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..e2f83d1f37 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,
     });
+
+    // TODO this is quite 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();