This is why trans_drop exists, it should be a simple matter to style it's use for individual teams work flows. $ publican trans_drop --help trans_drop Snapshot the source language for use in translation.
There's also info here about trans_drop: https://jfearn.fedorapeople.org/en-US/Publican/4.0/html-single/Users_Guide/index.html#sect-Publican-Users_Guide-Preparing_a_document_for_translation