When SharePoint 2019 was first released, its Machine Translation Service did not work.  The service could be installed and was running, but most attempts to use of it would result in the error message "The service application required to complete this request is unavailable. Try this ...

The new multilingual page publishing feature for Modern sites is now available in Targeted Release.  This is a good time to go through its main features in a bit more detail.

This SharePoint Online feature enables the publishing and consumption of pages and news in multiple languages in a modern...

Spoiler: they do in part, but very very slowly.

Nearly 3 years ago, we put together a roadmap for what we wanted to see in a SharePoint Online version of PointFire.  Today, we deliver the last of the features on that original roadmap.