diff --git a/src/analytics/metrics/types.ts b/src/analytics/metrics/types.ts
index 8ad54fbcac..8c43b1d333 100644
--- a/src/analytics/metrics/types.ts
+++ b/src/analytics/metrics/types.ts
@@ -708,8 +708,19 @@ export type Events = {
 
   translate: {
     os: Platform['OS']
-    sourceLanguages: string[]
-    targetLanguage: string
+    /**
+     * The languages the content might be in, such as the user-supplied
+     * language codes on posts. Currently only available on posts.
+     */
+    possibleSourceLanguages: string[] | undefined
+    /**
+     * This is the user's configured primary language, which is always defined.
+     */
+    expectedTargetLanguage: string
+    /**
+     * The length of the text being translated. We assume shorter texts are
+     * more likely to have inaccurate translations.
+     */
     textLength: number
   }
   'translate:result': {
@@ -752,8 +763,27 @@ export type Events = {
   }
   'translate:override': {
     os: Platform['OS']
-    sourceLanguage: string
-    targetLanguage: string
+    /**
+     * The languages the content might be in, such as the user-supplied
+     * language codes on posts. Currently only available on posts.
+     */
+    possibleSourceLanguages: string[] | undefined
+    /**
+     * The language the user has indicated the content is actually in, which
+     * may be different from the expected source language if the user is
+     * overriding the auto-detected language. This is the language the user
+     * wants to translate from after overriding.
+     */
+    expectedSourceLanguage: string
+    /**
+     * This is the user's configured primary language, which is always defined.
+     */
+    expectedTargetLanguage: string
+    /**
+     * The language the translation result was actually in, which the user now
+     * wishes to override.
+     */
+    resultSourceLanguage: string
   }
 
   'postMenu:openMuteWordsDialog': {
diff --git a/src/components/Post/Translated/index.tsx b/src/components/Post/Translated/index.tsx
index 444bdb446d..4e137d0fc5 100644
--- a/src/components/Post/Translated/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Post/Translated/index.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import {useCallback, useMemo} from 'react'
 import {Platform, type StyleProp, type TextStyle, View} from 'react-native'
-import {type AppBskyFeedDefs} from '@atproto/api'
+import {type AppBskyFeedDefs, AppBskyFeedPost} from '@atproto/api'
 import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {HITSLOP_30} from '#/lib/constants'
-import {useGoogleTranslate} from '#/lib/hooks/useGoogleTranslate'
 import {useTranslate} from '#/lib/translation'
-import {type TranslationFunction} from '#/lib/translation'
+import {
+  type TranslationFunction,
+  type TranslationFunctionParams,
+} from '#/lib/translation'
 import {
   codeToLanguageName,
   getPostLanguageTags,
@@ -26,26 +28,39 @@ import * as Select from '#/components/Select'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
 import {IS_WEB} from '#/env'
+import * as bsky from '#/types/bsky'
 
 const X_ICON_OFFSET = 16
 
 export function TranslatedPost({
   hideTranslateLink = false,
   post,
-  postText,
   postTextStyle = a.text_md,
 }: {
   hideTranslateLink?: boolean
   post: AppBskyFeedDefs.PostView
-  postText: string
   postTextStyle?: StyleProp<TextStyle>
 }) {
   const langPrefs = useLanguagePrefs()
   const {clearTranslation, translate, translationState} = useTranslate({
     key: post.uri,
-    postLangCodes: getPostLanguageTags(post),
   })
 
+  const record = useMemo<AppBskyFeedPost.Record | undefined>(() => {
+    return bsky.dangerousIsType<AppBskyFeedPost.Record>(
+      post.record,
+      AppBskyFeedPost.isRecord,
+    )
+      ? post.record
+      : undefined
+  }, [post])
+  const initialTranslationParams = useMemo<TranslationFunctionParams>(() => {
+    return {
+      text: record?.text || '',
+      targetLangCode: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
+      possibleSourceLanguages: getPostLanguageTags(post),
+    }
+  }, [post, record, langPrefs])
   const needsTranslation = useMemo(() => {
     if (hideTranslateLink) return false
     return !isPostInLanguage(post, [langPrefs.primaryLanguage])
@@ -57,11 +72,11 @@ export function TranslatedPost({
     case 'success':
       return (
         <TranslationResult
-          clearTranslation={clearTranslation}
           translate={translate}
-          postText={postText}
+          clearTranslation={clearTranslation}
+          initialTranslationParams={initialTranslationParams}
           postTextStyle={postTextStyle}
-          sourceLanguage={
+          resultSourceLanguage={
             translationState.sourceLanguage ?? null // Fallback primarily for iOS
           }
           translatedText={translationState.translatedText}
@@ -70,19 +85,18 @@ export function TranslatedPost({
     case 'error':
       return (
         <TranslationError
+          translate={translate}
           clearTranslation={clearTranslation}
           message={translationState.message}
-          postText={postText}
-          primaryLanguage={langPrefs.primaryLanguage}
+          initialTranslationParams={initialTranslationParams}
         />
       )
     default:
       return (
         needsTranslation && (
           <TranslationLink
-            postText={postText}
-            primaryLanguage={langPrefs.primaryLanguage}
             translate={translate}
+            initialTranslationParams={initialTranslationParams}
           />
         )
       )
@@ -105,31 +119,18 @@ function TranslationLoading() {
 }
 
 function TranslationLink({
-  postText,
-  primaryLanguage,
   translate,
+  initialTranslationParams,
 }: {
-  postText: string
-  primaryLanguage: string
   translate: TranslationFunction
+  initialTranslationParams: TranslationFunctionParams
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {t: l} = useLingui()
-  const ax = useAnalytics()
 
   const handleTranslate = useCallback(() => {
-    void translate({
-      text: postText,
-      targetLangCode: primaryLanguage,
-    })
-
-    ax.metric('translate', {
-      os: Platform.OS,
-      sourceLanguages: [], // todo: get from post maybe?
-      targetLanguage: primaryLanguage,
-      textLength: postText.length,
-    })
-  }, [ax, postText, primaryLanguage, translate])
+    void translate(initialTranslationParams)
+  }, [initialTranslationParams, translate])
 
   return (
     <View
@@ -161,22 +162,24 @@ function TranslationLink({
 }
 
 function TranslationError({
+  translate,
   clearTranslation,
   message,
-  postText,
-  primaryLanguage,
+  initialTranslationParams,
 }: {
+  translate: TranslationFunction
   clearTranslation: () => void
   message: string
-  postText: string
-  primaryLanguage: string
+  initialTranslationParams: TranslationFunctionParams
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {t: l} = useLingui()
-  const translate = useGoogleTranslate()
 
   const handleFallback = () => {
-    void translate(postText, primaryLanguage)
+    void translate({
+      ...initialTranslationParams,
+      forceGoogleTranslate: true,
+    })
   }
 
   return (
@@ -247,24 +250,24 @@ function TranslationError({
 function TranslationResult({
   clearTranslation,
   translate,
-  postText,
   postTextStyle,
-  sourceLanguage,
+  resultSourceLanguage,
   translatedText,
+  initialTranslationParams,
 }: {
   clearTranslation: () => void
   translate: TranslationFunction
-  postText: string
   postTextStyle?: StyleProp<TextStyle>
-  sourceLanguage: string | null
+  resultSourceLanguage: string | null
   translatedText: string
+  initialTranslationParams: TranslationFunctionParams
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const langPrefs = useLanguagePrefs()
   const {i18n, t: l} = useLingui()
 
-  const langName = sourceLanguage
-    ? codeToLanguageName(sourceLanguage, i18n.locale)
+  const langName = resultSourceLanguage
+    ? codeToLanguageName(resultSourceLanguage, i18n.locale)
     : undefined
 
   const flattenedStyle = flatten(postTextStyle) ?? {}
@@ -323,7 +326,7 @@ function TranslationResult({
               <Trans>Translated</Trans>
             </Text>
           )}
-          {sourceLanguage != null && (
+          {resultSourceLanguage != null && (
             <>
               <Text
                 style={[
@@ -336,9 +339,9 @@ function TranslationResult({
                 &middot;{' '}
               </Text>
               <TranslationLanguageSelect
-                sourceLanguage={sourceLanguage}
+                resultSourceLanguage={resultSourceLanguage}
                 translate={translate}
-                postText={postText}
+                initialTranslationParams={initialTranslationParams}
               />
             </>
           )}
@@ -362,12 +365,12 @@ function TranslationResult({
 
 function TranslationLanguageSelect({
   translate,
-  postText,
-  sourceLanguage,
+  resultSourceLanguage,
+  initialTranslationParams,
 }: {
   translate: TranslationFunction
-  postText: string
-  sourceLanguage: string
+  resultSourceLanguage: string
+  initialTranslationParams: TranslationFunctionParams
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const ax = useAnalytics()
@@ -383,8 +386,8 @@ function TranslationLanguageSelect({
       )
         .sort((a, b) => {
           // Prioritize sourceLanguage at the top
-          if (a.code2 === sourceLanguage) return -1
-          if (b.code2 === sourceLanguage) return 1
+          if (a.code2 === resultSourceLanguage) return -1
+          if (b.code2 === resultSourceLanguage) return 1
           // Localized sort
           return languageName(a, langPrefs.appLanguage).localeCompare(
             languageName(b, langPrefs.appLanguage),
@@ -395,25 +398,28 @@ function TranslationLanguageSelect({
           label: languageName(l, langPrefs.appLanguage), // The viewer may not be familiar with the source language, so localize the name
           value: l.code2,
         })),
-    [langPrefs, sourceLanguage],
+    [langPrefs, resultSourceLanguage],
   )
 
   const handleChangeTranslationLanguage = (sourceLangCode: string) => {
     ax.metric('translate:override', {
       os: Platform.OS,
-      sourceLanguage: sourceLangCode,
-      targetLanguage: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
+      possibleSourceLanguages: initialTranslationParams.possibleSourceLanguages,
+      expectedSourceLanguage: sourceLangCode,
+      expectedTargetLanguage: initialTranslationParams.targetLangCode,
+      resultSourceLanguage,
     })
     void translate({
-      text: postText,
-      targetLangCode: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
+      text: initialTranslationParams.text,
+      targetLangCode: initialTranslationParams.targetLangCode,
       sourceLangCode,
+      possibleSourceLanguages: initialTranslationParams.possibleSourceLanguages,
     })
   }
 
   return (
     <Select.Root
-      value={sourceLanguage}
+      value={resultSourceLanguage}
       onValueChange={handleChangeTranslationLanguage}>
       <Select.Trigger label={l`Change the source language`}>
         {({props}) => {
diff --git a/src/components/PostControls/PostMenu/PostMenuItems.tsx b/src/components/PostControls/PostMenu/PostMenuItems.tsx
index 4f0fbbb2a5..fd5e09546e 100644
--- a/src/components/PostControls/PostMenu/PostMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostControls/PostMenu/PostMenuItems.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 import * as Clipboard from 'expo-clipboard'
 import {
   type AppBskyFeedDefs,
-  AppBskyFeedPost,
+  type AppBskyFeedPost,
   type AppBskyFeedThreadgate,
   AtUri,
   type RichText as RichTextAPI,
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
 import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
 import {IS_INTERNAL} from '#/env'
-import * as bsky from '#/types/bsky'
 
 let PostMenuItems = ({
   post,
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ let PostMenuItems = ({
   const openLink = useOpenLink()
   const {clearTranslation, translate, translationState} = useTranslate({
     key: post.uri,
-    postLangCodes: getPostLanguageTags(post),
     forceGoogleTranslate,
   })
   const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
@@ -280,21 +278,8 @@ let PostMenuItems = ({
     void translate({
       text: record.text,
       targetLangCode: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
+      possibleSourceLanguages: getPostLanguageTags(post),
     })
-
-    if (
-      bsky.dangerousIsType<AppBskyFeedPost.Record>(
-        post.record,
-        AppBskyFeedPost.isRecord,
-      )
-    ) {
-      ax.metric('translate', {
-        os: Platform.OS,
-        sourceLanguages: post.record.langs ?? [],
-        targetLanguage: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
-        textLength: post.record.text.length,
-      })
-    }
   }
 
   const onHidePost = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/dms/MessageContextMenu.tsx b/src/components/dms/MessageContextMenu.tsx
index 1c6a721775..6dc0dbabb2 100644
--- a/src/components/dms/MessageContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dms/MessageContextMenu.tsx
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ export let MessageContextMenu = ({
 
     ax.metric('translate', {
       os: Platform.OS,
-      sourceLanguages: [],
-      targetLanguage: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
+      possibleSourceLanguages: [], // N/A for chats
+      expectedTargetLanguage: langPrefs.primaryLanguage,
       textLength: message.text.length,
     })
   }, [ax, langPrefs.primaryLanguage, message.text, translate])
diff --git a/src/lib/translation/index.tsx b/src/lib/translation/index.tsx
index 5d8e1989f2..d6a78707de 100644
--- a/src/lib/translation/index.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/translation/index.tsx
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ async function attemptTranslation(
 export function useTranslate({
   key,
   forceGoogleTranslate = false,
-  postLangCodes,
 }: TranslationOptions) {
   const context = useContext(Context)
   if (!context) {
@@ -125,10 +124,9 @@ export function useTranslate({
         ...params,
         key,
         forceGoogleTranslate,
-        postLangCodes,
       })
     },
-    [context, forceGoogleTranslate, key, postLangCodes],
+    [context, forceGoogleTranslate, key],
   )
 
   const clearTranslation = useCallback(
@@ -213,9 +211,16 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<unknown>) {
       text,
       targetLangCode,
       sourceLangCode: expectedSourceLanguage,
-      postLangCodes,
+      possibleSourceLanguages,
       ...options
     }) => {
+      ax.metric('translate', {
+        os: Platform.OS,
+        possibleSourceLanguages,
+        expectedTargetLanguage: targetLangCode,
+        textLength: text.length,
+      })
+
       if (options?.forceGoogleTranslate || !HAS_ON_DEVICE_TRANSLATION) {
         await googleTranslate(text, targetLangCode, expectedSourceLanguage)
         return
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<unknown>) {
         ax.metric('translate:result', {
           success: true,
           os: Platform.OS,
-          possibleSourceLanguages: postLangCodes,
+          possibleSourceLanguages,
           expectedSourceLanguage: expectedSourceLanguage ?? null,
           expectedTargetLanguage: targetLangCode,
           resultSourceLanguage: result.sourceLanguage,
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<unknown>) {
             translatedText: result.translatedText,
             sourceLanguage: result.sourceLanguage,
             targetLanguage: result.targetLanguage,
-            postLanguages: postLangCodes,
+            postLanguages: possibleSourceLanguages,
           },
         }))
       } catch (e) {
@@ -264,7 +269,7 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<unknown>) {
         ax.metric('translate:result', {
           success: false,
           os: Platform.OS,
-          possibleSourceLanguages: postLangCodes,
+          possibleSourceLanguages,
           expectedSourceLanguage: expectedSourceLanguage ?? null,
           expectedTargetLanguage: targetLangCode,
           resultSourceLanguage: null,
diff --git a/src/lib/translation/index.web.tsx b/src/lib/translation/index.web.tsx
index 034a38f9b6..4935159e01 100644
--- a/src/lib/translation/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/translation/index.web.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const clearTranslation = (_key: string) => {}
 /**
  * Web always opens Google Translate.
  */
-export function useTranslate({key, postLangCodes}: TranslationOptions) {
+export function useTranslate({key}: TranslationOptions) {
   const context = useContext(Context)
   if (!context) {
     throw new Error(
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ export function useTranslate({key, postLangCodes}: TranslationOptions) {
         ...params,
         key,
         forceGoogleTranslate: true,
-        postLangCodes,
       })
     },
-    [key, context, postLangCodes],
+    [key, context],
   )
 
   const clearTranslation = useCallback(() => {
@@ -61,7 +60,13 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<unknown>) {
   const googleTranslate = useGoogleTranslate()
 
   const translate = useCallback<ContextType['translate']>(
-    async ({text, targetLangCode, sourceLangCode}) => {
+    async ({text, targetLangCode, sourceLangCode, possibleSourceLanguages}) => {
+      ax.metric('translate', {
+        os: 'web',
+        possibleSourceLanguages,
+        expectedTargetLanguage: targetLangCode,
+        textLength: text.length,
+      })
       await googleTranslate(text, targetLangCode, sourceLangCode)
     },
     [ax, googleTranslate],
diff --git a/src/lib/translation/types.ts b/src/lib/translation/types.ts
index c2ff9f0c35..8882d86505 100644
--- a/src/lib/translation/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/translation/types.ts
@@ -30,19 +30,26 @@ export type TranslationFunctionParams = {
    * source language and want to specify it explicitly.
    */
   sourceLangCode?: string
+  /**
+   * The languages the content might be in, such as the user-supplied
+   * language codes on posts. Currently only available on posts.
+   */
+  possibleSourceLanguages?: string[]
+  /**
+   * Override the default behavior and always use Google Translate.
+   */
+  forceGoogleTranslate?: boolean
 }
 
 export type TranslationOptions = {
-  key: string
-  forceGoogleTranslate?: boolean
   /**
-   * The language(s) of the post being translated. Used for analytics purposes
-   * to understand translation usage patterns better. Optional because it may
-   * not always be available (e.g. if the post text is empty or if the
-   * translation is triggered from a non-post
-   * context).
+   * A unique key to identify this translation instance e.g. the post URI
    */
-  postLangCodes?: string[]
+  key: string
+  /**
+   * Override the default behavior and always use Google Translate.
+   */
+  forceGoogleTranslate?: boolean
 }
 
 export type TranslationFunction = (
diff --git a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemAnchor.tsx b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemAnchor.tsx
index f17a832461..f0eca21224 100644
--- a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemAnchor.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemAnchor.tsx
@@ -411,11 +411,7 @@ const ThreadItemAnchorInner = memo(function ThreadItemAnchorInner({
                 shouldProxyLinks={true}
               />
             ) : undefined}
-            <TranslatedPost
-              post={post}
-              postText={record.text}
-              postTextStyle={[a.text_lg]}
-            />
+            <TranslatedPost post={post} postTextStyle={[a.text_lg]} />
             {post.embed && (
               <View style={[a.py_xs]}>
                 <Embed
diff --git a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemPost.tsx b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemPost.tsx
index 6829772e44..87aa551330 100644
--- a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemPost.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemPost.tsx
@@ -321,11 +321,7 @@ const ThreadItemPostInner = memo(function ThreadItemPostInner({
                   )}
                 </View>
               ) : undefined}
-              <TranslatedPost
-                hideTranslateLink={true}
-                post={post}
-                postText={record.text}
-              />
+              <TranslatedPost hideTranslateLink post={post} />
               {post.embed && (
                 <View style={[a.pb_xs]}>
                   <Embed
diff --git a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx
index 6085a9f4bc..82de0247e2 100644
--- a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx
@@ -361,11 +361,7 @@ const ThreadItemTreePostInner = memo(function ThreadItemTreePostInner({
                       )}
                     </View>
                   ) : null}
-                  <TranslatedPost
-                    hideTranslateLink={true}
-                    post={post}
-                    postText={record.text}
-                  />
+                  <TranslatedPost hideTranslateLink post={post} />
                   {post.embed && (
                     <View style={[a.pb_xs]}>
                       <Embed
diff --git a/src/view/com/post/Post.tsx b/src/view/com/post/Post.tsx
index 8141a30c54..aef5457fd4 100644
--- a/src/view/com/post/Post.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/post/Post.tsx
@@ -219,11 +219,7 @@ function PostInner({
                 )}
               </View>
             ) : undefined}
-            <TranslatedPost
-              hideTranslateLink={true}
-              post={post}
-              postText={record.text}
-            />
+            <TranslatedPost hideTranslateLink post={post} />
             {post.embed ? (
               <Embed
                 embed={post.embed}
diff --git a/src/view/com/posts/PostFeedItem.tsx b/src/view/com/posts/PostFeedItem.tsx
index 3b19d98281..7184dbb569 100644
--- a/src/view/com/posts/PostFeedItem.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/posts/PostFeedItem.tsx
@@ -490,13 +490,7 @@ let PostContent = ({
           )}
         </View>
       ) : undefined}
-      {record && (
-        <TranslatedPost
-          hideTranslateLink={true}
-          post={post}
-          postText={record.text}
-        />
-      )}
+      {record && <TranslatedPost hideTranslateLink post={post} />}
       {postEmbed ? (
         <View style={[a.pb_xs]}>
           <Embed