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..7565c603c4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   posixPath,
   getFileCommitDate,
   LAST_UPDATE_FALLBACK,
+  getCurrentLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {DEFAULT_FUTURE_CONFIG} from '@docusaurus/core/src/server/configValidation';
 import pluginContentBlog from '../index';
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ const getPlugin = async (
   const localizationDir = path.join(
     siteDir,
     i18n.path,
-    i18n.localeConfigs[i18n.currentLocale]!.path,
+    getCurrentLocaleConfig(i18n).path,
   );
   const siteConfig = {
     title: 'Hello',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
index 26eb593cdd..def2c1331c 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,
+  getCurrentLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {getTagsFilePathsToWatch} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import {createMDXLoaderItem} from '@docusaurus/mdx-loader';
@@ -73,10 +74,10 @@ export default async function pluginContentBlog(
 
   const {baseUrl} = siteConfig;
 
-  const shouldLocalize = false;
+  const shouldTranslate = getCurrentLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
   const contentPaths: BlogContentPaths = {
     contentPath: path.resolve(siteDir, options.path),
-    contentPathLocalized: shouldLocalize
+    contentPathLocalized: shouldTranslate
       ? getPluginI18nPath({
           localizationDir,
           pluginName: PluginName,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/cli.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/cli.ts
index e66e910ebc..3d267da223 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, getCurrentLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {
   getVersionsFilePath,
   getVersionDocsDirPath,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async function cliDocsVersionCommand(
       const localizationDir = path.resolve(
         siteDir,
         i18n.path,
-        i18n.localeConfigs[locale]!.path,
+        getCurrentLocaleConfig(i18n).path,
       );
       // Copy docs files.
       const docsDir =
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/files.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/files.ts
index 004cebc245..71c8b885db 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,
+  DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
+  getCurrentLocaleConfig,
+} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {
   VERSIONS_JSON_FILE,
   VERSIONED_DOCS_DIR,
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ export async function getVersionMetadataPaths({
 > {
   const isCurrent = versionName === CURRENT_VERSION_NAME;
 
-  const shouldTranslate = false; // TODO wire this properly
+  const shouldTranslate = getCurrentLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
   const contentPathLocalized = shouldTranslate
     ? getDocsDirPathLocalized({
         localizationDir: context.localizationDir,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
index c5819c8537..625bc18eca 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   getPluginI18nPath,
   getContentPathList,
   type ContentPaths,
+  getCurrentLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {validatePageFrontMatter} from './frontMatter';
 import type {LoadContext} from '@docusaurus/types';
@@ -41,10 +42,10 @@ export function createPagesContentPaths({
 }): ContentPaths {
   const {siteDir, localizationDir} = context;
 
-  const shouldLocalize = false;
+  const shouldTranslate = getCurrentLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
   return {
     contentPath: path.resolve(siteDir, options.path),
-    contentPathLocalized: shouldLocalize
+    contentPathLocalized: shouldTranslate
       ? getPluginI18nPath({
           localizationDir,
           pluginName: 'docusaurus-plugin-content-pages',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
index 76e30d4449..e8d4aeb7e5 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 {getCurrentLocaleConfig} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {initPlugins} from './init';
 import {createBootstrapPlugin, createMDXFallbackPlugin} from './synthetic';
 import {localizePluginTranslationFile} from '../translations/translations';
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@ async function executePluginContentLoading({
       plugin.loadContent?.(),
     );
 
-    // TODO wire
-    const shouldTranslate = false;
+    const shouldTranslate = getCurrentLocaleConfig(context.i18n).translate;
 
     if (shouldTranslate) {
       content = await PerfLogger.async('translatePluginContent()', () =>
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ async function executePluginContentLoading({
       );
     }
 
+    // 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..a9b6787333 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,
+  getCurrentLocaleConfig,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
 import combinePromises from 'combine-promises';
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export async function loadContext(
   const localizationDir = path.resolve(
     siteDir,
     i18n.path,
-    i18n.localeConfigs[i18n.currentLocale]!.path,
+    getCurrentLocaleConfig(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..5f5b5b66d7 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 {getCurrentLocaleConfig} 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: getCurrentLocaleConfig(props.i18n).htmlLang,
         }),
       ],
     },