yml",
-  "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
-]
-`;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/cli.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/cli.test.ts
index c8c28dfca3..98d73c52ea 100644
Binary files a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/cli.test.ts and b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/cli.test.ts differ
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
index 6b1815ee25..56422102c8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   posixPath,
   DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
   LAST_UPDATE_FALLBACK,
+  getLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {getTagsFile} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import {createSidebarsUtils} from '../sidebars/utils';
@@ -842,7 +843,11 @@ describe('simple site', () => {
 
 describe('versioned site', () => {
   async function loadSite(
-    loadSiteOptions: {options: Partial<PluginOptions>; locale?: string} = {
+    loadSiteOptions: {
+      options?: Partial<PluginOptions>;
+      locale?: string;
+      translate?: boolean;
+    } = {
       options: {},
     },
   ) {
@@ -851,6 +856,10 @@ describe('versioned site', () => {
       siteDir,
       locale: loadSiteOptions.locale,
     });
+
+    // hacky but gets the job done
+    getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate = loadSiteOptions.translate ?? true;
+
     const options = {
       id: DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
       ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
@@ -1055,6 +1064,43 @@ describe('versioned site', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('versioned docs - translate: false', async () => {
+    const {version100TestUtils} = await loadSite({
+      translate: false,
+    });
+
+    // This doc is translated, but we still read the original
+    await version100TestUtils.testMeta(path.join('hello.md'), {
+      id: 'hello',
+      sourceDirName: '.',
+      permalink: '/docs/1.0.0/',
+      slug: '/',
+      title: 'hello',
+      description: 'Hello 1.0.0 !',
+      frontMatter: {
+        slug: '/',
+        tags: ['inlineTag-v1.0.0', 'globalTag-v1.0.0'],
+      },
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      source: '@site/versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/hello.md',
+      tags: [
+        {
+          description: undefined,
+          inline: true,
+          label: 'inlineTag-v1.0.0',
+          permalink: '/docs/1.0.0/tags/inline-tag-v-1-0-0',
+        },
+        {
+          description: 'globalTag-v1.0.0 description',
+          inline: false,
+          label: 'globalTag-v1.0.0 label',
+          permalink: '/docs/1.0.0/tags/globalTag-v1.0.0 permalink',
+        },
+      ],
+      unlisted: false,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('next doc slugs', async () => {
     const {currentVersionTestUtils} = await loadSite();
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index fb1180159f..26594bc95d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   createConfigureWebpackUtils,
 } from '@docusaurus/core/src/webpack/configure';
 import {sortRoutes} from '@docusaurus/core/src/server/plugins/routeConfig';
-import {posixPath} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {getLocaleConfig, posixPath} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {normalizePluginOptions} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 
 import {fromPartial} from '@total-typescript/shoehorn';
@@ -219,9 +219,13 @@ describe('empty/no docs website', () => {
 });
 
 describe('simple website', () => {
-  async function loadSite() {
+  async function loadSite({translate}: {translate?: boolean} = {}) {
     const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'simple-site');
     const context = await loadContext({siteDir});
+
+    // hacky but gets the job done
+    getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate = translate ?? true;
+
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const options = validateOptions({
       validate: normalizePluginOptions as Validate<Options, PluginOptions>,
@@ -233,7 +237,20 @@ describe('simple website', () => {
     const plugin = await pluginContentDocs(context, options);
     const pluginContentDir = path.join(context.generatedFilesDir, plugin.name);
 
-    return {siteDir, context, sidebarPath, plugin, options, pluginContentDir};
+    return {
+      siteDir,
+      context,
+      sidebarPath,
+      plugin,
+      options,
+      pluginContentDir,
+      getPathsToWatch: () => {
+        const pathToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
+        return pathToWatch.map((filepath) =>
+          posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, filepath)),
+        );
+      },
+    };
   }
 
   it('extendCli - docsVersion', async () => {
@@ -242,8 +259,6 @@ describe('simple website', () => {
       .spyOn(cliDocs, 'cliDocsVersionCommand')
       .mockImplementation(async () => {});
     const cli = new commander.Command();
-    // @ts-expect-error: in actual usage, we pass the static commander instead
-    // of the new command
     plugin.extendCli!(cli);
     cli.parse(['node', 'test', 'docs:version', '1.0.0']);
     expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -251,25 +266,48 @@ describe('simple website', () => {
     mock.mockRestore();
   });
 
-  it('getPathToWatch', async () => {
-    const {siteDir, plugin} = await loadSite();
+  describe('getPathToWatch', () => {
+    it('translate: false', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite({translate: false});
+      expect(getPathsToWatch()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "sidebars.json",
+          "docs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "docs/tags.yml",
+          "docs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
 
-    const pathToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
-    const matchPattern = pathToWatch.map((filepath) =>
-      posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, filepath)),
-    );
-    expect(matchPattern).toMatchSnapshot();
-    expect(isMatch('docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/hello.mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/foo/bar.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/hello.js', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/super.mdl', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/headingAsTitle.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('sidebars.json', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('versioned_docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('super/docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+    it('translate: true', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite({translate: true});
+      expect(getPathsToWatch()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "docs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/tags.yml",
+          "docs/tags.yml",
+          "docs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
+
+    it('returns patterns matching docs', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite();
+      const matchPattern = getPathsToWatch();
+      expect(isMatch('docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/hello.mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/foo/bar.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/hello.js', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/super.mdl', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/headingAsTitle.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('sidebars.json', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('versioned_docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('super/docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 
   it('configureWebpack', async () => {
@@ -329,9 +367,13 @@ describe('simple website', () => {
 });
 
 describe('versioned website', () => {
-  async function loadSite() {
+  async function loadSite({translate}: {translate?: boolean} = {}) {
     const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'versioned-site');
     const context = await loadContext({siteDir});
+
+    // hacky but gets the job done
+    getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate = translate ?? true;
+
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const routeBasePath = 'docs';
     const options = validateOptions({
@@ -356,6 +398,13 @@ describe('versioned website', () => {
       options,
       plugin,
       pluginContentDir,
+
+      getPathsToWatch: () => {
+        const pathToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
+        return pathToWatch.map((filepath) =>
+          posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, filepath)),
+        );
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -365,8 +414,6 @@ describe('versioned website', () => {
       .spyOn(cliDocs, 'cliDocsVersionCommand')
       .mockImplementation(async () => {});
     const cli = new commander.Command();
-    // @ts-expect-error: in actual usage, we pass the static commander instead
-    // of the new command
     plugin.extendCli!(cli);
     cli.parse(['node', 'test', 'docs:version', '2.0.0']);
     expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -374,48 +421,101 @@ describe('versioned website', () => {
     mock.mockRestore();
   });
 
-  it('getPathToWatch', async () => {
-    const {siteDir, plugin} = await loadSite();
-    const pathToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
-    const matchPattern = pathToWatch.map((filepath) =>
-      posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, filepath)),
-    );
-    expect(matchPattern).not.toEqual([]);
-    expect(matchPattern).toMatchSnapshot();
-    expect(isMatch('docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/hello.mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/foo/bar.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('sidebars.json', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(isMatch('versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(
-      true,
-    );
-    expect(
-      isMatch('versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/foo/bar.md', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(true);
-    expect(
-      isMatch('versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(true);
+  describe('getPathToWatch', () => {
+    it('translate: false', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite({translate: false});
+      expect(getPathsToWatch()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "sidebars.json",
+          "docs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "docs/tags.yml",
+          "docs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.1-sidebars.json",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "versioned_sidebars/version-withSlugs-sidebars.json",
+          "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
 
-    // Non existing version
-    expect(
-      isMatch('versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/foo/bar.md', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(
-      false,
-    );
-    expect(
-      isMatch('versioned_sidebars/version-2.0.0-sidebars.json', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(false);
+    it('translate: true', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite({translate: true});
+      expect(getPathsToWatch()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "docs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/tags.yml",
+          "docs/tags.yml",
+          "docs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.1-sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.1/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.1/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.1/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "versioned_sidebars/version-withSlugs-sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-withSlugs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-withSlugs/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/tags.yml",
+          "versioned_docs/version-withSlugs/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
 
-    expect(isMatch('docs/hello.js', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/super.mdl', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('docs/mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(isMatch('super/docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+    it('returns patterns matching docs', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite();
+      const matchPattern = getPathsToWatch();
+      expect(isMatch('docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/hello.mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/foo/bar.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isMatch('sidebars.json', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/hello.md', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/foo/bar.md', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(true);
+
+      // Non existing version
+      expect(
+        isMatch('versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/foo/bar.md', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/hello.md', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('versioned_sidebars/version-2.0.0-sidebars.json', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(isMatch('docs/hello.js', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/super.mdl', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('docs/mdx', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isMatch('super/docs/hello.md', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 
   it('content', async () => {
-    const {plugin, pluginContentDir} = await loadSite();
+    const {plugin, pluginContentDir} = await loadSite({translate: true});
     const content = await plugin.loadContent!();
     expect(content.loadedVersions).toHaveLength(4);
     const [currentVersion, version101, version100, versionWithSlugs] =
@@ -453,9 +553,13 @@ describe('versioned website', () => {
 });
 
 describe('versioned website (community)', () => {
-  async function loadSite() {
+  async function loadSite({translate}: {translate?: boolean} = {}) {
     const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'versioned-site');
     const context = await loadContext({siteDir});
+
+    // hacky but gets the job done
+    getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate = translate ?? true;
+
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'community_sidebars.json');
     const routeBasePath = 'community';
     const pluginId = 'community';
@@ -479,6 +583,13 @@ describe('versioned website (community)', () => {
       options,
       plugin,
       pluginContentDir,
+
+      getPathsToWatch: () => {
+        const pathToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
+        return pathToWatch.map((filepath) =>
+          posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, filepath)),
+        );
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -488,8 +599,6 @@ describe('versioned website (community)', () => {
       .spyOn(cliDocs, 'cliDocsVersionCommand')
       .mockImplementation(async () => {});
     const cli = new commander.Command();
-    // @ts-expect-error: in actual usage, we pass the static commander instead
-    // of the new command
     plugin.extendCli!(cli);
     cli.parse(['node', 'test', `docs:version:${pluginId}`, '2.0.0']);
     expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -497,34 +606,67 @@ describe('versioned website (community)', () => {
     mock.mockRestore();
   });
 
-  it('getPathToWatch', async () => {
-    const {siteDir, plugin} = await loadSite();
-    const pathToWatch = plugin.getPathsToWatch!();
-    const matchPattern = pathToWatch.map((filepath) =>
-      posixPath(path.relative(siteDir, filepath)),
-    );
-    expect(matchPattern).not.toEqual([]);
-    expect(matchPattern).toMatchSnapshot();
-    expect(isMatch('community/team.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
-    expect(
-      isMatch('community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/team.md', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(true);
+  describe('getPathToWatch', () => {
+    it('translate: false', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite({translate: false});
+      expect(getPathsToWatch()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "community_sidebars.json",
+          "community/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "community/tags.yml",
+          "community/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "community_versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json",
+          "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
+          "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
 
-    // Non existing version
-    expect(
-      isMatch('community_versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/team.md', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(false);
-    expect(
-      isMatch(
-        'community_versioned_sidebars/version-2.0.0-sidebars.json',
-        matchPattern,
-      ),
-    ).toBe(false);
+    it('translate: true', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite({translate: true});
+      expect(getPathsToWatch()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          "community_sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/current/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "community/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/current/tags.yml",
+          "community/tags.yml",
+          "community/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+          "community_versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/*.{md,mdx}",
+          "i18n/en/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs-community/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
+          "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/tags.yml",
+          "community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/**/_category_.{json,yml,yaml}",
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
 
-    expect(isMatch('community/team.js', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
-    expect(
-      isMatch('community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/team.js', matchPattern),
-    ).toBe(false);
+    it('returns patterns matching docs', async () => {
+      const {getPathsToWatch} = await loadSite();
+      const matchPattern = getPathsToWatch();
+      expect(isMatch('community/team.md', matchPattern)).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/team.md', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(true);
+
+      // Non existing version
+      expect(
+        isMatch('community_versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/team.md', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        isMatch(
+          'community_versioned_sidebars/version-2.0.0-sidebars.json',
+          matchPattern,
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(isMatch('community/team.js', matchPattern)).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        isMatch('community_versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/team.js', matchPattern),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 
   it('content', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/cli.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/cli.ts
index e66e910ebc..d19d3f5fbd 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/cli.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
-import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID, getLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {
   getVersionsFilePath,
   getVersionDocsDirPath,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async function cliDocsVersionCommand(
       const localizationDir = path.resolve(
         siteDir,
         i18n.path,
-        i18n.localeConfigs[locale]!.path,
+        getLocaleConfig(i18n, locale).path,
       );
       // Copy docs files.
       const docsDir =
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
index e3eb7cc47f..352ccb3adb 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ async function doProcessDocMetadata({
         locale: context.i18n.currentLocale,
       });
     } else if (typeof options.editUrl === 'string') {
-      const isLocalized = contentPath === versionMetadata.contentPathLocalized;
+      const isLocalized =
+        typeof versionMetadata.contentPathLocalized !== 'undefined' &&
+        contentPath === versionMetadata.contentPathLocalized;
       const baseVersionEditUrl =
         isLocalized && options.editLocalizedFiles
           ? versionMetadata.editUrlLocalized
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts
index a4329f7a5c..442e4a43a5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import path from 'path';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import {fromPartial} from '@total-typescript/shoehorn';
 import {DEFAULT_PARSE_FRONT_MATTER} from '@docusaurus/utils/src';
 import {readVersionsMetadata} from '../version';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const DefaultI18N: I18n = {
   currentLocale: 'en',
   locales: ['en'],
   defaultLocale: 'en',
-  localeConfigs: {},
+  localeConfigs: {en: fromPartial({translate: true})},
 };
 
 async function siteFixture(fixture: string) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/version.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/version.test.ts
index e4e53b58be..4109f7e72f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/version.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/version.test.ts
@@ -6,27 +6,44 @@
  */
 
 import {jest} from '@jest/globals';
-import path from 'path';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {readVersionsMetadata} from '../version';
 import {DEFAULT_OPTIONS} from '../../options';
-import type {I18n, LoadContext} from '@docusaurus/types';
+import type {I18n, I18nLocaleConfig, LoadContext} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {
   PluginOptions,
   VersionMetadata,
 } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs';
 
-const DefaultI18N: I18n = {
-  path: 'i18n',
-  currentLocale: 'en',
-  locales: ['en'],
-  defaultLocale: 'en',
-  localeConfigs: {},
-};
+function getI18n(
+  locale: string,
+  localeConfigOptions?: Partial<I18nLocaleConfig>,
+): I18n {
+  return {
+    path: 'i18n',
+    currentLocale: locale,
+    locales: ['en'],
+    defaultLocale: locale,
+    localeConfigs: {
+      [locale]: {
+        path: locale,
+        label: locale,
+        translate: true,
+        calendar: 'calendar',
+        htmlLang: locale,
+        direction: 'rtl',
+        ...localeConfigOptions,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+const DefaultI18N: I18n = getI18n('en');
 
 describe('readVersionsMetadata', () => {
   describe('simple site', () => {
-    async function loadSite() {
+    async function loadSite({context}: {context?: Partial<LoadContext>} = {}) {
       const simpleSiteDir = path.resolve(
         path.join(__dirname, '../../__tests__/__fixtures__', 'simple-site'),
       );
@@ -39,6 +56,7 @@ describe('readVersionsMetadata', () => {
         baseUrl: '/',
         i18n: DefaultI18N,
         localizationDir: path.join(simpleSiteDir, 'i18n/en'),
+        ...context,
       } as LoadContext;
 
       const vCurrent: VersionMetadata = {
@@ -73,6 +91,26 @@ describe('readVersionsMetadata', () => {
       expect(versionsMetadata).toEqual([vCurrent]);
     });
 
+    it('works with translate: false', async () => {
+      const {defaultOptions, defaultContext, vCurrent} = await loadSite({
+        context: {
+          i18n: getI18n('en', {translate: false}),
+        },
+      });
+
+      const versionsMetadata = await readVersionsMetadata({
+        options: defaultOptions,
+        context: defaultContext,
+      });
+
+      expect(versionsMetadata).toEqual([
+        {
+          ...vCurrent,
+          contentPathLocalized: undefined,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('works with base url', async () => {
       const {defaultOptions, defaultContext, vCurrent} = await loadSite();
 
@@ -188,7 +226,7 @@ describe('readVersionsMetadata', () => {
   });
 
   describe('versioned site, pluginId=default', () => {
-    async function loadSite() {
+    async function loadSite({context}: {context?: Partial<LoadContext>} = {}) {
       const versionedSiteDir = path.resolve(
         path.join(__dirname, '../../__tests__/__fixtures__', 'versioned-site'),
       );
@@ -202,6 +240,7 @@ describe('readVersionsMetadata', () => {
         baseUrl: '/',
         i18n: DefaultI18N,
         localizationDir: path.join(versionedSiteDir, 'i18n/en'),
+        ...context,
       } as LoadContext;
 
       const vCurrent: VersionMetadata = {
@@ -436,6 +475,54 @@ describe('readVersionsMetadata', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('works with editUrl and translate=false', async () => {
+      const {defaultOptions, defaultContext, vCurrent, v101, v100, vWithSlugs} =
+        await loadSite({
+          context: {
+            i18n: getI18n('en', {translate: false}),
+          },
+        });
+
+      const versionsMetadata = await readVersionsMetadata({
+        options: {
+          ...defaultOptions,
+          editUrl: 'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/main/website/',
+        },
+        context: defaultContext,
+      });
+
+      expect(versionsMetadata).toEqual([
+        {
+          ...vCurrent,
+          contentPathLocalized: undefined,
+          editUrl:
+            'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/main/website/docs',
+          editUrlLocalized: undefined,
+        },
+        {
+          ...v101,
+          contentPathLocalized: undefined,
+          editUrl:
+            'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/main/website/versioned_docs/version-1.0.1',
+          editUrlLocalized: undefined,
+        },
+        {
+          ...v100,
+          contentPathLocalized: undefined,
+          editUrl:
+            'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/main/website/versioned_docs/version-1.0.0',
+          editUrlLocalized: undefined,
+        },
+        {
+          ...vWithSlugs,
+          contentPathLocalized: undefined,
+          editUrl:
+            'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/main/website/versioned_docs/version-withSlugs',
+          editUrlLocalized: undefined,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('works with editUrl and editCurrentVersion=true', async () => {
       const {defaultOptions, defaultContext, vCurrent, v101, v100, vWithSlugs} =
         await loadSite();
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/files.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/files.ts
index 33839b9027..d7b8115432 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/files.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/files.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import {getPluginI18nPath, DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {
+  getPluginI18nPath,
+  getLocaleConfig,
+  DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
+} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {
   VERSIONS_JSON_FILE,
   VERSIONED_DOCS_DIR,
@@ -186,11 +190,16 @@ export async function getVersionMetadataPaths({
   >
 > {
   const isCurrent = versionName === CURRENT_VERSION_NAME;
-  const contentPathLocalized = getDocsDirPathLocalized({
-    localizationDir: context.localizationDir,
-    pluginId: options.id,
-    versionName,
-  });
+
+  const shouldTranslate = getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
+  const contentPathLocalized = shouldTranslate
+    ? getDocsDirPathLocalized({
+        localizationDir: context.localizationDir,
+        pluginId: options.id,
+        versionName,
+      })
+    : undefined;
+
   const contentPath = isCurrent
     ? path.resolve(context.siteDir, options.path)
     : getVersionDocsDirPath(context.siteDir, options.id, versionName);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts
index 5b4ef5c043..a7f85ecbb6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts
@@ -50,33 +50,47 @@ function getVersionEditUrls({
     return {editUrl: undefined, editUrlLocalized: undefined};
   }
 
-  const editDirPath = options.editCurrentVersion ? options.path : contentPath;
-  const editDirPathLocalized = options.editCurrentVersion
-    ? getDocsDirPathLocalized({
-        localizationDir: context.localizationDir,
-        versionName: CURRENT_VERSION_NAME,
-        pluginId: options.id,
-      })
-    : contentPathLocalized;
+  // Intermediate var just to please TS not narrowing to "string"
+  const editUrlOption = options.editUrl;
 
-  const versionPathSegment = posixPath(
-    path.relative(context.siteDir, path.resolve(context.siteDir, editDirPath)),
-  );
-  const versionPathSegmentLocalized = posixPath(
-    path.relative(
-      context.siteDir,
-      path.resolve(context.siteDir, editDirPathLocalized),
-    ),
-  );
+  const getEditUrl = () => {
+    const editDirPath = options.editCurrentVersion ? options.path : contentPath;
 
-  const editUrl = normalizeUrl([options.editUrl, versionPathSegment]);
+    return normalizeUrl([
+      editUrlOption,
+      posixPath(
+        path.relative(
+          context.siteDir,
+          path.resolve(context.siteDir, editDirPath),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ]);
+  };
 
-  const editUrlLocalized = normalizeUrl([
-    options.editUrl,
-    versionPathSegmentLocalized,
-  ]);
+  const getEditUrlLocalized = () => {
+    if (!contentPathLocalized) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const editDirPathLocalized = options.editCurrentVersion
+      ? getDocsDirPathLocalized({
+          localizationDir: context.localizationDir,
+          versionName: CURRENT_VERSION_NAME,
+          pluginId: options.id,
+        })
+      : contentPathLocalized;
 
-  return {editUrl, editUrlLocalized};
+    return normalizeUrl([
+      editUrlOption,
+      posixPath(
+        path.relative(
+          context.siteDir,
+          path.resolve(context.siteDir, editDirPathLocalized),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ]);
+  };
+
+  return {editUrl: getEditUrl(), editUrlLocalized: getEditUrlLocalized()};
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index ecb51dba22..4fb6568e8e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -70,6 +70,76 @@ exports[`docusaurus-plugin-content-pages loads simple pages 1`] = `
 ]
 `;
 
+exports[`docusaurus-plugin-content-pages loads simple pages with french translations (translate: false) 1`] = `
+[
+  {
+    "permalink": "/fr/",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/index.js",
+    "type": "jsx",
+  },
+  {
+    "permalink": "/fr/typescript",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/typescript.tsx",
+    "type": "jsx",
+  },
+  {
+    "description": "Markdown index page",
+    "editUrl": undefined,
+    "frontMatter": {
+      "custom_frontMatter": "added by parseFrontMatter",
+    },
+    "lastUpdatedAt": undefined,
+    "lastUpdatedBy": undefined,
+    "permalink": "/fr/hello/",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/hello/index.md",
+    "title": "Index",
+    "type": "mdx",
+    "unlisted": false,
+  },
+  {
+    "description": "my MDX page",
+    "editUrl": undefined,
+    "frontMatter": {
+      "custom_frontMatter": "added by parseFrontMatter",
+      "description": "my MDX page",
+      "slug": "/custom-mdx/slug",
+      "title": "MDX page",
+    },
+    "lastUpdatedAt": undefined,
+    "lastUpdatedBy": undefined,
+    "permalink": "/fr/custom-mdx/slug",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/hello/mdxPage.mdx",
+    "title": "MDX page",
+    "type": "mdx",
+    "unlisted": false,
+  },
+  {
+    "permalink": "/fr/hello/translatedJs",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/hello/translatedJs.js",
+    "type": "jsx",
+  },
+  {
+    "description": "translated Markdown page",
+    "editUrl": undefined,
+    "frontMatter": {
+      "custom_frontMatter": "added by parseFrontMatter",
+    },
+    "lastUpdatedAt": undefined,
+    "lastUpdatedBy": undefined,
+    "permalink": "/fr/hello/translatedMd",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/hello/translatedMd.md",
+    "title": undefined,
+    "type": "mdx",
+    "unlisted": false,
+  },
+  {
+    "permalink": "/fr/hello/world",
+    "source": "@site/src/pages/hello/world.js",
+    "type": "jsx",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`docusaurus-plugin-content-pages loads simple pages with french translations 1`] = `
 [
   {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index b1f14ebcbb..91efb8c576 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ describe('docusaurus-plugin-content-pages', () => {
     expect(pagesMetadata).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('loads simple pages with french translations (translate: false)', async () => {
+    const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
+    const context = await loadContext({siteDir, locale: 'fr'});
+    context.i18n.localeConfigs.fr.translate = false;
+
+    const plugin = await pluginContentPages(
+      context,
+      validateOptions({
+        validate: normalizePluginOptions,
+        options: {
+          path: 'src/pages',
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    const pagesMetadata = await plugin.loadContent!();
+
+    expect(pagesMetadata).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
   it('loads simple pages with last update', async () => {
     const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'website');
     const context = await loadContext({siteDir});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
index 97806bfb67..65f1d9b420 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ import {
   getEditUrl,
   posixPath,
   getPluginI18nPath,
+  getContentPathList,
+  getLocaleConfig,
+  type ContentPaths,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {validatePageFrontMatter} from './frontMatter';
 import type {LoadContext} from '@docusaurus/types';
-import type {PagesContentPaths} from './types';
 import type {
   PluginOptions,
   Metadata,
@@ -37,29 +39,29 @@ export function createPagesContentPaths({
 }: {
   context: LoadContext;
   options: PluginOptions;
-}): PagesContentPaths {
+}): ContentPaths {
   const {siteDir, localizationDir} = context;
+
+  const shouldTranslate = getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
   return {
     contentPath: path.resolve(siteDir, options.path),
-    contentPathLocalized: getPluginI18nPath({
-      localizationDir,
-      pluginName: 'docusaurus-plugin-content-pages',
-      pluginId: options.id,
-    }),
+    contentPathLocalized: shouldTranslate
+      ? getPluginI18nPath({
+          localizationDir,
+          pluginName: 'docusaurus-plugin-content-pages',
+          pluginId: options.id,
+        })
+      : undefined,
   };
 }
 
-export function getContentPathList(contentPaths: PagesContentPaths): string[] {
-  return [contentPaths.contentPathLocalized, contentPaths.contentPath];
-}
-
 const isMarkdownSource = (source: string) =>
   source.endsWith('.md') || source.endsWith('.mdx');
 
 type LoadContentParams = {
   context: LoadContext;
   options: PluginOptions;
-  contentPaths: PagesContentPaths;
+  contentPaths: ContentPaths;
 };
 
 export async function loadPagesContent(
@@ -158,7 +160,9 @@ async function processPageSourceFile(
     } else if (typeof editUrl === 'string') {
       const isLocalized = pagesDirPath === contentPaths.contentPathLocalized;
       const fileContentPath =
-        isLocalized && options.editLocalizedFiles
+        isLocalized &&
+        options.editLocalizedFiles &&
+        contentPaths.contentPathLocalized
           ? contentPaths.contentPathLocalized
           : contentPaths.contentPath;
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
index bb06e3adcd..aea10501f2 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@ import {
   docuHash,
   addTrailingPathSeparator,
   createAbsoluteFilePathMatcher,
+  getContentPathList,
   DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {createMDXLoaderRule} from '@docusaurus/mdx-loader';
 import {createAllRoutes} from './routes';
-import {
-  createPagesContentPaths,
-  getContentPathList,
-  loadPagesContent,
-} from './content';
+import {createPagesContentPaths, loadPagesContent} from './content';
 import type {LoadContext, Plugin} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {
   PluginOptions,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/types.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d11492cb0..0000000000
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-export type PagesContentPaths = {
-  contentPath: string;
-  contentPathLocalized: string;
-};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/i18n.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/i18n.d.ts
index f8ddf15b83..ea834788e5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/i18n.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/i18n.d.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ export type I18nLocaleConfig = {
    * name.
    */
   path: string;
+  /**
+   * Should we attempt to translate this locale?
+   * By default, it will only be run if the `./i18n/<locale>` exists.
+   */
+  translate: boolean;
 };
 
 export type I18nConfig = {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/i18nUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/i18nUtils.test.ts
index 55c0b52e7c..527aa21379 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/i18nUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/i18nUtils.test.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import path from 'path';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import {
   mergeTranslations,
   updateTranslationFileMessages,
   getPluginI18nPath,
   localizePath,
+  getLocaleConfig,
 } from '../i18nUtils';
+import type {I18n, I18nLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
 describe('mergeTranslations', () => {
   it('works', () => {
@@ -179,3 +181,77 @@ describe('localizePath', () => {
     ).toBe('/baseUrl/');
   });
 });
+
+describe('getLocaleConfig', () => {
+  const localeConfigEn: I18nLocaleConfig = {
+    path: 'path',
+    direction: 'rtl',
+    htmlLang: 'en',
+    calendar: 'calendar',
+    label: 'EN',
+    translate: true,
+  };
+  const localeConfigFr: I18nLocaleConfig = {
+    path: 'path',
+    direction: 'rtl',
+    htmlLang: 'fr',
+    calendar: 'calendar',
+    label: 'FR',
+    translate: true,
+  };
+
+  function i18n(params: Partial<I18n>): I18n {
+    return {
+      defaultLocale: 'en',
+      localeConfigs: {},
+      locales: ['en'],
+      path: 'path',
+      currentLocale: 'en',
+      ...params,
+    };
+  }
+
+  it('returns single locale config', () => {
+    expect(
+      getLocaleConfig(
+        i18n({currentLocale: 'en', localeConfigs: {en: localeConfigEn}}),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(localeConfigEn);
+  });
+
+  it('returns correct locale config among 2', () => {
+    expect(
+      getLocaleConfig(
+        i18n({
+          currentLocale: 'fr',
+          localeConfigs: {en: localeConfigEn, fr: localeConfigFr},
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(localeConfigFr);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts locale to look for as param', () => {
+    expect(
+      getLocaleConfig(
+        i18n({
+          currentLocale: 'fr',
+          localeConfigs: {en: localeConfigEn, fr: localeConfigFr},
+        }),
+        'en',
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(localeConfigEn);
+  });
+
+  it('throws for locale config that does not exist', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      getLocaleConfig(
+        i18n({
+          currentLocale: 'fr',
+          localeConfigs: {en: localeConfigEn},
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+      `"Can't find locale config for locale \`fr\`"`,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/dataFileUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/dataFileUtils.ts
index decd57da94..8c07f2dd49 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/dataFileUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/dataFileUtils.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ export async function readDataFile(params: DataFileParams): Promise<unknown> {
  * in priority.
  */
 export function getContentPathList(contentPaths: ContentPaths): string[] {
-  return [contentPaths.contentPathLocalized, contentPaths.contentPath];
+  return [contentPaths.contentPathLocalized, contentPaths.contentPath].filter(
+    (p) => p !== undefined,
+  );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/i18nUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/i18nUtils.ts
index 15723648d7..8e7080b962 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/i18nUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/i18nUtils.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
 import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from './constants';
 import {normalizeUrl} from './urlUtils';
 import type {
   TranslationFileContent,
   TranslationFile,
   I18n,
+  I18nLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
 
 /**
@@ -112,3 +114,17 @@ export function localizePath({
   // Url paths; add a trailing slash so it's a valid base URL
   return normalizeUrl([originalPath, i18n.currentLocale, '/']);
 }
+
+// TODO we may extract this to a separate package
+//  we want to use it on the frontend too
+//  but "docusaurus-utils-common" (agnostic utils) is not an ideal place since
+export function getLocaleConfig(i18n: I18n, locale?: string): I18nLocaleConfig {
+  const localeToLookFor = locale ?? i18n.currentLocale;
+  const localeConfig = i18n.localeConfigs[localeToLookFor];
+  if (!localeConfig) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Can't find locale config for locale ${logger.code(localeToLookFor)}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return localeConfig;
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
index a38a6def09..74b66ca3a9 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export {
   updateTranslationFileMessages,
   getPluginI18nPath,
   localizePath,
+  getLocaleConfig,
 } from './i18nUtils';
 export {mapAsyncSequential, findAsyncSequential} from './jsUtils';
 export {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
index 1183656aa1..a045ab4cd5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ export type ContentPaths = {
   contentPath: string;
   /**
    * The absolute path to the localized content directory, like
-   * `"<siteDir>/i18n/zh-Hans/plugin-content-docs"`.
+   * `"<siteDir>/i18n/zh-Hans/plugin-content-blog"`.
+   *
+   * Undefined when the locale has `translate: false` config
    */
-  contentPathLocalized: string;
+  contentPathLocalized: string | undefined;
 };
 
 /** Data structure representing each broken Markdown link to be reported. */
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build/build.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build/build.ts
index 7efaa0ca1d..4bfea69201 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build/build.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build/build.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ async function getLocalesToBuild({
     localizePath,
   });
 
-  const i18n = await loadI18n(context.siteConfig);
+  const i18n = await loadI18n({
+    siteDir,
+    config: context.siteConfig,
+    currentLocale: context.siteConfig.i18n.defaultLocale // Awkward but ok
+  });
 
   const locales = cliOptions.locale ?? i18n.locales;
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/custom-i18n-site/i18n/zh-Hans-custom/README.md b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/custom-i18n-site/i18n/zh-Hans-custom/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d736fa79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/custom-i18n-site/i18n/zh-Hans-custom/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Since i18n/zh-Hans-custom folder exists, zh-Hans locale should infer to translate = true
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/load-i18n-site/i18n/de/README.md b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/load-i18n-site/i18n/de/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d58ac5abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/load-i18n-site/i18n/de/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Since i18n/de folder exists, de locale should infer to translate = true
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/load-i18n-site/i18n/fr/README.md b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/load-i18n-site/i18n/fr/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b313dec94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/load-i18n-site/i18n/fr/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Since i18n/fr folder exists, fr locale should infer to translate = true
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/site.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/site.test.ts.snap
index 40c87e4b93..b15943ef82 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/site.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/site.test.ts.snap
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ exports[`load loads props for site with custom i18n path 1`] = `
         "htmlLang": "en",
         "label": "English",
         "path": "en-custom",
+        "translate": false,
       },
       "zh-Hans": {
         "calendar": "gregory",
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ exports[`load loads props for site with custom i18n path 1`] = `
         "htmlLang": "zh-Hans",
         "label": "简体中文",
         "path": "zh-Hans-custom",
+        "translate": true,
       },
     },
     "locales": [
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/i18n.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/i18n.test.ts
index 205dc7b05c..fb075d8b2b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/i18n.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/i18n.test.ts
@@ -6,23 +6,33 @@
  */
 
 import {jest} from '@jest/globals';
+import path from 'path';
 import {loadI18n, getDefaultLocaleConfig} from '../i18n';
 import {DEFAULT_I18N_CONFIG} from '../configValidation';
 import type {DocusaurusConfig, I18nConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
-function testLocaleConfigsFor(locales: string[]) {
-  return Object.fromEntries(
-    locales.map((locale) => [locale, getDefaultLocaleConfig(locale)]),
-  );
-}
+const loadI18nSiteDir = path.resolve(
+  __dirname,
+  '__fixtures__',
+  'load-i18n-site',
+);
 
-function loadI18nTest(i18nConfig: I18nConfig, locale?: string) {
-  return loadI18n(
-    {
+function loadI18nTest({
+  siteDir = loadI18nSiteDir,
+  i18nConfig,
+  currentLocale,
+}: {
+  siteDir?: string;
+  i18nConfig: I18nConfig;
+  currentLocale: string;
+}) {
+  return loadI18n({
+    siteDir,
+    config: {
       i18n: i18nConfig,
     } as DocusaurusConfig,
-    {locale},
-  );
+    currentLocale,
+  });
 }
 
 describe('defaultLocaleConfig', () => {
@@ -109,66 +119,106 @@ describe('loadI18n', () => {
   });
 
   it('loads I18n for default config', async () => {
-    await expect(loadI18nTest(DEFAULT_I18N_CONFIG)).resolves.toEqual({
+    await expect(
+      loadI18nTest({
+        i18nConfig: DEFAULT_I18N_CONFIG,
+        currentLocale: 'en',
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
       path: 'i18n',
       defaultLocale: 'en',
       locales: ['en'],
       currentLocale: 'en',
-      localeConfigs: testLocaleConfigsFor(['en']),
+      localeConfigs: {
+        en: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('en'),
+          translate: false,
+        },
+      },
     });
   });
 
   it('loads I18n for multi-lang config', async () => {
     await expect(
       loadI18nTest({
-        path: 'i18n',
-        defaultLocale: 'fr',
-        locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
-        localeConfigs: {},
+        i18nConfig: {
+          path: 'i18n',
+          defaultLocale: 'fr',
+          locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
+          localeConfigs: {},
+        },
+        currentLocale: 'fr',
       }),
     ).resolves.toEqual({
       defaultLocale: 'fr',
       path: 'i18n',
       locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
       currentLocale: 'fr',
-      localeConfigs: testLocaleConfigsFor(['en', 'fr', 'de']),
+      localeConfigs: {
+        en: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('en'),
+          translate: false,
+        },
+        fr: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('fr'),
+          translate: true,
+        },
+        de: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('de'),
+          translate: true,
+        },
+      },
     });
   });
 
   it('loads I18n for multi-locale config with specified locale', async () => {
     await expect(
-      loadI18nTest(
-        {
+      loadI18nTest({
+        i18nConfig: {
           path: 'i18n',
           defaultLocale: 'fr',
           locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
           localeConfigs: {},
         },
-        'de',
-      ),
+        currentLocale: 'de',
+      }),
     ).resolves.toEqual({
       defaultLocale: 'fr',
       path: 'i18n',
       locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
       currentLocale: 'de',
-      localeConfigs: testLocaleConfigsFor(['en', 'fr', 'de']),
+      localeConfigs: {
+        en: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('en'),
+          translate: false,
+        },
+        fr: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('fr'),
+          translate: true,
+        },
+        de: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('de'),
+          translate: true,
+        },
+      },
     });
   });
 
   it('loads I18n for multi-locale config with some custom locale configs', async () => {
     await expect(
-      loadI18nTest(
-        {
+      loadI18nTest({
+        i18nConfig: {
           path: 'i18n',
           defaultLocale: 'fr',
           locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
           localeConfigs: {
-            fr: {label: 'Français'},
-            en: {},
+            fr: {label: 'Français', translate: false},
+            en: {translate: true},
+            de: {translate: false},
           },
         },
-        'de',
-      ),
+        currentLocale: 'de',
+      }),
     ).resolves.toEqual({
       defaultLocale: 'fr',
       path: 'i18n',
@@ -181,23 +231,30 @@ describe('loadI18n', () => {
           htmlLang: 'fr',
           calendar: 'gregory',
           path: 'fr',
+          translate: false,
+        },
+        en: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('en'),
+          translate: true,
+        },
+        de: {
+          ...getDefaultLocaleConfig('de'),
+          translate: false,
         },
-        en: getDefaultLocaleConfig('en'),
-        de: getDefaultLocaleConfig('de'),
       },
     });
   });
 
   it('warns when trying to load undeclared locale', async () => {
-    await loadI18nTest(
-      {
+    await loadI18nTest({
+      i18nConfig: {
         path: 'i18n',
         defaultLocale: 'fr',
         locales: ['en', 'fr', 'de'],
         localeConfigs: {},
       },
-      'it',
-    );
+      currentLocale: 'it',
+    });
     expect(consoleSpy.mock.calls[0]![0]).toMatch(
       /The locale .*it.* was not found in your site configuration/,
     );
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/i18n.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/i18n.ts
index a7b41de4c7..9d97140b3a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/i18n.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
+import combinePromises from 'combine-promises';
 import type {I18n, DocusaurusConfig, I18nLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
-import type {LoadContextParams} from './site';
 
 function inferLanguageDisplayName(locale: string) {
   const tryLocale = (l: string) => {
@@ -78,7 +80,9 @@ function getDefaultDirection(localeStr: string) {
   return textInto.direction;
 }
 
-export function getDefaultLocaleConfig(locale: string): I18nLocaleConfig {
+export function getDefaultLocaleConfig(
+  locale: string,
+): Omit<I18nLocaleConfig, 'translate'> {
   try {
     return {
       label: getDefaultLocaleLabel(locale),
@@ -95,14 +99,17 @@ export function getDefaultLocaleConfig(locale: string): I18nLocaleConfig {
   }
 }
 
-export async function loadI18n(
-  config: DocusaurusConfig,
-  options?: Pick<LoadContextParams, 'locale'>,
-): Promise<I18n> {
+export async function loadI18n({
+  siteDir,
+  config,
+  currentLocale,
+}: {
+  siteDir: string;
+  config: DocusaurusConfig;
+  currentLocale: string;
+}): Promise<I18n> {
   const {i18n: i18nConfig} = config;
 
-  const currentLocale = options?.locale ?? i18nConfig.defaultLocale;
-
   if (!i18nConfig.locales.includes(currentLocale)) {
     logger.warn`The locale name=${currentLocale} was not found in your site configuration: Available locales are: ${i18nConfig.locales}
 Note: Docusaurus only support running one locale at a time.`;
@@ -112,15 +119,36 @@ Note: Docusaurus only support running one locale at a time.`;
     ? i18nConfig.locales
     : (i18nConfig.locales.concat(currentLocale) as [string, ...string[]]);
 
-  function getLocaleConfig(locale: string): I18nLocaleConfig {
-    return {
+  async function getFullLocaleConfig(
+    locale: string,
+  ): Promise<I18nLocaleConfig> {
+    const localeConfigInput = i18nConfig.localeConfigs[locale] ?? {};
+    const localeConfig: Omit<I18nLocaleConfig, 'translate'> = {
       ...getDefaultLocaleConfig(locale),
-      ...i18nConfig.localeConfigs[locale],
+      ...localeConfigInput,
+    };
+
+    // By default, translations will be enabled if i18n/<locale> dir exists
+    async function inferTranslate() {
+      const localizationDir = path.resolve(
+        siteDir,
+        i18nConfig.path,
+        localeConfig.path,
+      );
+      return fs.pathExists(localizationDir);
+    }
+
+    const translate = localeConfigInput.translate ?? (await inferTranslate());
+    return {
+      ...localeConfig,
+      translate,
     };
   }
 
-  const localeConfigs = Object.fromEntries(
-    locales.map((locale) => [locale, getLocaleConfig(locale)]),
+  const localeConfigs = await combinePromises(
+    Object.fromEntries(
+      locales.map((locale) => [locale, getFullLocaleConfig(locale)]),
+    ),
   );
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/__tests__/plugins.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/__tests__/plugins.test.ts
index 39c12daa0b..b62276638b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/__tests__/plugins.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/__tests__/plugins.test.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ import {loadPlugins, reloadPlugin} from '../plugins';
 import {DEFAULT_FUTURE_CONFIG} from '../../configValidation';
 import type {LoadContext, Plugin, PluginConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
+type TestOptions = {translate?: boolean};
+
 async function testLoad({
   plugins,
   themes,
+  options = {},
 }: {
   plugins: PluginConfig<any>[];
   themes: PluginConfig<any>[];
+  options?: TestOptions;
 }) {
   const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/site-with-plugin');
 
@@ -25,6 +29,13 @@ async function testLoad({
     siteConfigPath: path.join(siteDir, 'docusaurus.config.js'),
     generatedFilesDir: path.join(siteDir, '.docusaurus'),
     outDir: path.join(siteDir, 'build'),
+    i18n: {
+      path: 'i18n',
+      locales: ['en'],
+      currentLocale: 'en',
+      defaultLocale: 'en',
+      localeConfigs: {en: {translate: options.translate ?? true}},
+    },
     siteConfig: {
       baseUrl: '/',
       trailingSlash: true,
@@ -49,10 +60,12 @@ const SyntheticPluginNames = [
 
 async function testPlugin<Content = unknown>(
   pluginConfig: PluginConfig<Content>,
+  options?: TestOptions,
 ) {
   const {context, plugins, routes, globalData} = await testLoad({
     plugins: [pluginConfig],
     themes: [],
+    options,
   });
 
   const nonSyntheticPlugins = plugins.filter(
@@ -86,65 +99,120 @@ describe('loadPlugins', () => {
     expect(globalData).toEqual({});
   });
 
-  it('typical plugin', async () => {
-    const {plugin, routes, globalData} = await testPlugin(() => ({
-      name: 'plugin-name',
-      loadContent: () => ({name: 'Toto', age: 42}),
-      translateContent: ({content}) => ({
-        ...content,
-        name: `${content.name} (translated)`,
-      }),
-      contentLoaded({content, actions}) {
-        actions.addRoute({
-          path: '/foo',
-          component: 'Comp',
-          modules: {someModule: 'someModulePath'},
-          context: {someContext: 'someContextPath'},
-        });
-        actions.setGlobalData({
-          globalName: content.name,
-          globalAge: content.age,
-        });
-      },
-    }));
+  describe('typical plugin', () => {
+    function typicalPlugin(options: TestOptions) {
+      return testPlugin(
+        () => ({
+          name: 'plugin-name',
+          loadContent: () => ({name: 'Toto', age: 42}),
+          translateContent: ({content}) => ({
+            ...content,
+            name: `${content.name} (translated)`,
+          }),
+          contentLoaded({content, actions}) {
+            actions.addRoute({
+              path: '/foo',
+              component: 'Comp',
+              modules: {someModule: 'someModulePath'},
+              context: {someContext: 'someContextPath'},
+            });
+            actions.setGlobalData({
+              globalName: content.name,
+              globalAge: content.age,
+            });
+          },
+        }),
+        options,
+      );
+    }
 
-    expect(plugin.content).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      {
-        "age": 42,
-        "name": "Toto (translated)",
-      }
-    `);
-    expect(routes).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      [
+    it('translated: true', async () => {
+      const {plugin, routes, globalData} = await typicalPlugin({
+        translate: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(plugin.content).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+              {
+                "age": 42,
+                "name": "Toto (translated)",
+              }
+          `);
+      expect(routes).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+              [
+                {
+                  "component": "Comp",
+                  "context": {
+                    "data": {
+                      "someContext": "someContextPath",
+                    },
+                    "plugin": "@generated/plugin-name/default/__plugin.json",
+                  },
+                  "modules": {
+                    "someModule": "someModulePath",
+                  },
+                  "path": "/foo/",
+                  "plugin": {
+                    "id": "default",
+                    "name": "plugin-name",
+                  },
+                },
+              ]
+          `);
+      expect(globalData).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+              {
+                "plugin-name": {
+                  "default": {
+                    "globalAge": 42,
+                    "globalName": "Toto (translated)",
+                  },
+                },
+              }
+          `);
+    });
+
+    it('translated: false', async () => {
+      const {plugin, routes, globalData} = await typicalPlugin({
+        translate: false,
+      });
+
+      expect(plugin.content).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         {
-          "component": "Comp",
-          "context": {
-            "data": {
-              "someContext": "someContextPath",
+          "age": 42,
+          "name": "Toto",
+        }
+      `);
+      expect(routes).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+              [
+                {
+                  "component": "Comp",
+                  "context": {
+                    "data": {
+                      "someContext": "someContextPath",
+                    },
+                    "plugin": "@generated/plugin-name/default/__plugin.json",
+                  },
+                  "modules": {
+                    "someModule": "someModulePath",
+                  },
+                  "path": "/foo/",
+                  "plugin": {
+                    "id": "default",
+                    "name": "plugin-name",
+                  },
+                },
+              ]
+          `);
+      expect(globalData).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        {
+          "plugin-name": {
+            "default": {
+              "globalAge": 42,
+              "globalName": "Toto",
             },
-            "plugin": "@generated/plugin-name/default/__plugin.json",
           },
-          "modules": {
-            "someModule": "someModulePath",
-          },
-          "path": "/foo/",
-          "plugin": {
-            "id": "default",
-            "name": "plugin-name",
-          },
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
-    expect(globalData).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      {
-        "plugin-name": {
-          "default": {
-            "globalAge": 42,
-            "globalName": "Toto (translated)",
-          },
-        },
-      }
-    `);
+        }
+      `);
+    });
   });
 
   it('plugin with options', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
index f16007a5ec..b697878624 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
+import {getLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {initPlugins} from './init';
 import {createBootstrapPlugin, createMDXFallbackPlugin} from './synthetic';
 import {localizePluginTranslationFile} from '../translations/translations';
@@ -81,14 +82,20 @@ async function executePluginContentLoading({
       plugin.loadContent?.(),
     );
 
-    content = await PerfLogger.async('translatePluginContent()', () =>
-      translatePluginContent({
-        plugin,
-        content,
-        context,
-      }),
-    );
+    const shouldTranslate = getLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
 
+    if (shouldTranslate) {
+      content = await PerfLogger.async('translatePluginContent()', () =>
+        translatePluginContent({
+          plugin,
+          content,
+          context,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
+
+    // If shouldTranslate === false, we still need the code translations
+    // Otherwise an unlocalized French site would show code strings in English
     const defaultCodeTranslations =
       (await PerfLogger.async('getDefaultCodeTranslationMessages()', () =>
         plugin.getDefaultCodeTranslationMessages?.(),
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts
index d8fd3f242c..a48e68dd8a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   localizePath,
   DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR_NAME,
   GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME,
+  getLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
 import combinePromises from 'combine-promises';
@@ -96,7 +97,11 @@ export async function loadContext(
     siteConfig: initialSiteConfig,
   });
 
-  const i18n = await loadI18n(initialSiteConfig, {locale});
+  const i18n = await loadI18n({
+    siteDir,
+    config: initialSiteConfig,
+    currentLocale: locale ?? initialSiteConfig.i18n.defaultLocale,
+  });
 
   const baseUrl = localizePath({
     path: initialSiteConfig.baseUrl,
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ export async function loadContext(
   const localizationDir = path.resolve(
     siteDir,
     i18n.path,
-    i18n.localeConfigs[i18n.currentLocale]!.path,
+    getLocaleConfig(i18n).path,
   );
 
   const siteConfig: DocusaurusConfig = {...initialSiteConfig, baseUrl};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts
index 66e32fae36..660e7f8119 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {BundleAnalyzerPlugin} from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer';
 import ReactLoadableSSRAddon from 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber';
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
 import {getProgressBarPlugin} from '@docusaurus/bundler';
+import {getLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {createBaseConfig} from './base';
 import ChunkAssetPlugin from './plugins/ChunkAssetPlugin';
 import ForceTerminatePlugin from './plugins/ForceTerminatePlugin';
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ export async function createStartClientConfig({
           headTags,
           preBodyTags,
           postBodyTags,
-          lang: props.i18n.localeConfigs[props.i18n.currentLocale]!.htmlLang,
+          lang: getLocaleConfig(props.i18n).htmlLang,
         }),
       ],
     },
diff --git a/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.mdx b/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.mdx
index 1ac4d1e07b..351da0421a 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.mdx
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ export default {
         htmlLang: 'en-US',
         calendar: 'gregory',
         path: 'en',
+        translate: false,
       },
       fa: {
         label: 'فارسی',
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ export default {
         htmlLang: 'fa-IR',
         calendar: 'persian',
         path: 'fa',
+        translate: true,
       },
     },
   },
@@ -172,7 +174,8 @@ export default {
   - `direction`: `ltr` (default) or `rtl` (for [right-to-left languages](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/rtl) like Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.). Used to select the locale's CSS and HTML meta attribute.
   - `htmlLang`: BCP 47 language tag to use in `<html lang="...">` (or any other DOM tag name) and in `<link ... hreflang="...">`
   - `calendar`: the [calendar](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/Locale/calendar) used to calculate the date era. Note that it doesn't control the actual string displayed: `MM/DD/YYYY` and `DD/MM/YYYY` are both `gregory`. To choose the format (`DD/MM/YYYY` or `MM/DD/YYYY`), set your locale name to `en-GB` or `en-US` (`en` means `en-US`).
-  - `path`: Root folder that all plugin localization folders of this locale are relative to. Will be resolved against `i18n.path`. Defaults to the locale's name. Note: this has no effect on the locale's `baseUrl`—customization of base URL is a work-in-progress.
+  - `path`: Root folder that all plugin localization folders of this locale are relative to. Will be resolved against `i18n.path`. Defaults to the locale's name (`i18n/<locale>`). Note: this has no effect on the locale's `baseUrl`—customization of base URL is a work-in-progress.
+  - `translate`: Should we run the translation process for this locale? By default, it is enabled if the `i18n/<locale>` folder exists
 
 ### `future` {#future}