diff --git a/.claude/session-state.json b/.claude/session-state.json
index e5ca8ce5..ac648d95 100644
--- a/.claude/session-state.json
+++ b/.claude/session-state.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
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     },
     "FileEditHook": {
-      "timestamp": "2025-10-23T22:09:40.745Z",
+      "timestamp": "2025-10-23T22:16:58.258Z",
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       "result": "passed"
     },
@@ -58,25 +58,25 @@
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   },
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-  "last_updated": "2025-10-23T22:16:03.430Z",
+  "last_updated": "2025-10-23T22:16:58.258Z",
   "initialized": true,
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     "CrossReferenceValidator": {
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       "tokens": 0,
-      "timestamp": "2025-10-23T22:16:30.078Z",
-      "last_validation": "2025-10-23T22:16:30.078Z",
-      "validations_performed": 789
+      "timestamp": "2025-10-23T22:17:08.165Z",
+      "last_validation": "2025-10-23T22:17:08.164Z",
+      "validations_performed": 791
     },
     "BashCommandValidator": {
       "message": 0,
       "tokens": 0,
       "timestamp": null,
-      "last_validation": "2025-10-23T22:16:30.079Z",
-      "validations_performed": 432,
+      "last_validation": "2025-10-23T22:17:08.165Z",
+      "validations_performed": 433,
       "blocks_issued": 38
     }
   },
-  "action_count": 432,
+  "action_count": 433,
   "auto_compact_events": []
 }
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diff --git a/public/js/admin/submission-modal-enhanced.js b/public/js/admin/submission-modal-enhanced.js
index a60654c9..7d3dbbd6 100644
--- a/public/js/admin/submission-modal-enhanced.js
+++ b/public/js/admin/submission-modal-enhanced.js
@@ -441,7 +441,93 @@ function renderPublicationRequirements(publicationId) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Helper: Render document editor
+ * Helper: Render multilingual document editor
+ * Supports multiple language versions with translation
+ */
+function renderMultilingualDocument(docType, title, submission, article, isStandalone) {
+  const doc = submission.documents?.[docType] || {};
+  const versions = doc.versions || [];
+  const primaryLang = doc.primaryLanguage || 'en';
+
+  // Get English and French versions
+  const enVersion = versions.find(v => v.language === 'en');
+  const frVersion = versions.find(v => v.language === 'fr');
+
+  // For main article, use blog content as English version if no submission version exists
+  let enContent = enVersion?.content || '';
+  if (docType === 'mainArticle' && !enContent && article?.content) {
+    enContent = article.content;
+  }
+
+  const frContent = frVersion?.content || '';
+
+  const enWordCount = enContent ? enContent.split(/\s+/).filter(w => w.length > 0).length : 0;
+  const frWordCount = frContent ? frContent.split(/\s+/).filter(w => w.length > 0).length : 0;
+
+  const readonly = docType === 'mainArticle' && !isStandalone && article;
+
+  return `
+    <div class="border rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-6">
+      <div class="bg-gray-100 px-4 py-3 flex items-center justify-between">
+        <h4 class="font-semibold text-gray-900">${escapeHtml(title)}</h4>
+        <div class="flex items-center gap-3">
+          <button
+            data-action="translate-document"
+            data-doc-type="${docType}"
+            data-from-lang="en"
+            data-to-lang="fr"
+            class="px-3 py-1 text-xs bg-blue-600 text-white rounded hover:bg-blue-700 ${enContent ? '' : 'opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed'}"
+            ${enContent ? '' : 'disabled'}
+            title="Translate English to French using DeepL">
+            🌍 EN → FR
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- English Version -->
+      <div class="border-b bg-white">
+        <div class="px-4 py-2 bg-gray-50 flex items-center justify-between border-b">
+          <span class="text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">🇬🇧 English Version${primaryLang === 'en' ? ' (Primary)' : ''}</span>
+          <span class="text-xs text-gray-600">${enWordCount.toLocaleString()} words</span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="p-4">
+          <textarea
+            id="doc-${docType}-en"
+            data-doc-type="${docType}"
+            data-lang="en"
+            rows="8"
+            class="w-full border rounded-md p-3 text-sm font-mono resize-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
+            ${readonly ? 'readonly' : ''}
+            placeholder="${readonly ? '' : 'Enter ' + title.toLowerCase() + ' in English...'}"
+          >${escapeHtml(enContent)}</textarea>
+          ${readonly ? '<p class="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-2">🔒 Linked from blog post - edit the blog post to change this content</p>' : ''}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- French Version -->
+      <div class="bg-white">
+        <div class="px-4 py-2 bg-gray-50 flex items-center justify-between border-b">
+          <span class="text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">🇫🇷 French Version${primaryLang === 'fr' ? ' (Primary)' : ''}</span>
+          <span class="text-xs text-gray-600">${frWordCount.toLocaleString()} words</span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="p-4">
+          <textarea
+            id="doc-${docType}-fr"
+            data-doc-type="${docType}"
+            data-lang="fr"
+            rows="8"
+            class="w-full border rounded-md p-3 text-sm font-mono resize-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
+            placeholder="Enter ${title.toLowerCase()} in French (or translate from English)..."
+          >${escapeHtml(frContent)}</textarea>
+          ${frVersion?.translatedBy ? `<p class="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-2">Translated by: ${frVersion.translatedBy}${frVersion.approved ? ' ✓ Approved' : ''}</p>` : ''}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  `;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper: Render document editor (legacy single-language version)
  */
 function renderDocumentEditor(docType, title, content, wordCount, readonly) {
   const readonlyAttr = readonly ? 'readonly' : '';