diff --git a/RoboFile.php b/RoboFile.php
index 62ee1b4d80..e6639a2477 100644
--- a/RoboFile.php
+++ b/RoboFile.php
@@ -769,12 +769,29 @@ class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks {
     $this->say('Translations ' . $result['data']);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This is part of release publish script. It checks if translations are ready at Wordpress.com translations system
+   * @param string $version
+   */
+  public function translationsCheckLanguagePacks($version) {
+    $translations = new \MailPoetTasks\Release\TranslationsController();
+    $result = $translations->checkIfTranslationsAreReady($version);
+    if (!$result['success']) {
+      $this->yell('Translations are not ready yet on WordPress.com. ' . $result['data'], 40, 'red');
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    $this->say('Translations check passed');
+  }
+
   public function releasePublish($version = null) {
     $version = $this->releaseVersionGetPrepared($version);
     return $this->collectionBuilder()
       ->addCode(function () use ($version) {
         return $this->releaseCheckPullRequest($version);
       })
+      ->addCode(function () use ($version) {
+        return $this->translationsCheckLanguagePacks($version);
+      })
       ->addCode(function () {
         return $this->releaseDownloadZip();
       })
diff --git a/tasks/release/TranslationsController.php b/tasks/release/TranslationsController.php
index dcf02a26d9..622329e579 100644
--- a/tasks/release/TranslationsController.php
+++ b/tasks/release/TranslationsController.php
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@
 namespace MailPoetTasks\Release;
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use GuzzleHttp\RequestOptions;
 
 class TranslationsController {
   private const API_IMPORT_BASE_URI = 'https://translate.wordpress.com/api/import-transifex/';
+  private const API_CHECK_BASE_URI = 'https://translate.wordpress.com/api/translations-updates/mailpoet/';
 
-  public function importTransifex(string $version, $project = 'mailpoet'): array {
+  public function importTransifex(string $version, string $project = 'mailpoet'): array {
     $httpClient = new Client([
       'base_uri' => self::API_IMPORT_BASE_URI . $project . '/',
     ]);
     $response = $httpClient->post($version);
-    $response->getStatusCode();
     if ($response->getStatusCode() !== 200) {
       return [
         'success' => false,
@@ -29,7 +30,44 @@ class TranslationsController {
     return $result;
   }
 
-  public function checkIfTranslationsAreReady(string $version): bool {
-    return true;
+  public function checkIfTranslationsAreReady(string $version, string $project = 'mailpoet'): array {
+    $httpClient = new Client();
+    $payload = [
+      'locales' => ['de_DE_formal', 'fr_FR'],
+      'plugins' => [],
+    ];
+    $payload['plugins'][$project] = ['version' => $version];
+    $response = $httpClient->post(self::API_CHECK_BASE_URI, [RequestOptions::JSON => $payload]);
+    if ($response->getStatusCode() !== 200) {
+      return [
+        'success' => false,
+        'data' => 'Failed downloading response, status code: ' . $response->getStatusCode(),
+      ];
+    }
+    $result = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+    if (!is_array($result) || !isset($result['success']) || !isset($result['data']) || !isset($result['data'][$project])) {
+      return [
+        'success' => false,
+        'data' => 'Failed preparing translations - malformed response: ' . $response->getBody()->getContents(),
+      ];
+    }
+
+    $data = $result['data'][$project];
+    $locales = [];
+    foreach ($data as $languageResponse) {
+      $locales[$languageResponse['wp_locale']] = $languageResponse['wp_locale'];
+    }
+
+    if (isset($locales['de_DE_formal']) && isset($locales['fr_FR'])) {
+      return [
+        'success' => true,
+        'data' => '',
+      ];
+    } else {
+      return [
+        'success' => false,
+        'data' => '',
+      ];
+    }
   }
 }