diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 28eea80c3..7a4f83a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           LINTER_RULES_PATH: /
           MARKDOWN_CONFIG_FILE: .markdown-lint.yaml
+          FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: docs/(cn|es|fr|ja|pt-br|ru|tr)/
           VALIDATE_CPP: false
           VALIDATE_JSCPD: false
           VALIDATE_GO: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translate.yaml b/.github/workflows/translate.yaml
index 94f782673..7a76f6d75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translate.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
+          # zizmor: ignore[artipacked]
+          # persist-credentials is intentionally left enabled (unlike other workflows)
+          # because this workflow needs to push a branch via git push
       - id: md_files
         run: |
           FILES=$(git diff --name-only "${{ github.event.before }}" "${{ github.sha }}" -- 'docs/*.md')
@@ -47,23 +49,27 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           LINTER_RULES_PATH: /
           MARKDOWN_CONFIG_FILE: .markdown-lint.yaml
-          FIX_NATURAL_LANGUAGE: true
+          VALIDATE_NATURAL_LANGUAGE: false
           FIX_MARKDOWN: true
       - name: Create Pull Request
         if: steps.md_files.outputs.found == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          title: "docs: update translations"
-          commit-message: "docs: update translations"
-          committer: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
-          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
-          branch: translations/${{ github.run_id }}
-          delete-branch: true
-          body: |
-            Translation updates for: ${{ steps.md_files.outputs.files }}.
-          labels: |
-            translations
-            bot
-          draft: false
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          ACTOR_ID: ${{ github.actor_id }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          MD_FILES_LIST: ${{ steps.md_files.outputs.files }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          BRANCH="translations/$RUN_ID"
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
+          git add docs/
+          git diff --cached --quiet && exit 0
+          git commit -m "docs: update translations" --author="$ACTOR <$ACTOR_ID+$ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com>"
+          git push origin "$BRANCH"
+          gh pr create \
+            --title "docs: update translations" \
+            --body "Translation updates for: $MD_FILES_LIST." \
+            --label "translations" \
+            --label "bot"