diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts
index bc6f8bbb8b..e64e1dde7b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ function getSidebarTranslationFileContent(
 
   const categories = collectSidebarCategories(sidebar);
 
-  const categoryContent: TranslationFileContent = Object.fromEntries(
-    categories.flatMap((category) => {
+  const categoryEntries: TranslationMessageEntry[] = categories.flatMap(
+    (category) => {
       const entries: TranslationMessageEntry[] = [];
 
       entries.push([
@@ -82,9 +82,21 @@ function getSidebarTranslationFileContent(
       }
 
       return entries;
-    }),
+    },
   );
 
+  _.chain(categoryEntries)
+    .groupBy((entry) => entry[0])
+    .forEach((group, key) => {
+      if (group.length > 1) {
+        console.warn(`KEY CONFLICT FOR key = ${key}`, group.length);
+      }
+    })
+    .value();
+
+  const categoryContent: TranslationFileContent =
+    Object.fromEntries(categoryEntries);
+
   const links = collectSidebarLinks(sidebar);
   const linksContent: TranslationFileContent = Object.fromEntries(
     links.map((link) => [
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
index f16007a5ec..3c0a9327b7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/plugins.ts
@@ -81,13 +81,16 @@ async function executePluginContentLoading({
       plugin.loadContent?.(),
     );
 
-    content = await PerfLogger.async('translatePluginContent()', () =>
-      translatePluginContent({
-        plugin,
-        content,
-        context,
-      }),
-    );
+    const translate = false;
+    if (translate) {
+      content = await PerfLogger.async('translatePluginContent()', () =>
+        translatePluginContent({
+          plugin,
+          content,
+          context,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
 
     const defaultCodeTranslations =
       (await PerfLogger.async('getDefaultCodeTranslationMessages()', () =>
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/_category_.json b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/_category_.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1689a31d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/_category_.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "label": "Alpha",
+  "link": {
+    "type": "generated-index"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/test/_category_.json b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/test/_category_.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a027d5781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/test/_category_.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "label": "CategoryLabelTest",
+  "link": {
+    "type": "generated-index",
+    "title": "test category in Alpha",
+    "description": "Test description in Alpha"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/test/test.md b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/test/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee22315f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/alpha/test/test.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
+## Test file
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/_category_.json b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/_category_.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86eedaae9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/_category_.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "label": "Beta",
+  "link": {
+    "type": "generated-index"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/test/_category_.json b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/test/_category_.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..668e049124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/test/_category_.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "label": "CategoryLabelTest",
+  "link": {
+    "type": "generated-index",
+    "title": "test category in Beta",
+    "description": "Test description in Beta"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/test/test.md b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/test/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee22315f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_docs tests/tests/Conflicts/category-index-name/beta/test/test.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
+## Test file