diff --git a/lib/pleroma/application_requirements.ex b/lib/pleroma/application_requirements.ex
index a334d12ee..211b4882d 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/application_requirements.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/application_requirements.ex
@@ -189,7 +189,23 @@ defmodule Pleroma.ApplicationRequirements do
         false
       end
 
-    if Enum.all?([preview_proxy_commands_status | filter_commands_statuses], & &1) do
+    translation_commands_status =
+      if Pleroma.Language.Translation.missing_dependencies() == [] do
+        true
+      else
+        Logger.error(
+          "The following dependencies required by the currently enabled " <>
+            "translation provider are not installed: " <>
+            inspect(Pleroma.Language.Translation.missing_dependencies())
+        )
+
+        false
+      end
+
+    if Enum.all?(
+         [preview_proxy_commands_status, translation_commands_status | filter_commands_statuses],
+         & &1
+       ) do
       :ok
     else
       {:error,
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/language/translation.ex b/lib/pleroma/language/translation.ex
index e4916389d..3706e76eb 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/language/translation.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/language/translation.ex
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation do
     !!provider and provider.configured?
   end
 
+  def missing_dependencies do
+    provider = get_provider()
+
+    if provider do
+      provider.missing_dependencies()
+    else
+      []
+    end
+  end
+
   def translate(text, source_language, target_language) do
     cache_key = get_cache_key(text, source_language, target_language)
 
@@ -23,6 +33,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation do
             {:error, :not_found}
           else
             provider.translate(text, source_language, target_language)
+            |> scrub_html()
           end
 
         store_result(result, cache_key)
@@ -102,4 +113,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation do
   defp store_result(_, _), do: nil
 
   defp content_hash(text), do: :crypto.hash(:sha256, text) |> Base.encode64()
+
+  defp scrub_html({:ok, %{content: content} = result}) when is_binary(content) do
+    scrubbers = Pleroma.Config.get([:markup, :scrub_policy])
+
+    content
+    |> Pleroma.HTML.filter_tags(scrubbers)
+
+    {:ok, %{result | content: content}}
+  end
+
+  defp scrub_html(result), do: result
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/language/translation/deepl.ex b/lib/pleroma/language/translation/deepl.ex
index 4f668fbba..e027035b4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/language/translation/deepl.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/language/translation/deepl.ex
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation.Deepl do
 
   alias Pleroma.Language.Translation.Provider
 
+  use Provider
+
   @behaviour Provider
 
   @name "DeepL"
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/language/translation/libretranslate.ex b/lib/pleroma/language/translation/libretranslate.ex
index b793b166e..fd727d1cf 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/language/translation/libretranslate.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/language/translation/libretranslate.ex
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation.Libretranslate do
 
   alias Pleroma.Language.Translation.Provider
 
+  use Provider
+
   @behaviour Provider
 
   @name "LibreTranslate"
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation.Libretranslate do
          %{
            content: content,
            detected_source_language: source_language,
-           provider: "LibreTranslate"
+           provider: @name
          }}
 
       _ ->
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/language/translation/provider.ex b/lib/pleroma/language/translation/provider.ex
index f12cba2cd..533b5355a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/language/translation/provider.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/language/translation/provider.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation.Provider do
+  alias Pleroma.Language.Translation.Provider
+
+  @callback missing_dependencies() :: [String.t()]
+
   @callback configured?() :: boolean()
 
   @callback translate(
@@ -24,4 +28,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.Translation.Provider do
   @callback languages_matrix() :: {:ok, Map.t()} | {:error, atom()}
 
   @callback name() :: String.t()
+
+  defmacro __using__(_opts) do
+    quote do
+      @impl Provider
+      def missing_dependencies, do: []
+
+      defoverridable missing_dependencies: 0
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/pleroma/language/translation/deepl_test.ex b/test/pleroma/language/translation/deepl_test.exs
similarity index 100%
rename from test/pleroma/language/translation/deepl_test.ex
rename to test/pleroma/language/translation/deepl_test.exs
diff --git a/test/pleroma/language/translation_test.ex b/test/pleroma/language/translation_test.exs
similarity index 94%
rename from test/pleroma/language/translation_test.ex
rename to test/pleroma/language/translation_test.exs
index ecab3d20f..0be7a8d60 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/language/translation_test.ex
+++ b/test/pleroma/language/translation_test.exs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Language.TranslationTest do
   use Pleroma.Web.ConnCase
 
   alias Pleroma.Language.Translation
-  # use Oban.Testing, repo: Pleroma.Repo
 
   setup do: clear_config([Pleroma.Language.Translation, :provider], TranslationMock)