diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentTranslationHandler.php b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentTranslationHandler.php
index 612613b376..8b31b4bcfc 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentTranslationHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentTranslationHandler.php
@@ -5,12 +5,26 @@
 use Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContentType;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\content_translation\ContentTranslationHandler;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 
 /**
  * Defines the translation handler for custom blocks.
  */
 class BlockContentTranslationHandler extends ContentTranslationHandler {
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, EntityInterface $entity) {
+    parent::entityFormAlter($form, $form_state, $entity);
+
+    if (isset($form['content_translation'])) {
+      // Block content entity does not expose the status field. Make content
+      // translation status field visible instead.
+      $form['content_translation']['status']['#access'] = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php
index 6fc5f1af01..ba2ed113db 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ protected function getEditValues($values, $langcode, $new = FALSE) {
     return $edit;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function hasMetadataField($field_name) {
+    $result = parent::hasMetadataField($field_name);
+    // Block content entities has status field but it does not expose it.
+    if ($field_name === 'status') {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return $result;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/CommentTranslationHandler.php b/core/modules/comment/src/CommentTranslationHandler.php
index a0abe4b710..44ff36cef5 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/CommentTranslationHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/CommentTranslationHandler.php
@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@
  */
 class CommentTranslationHandler extends ContentTranslationHandler {
 
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, EntityInterface $entity) {
-    parent::entityFormAlter($form, $form_state, $entity);
-
-    if (isset($form['content_translation'])) {
-      // We do not need to show these values on comment forms: they inherit the
-      // basic comment property values.
-      $form['content_translation']['status']['#access'] = FALSE;
-      $form['content_translation']['name']['#access'] = FALSE;
-      $form['content_translation']['created']['#access'] = FALSE;
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -41,7 +26,6 @@ public function entityFormEntityBuild($entity_type, EntityInterface $entity, arr
       $translation = &$form_state->getValue('content_translation');
       /** @var \Drupal\comment\CommentInterface $entity */
       $translation['status'] = $entity->isPublished();
-      $translation['name'] = $entity->getAuthorName();
     }
     parent::entityFormEntityBuild($entity_type, $entity, $form, $form_state);
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php b/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php
index 0fef1bed47..afdd661bc0 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, En
         '#default_value' => $status,
         '#description' => $description,
         '#disabled' => !$enabled,
+        // Show status field if it is not natively provided by the entity type.
+        '#access' => !$this->hasPublishedStatus(),
       ];
 
       $translate = !$new_translation && $metadata->isOutdated();
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, En
         '#validate_reference' => FALSE,
         '#maxlength' => 60,
         '#description' => t('Leave blank for %anonymous.', ['%anonymous' => \Drupal::config('user.settings')->get('anonymous')]),
+        '#access' => !$this->hasAuthor(),
       ];
 
       $date = $new_translation ? REQUEST_TIME : $metadata->getCreatedTime();
@@ -510,6 +513,7 @@ public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, En
         '#maxlength' => 25,
         '#description' => t('Format: %time. The date format is YYYY-MM-DD and %timezone is the time zone offset from UTC. Leave blank to use the time of form submission.', ['%time' => format_date(REQUEST_TIME, 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O'), '%timezone' => format_date(REQUEST_TIME, 'custom', 'O')]),
         '#default_value' => $new_translation || !$date ? '' : format_date($date, 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O'),
+        '#access' => !$this->hasCreatedTime(),
       ];
 
       $form['#process'][] = [$this, 'entityFormSharedElements'];
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/src/Tests/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php b/core/modules/content_translation/src/Tests/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php
index ae833955db..b0368b9007 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/src/Tests/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/src/Tests/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Drupal\language\Entity\ConfigurableLanguage;
 use Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup;
 use Drupal\system\Tests\Cache\AssertPageCacheContextsAndTagsTrait;
+use Drupal\Tests\content_translation\Functional\ContentTranslationMetadataTrait;
 
 /**
  * Tests the Content Translation UI.
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 abstract class ContentTranslationUITestBase extends ContentTranslationTestBase {
 
   use AssertPageCacheContextsAndTagsTrait;
+  use ContentTranslationMetadataTrait;
 
   /**
    * The id of the entity being translated.
@@ -52,6 +54,15 @@
    */
   protected $defaultCacheContexts = ['languages:language_interface', 'theme', 'url.query_args:_wrapper_format', 'user.permissions'];
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->fieldStorageDefinitions = $this->container->get('entity_field.manager')->getFieldStorageDefinitions($this->entityTypeId);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests the basic translation UI.
    */
@@ -291,8 +302,9 @@ protected function doTestPublishedStatus() {
     foreach ($this->langcodes as $index => $langcode) {
       if ($index > 0) {
         $url = $entity->urlInfo('edit-form', ['language' => ConfigurableLanguage::load($langcode)]);
-        $edit = ['content_translation[status]' => FALSE];
-        $this->drupalPostForm($url, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
+        $this->drupalGet($url);
+        $edit = $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('status', FALSE);
+        $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
         $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
           ->getStorage($this->entityTypeId);
         $storage->resetCache([$this->entityId]);
@@ -319,16 +331,15 @@ protected function doTestAuthoringInfo() {
     // Post different authoring information for each translation.
     foreach ($this->langcodes as $index => $langcode) {
       $user = $this->drupalCreateUser();
+      $url = $entity->urlInfo('edit-form', ['language' => ConfigurableLanguage::load($langcode)]);
+      $this->drupalGet($url);
       $values[$langcode] = [
         'uid' => $user->id(),
         'created' => REQUEST_TIME - mt_rand(0, 1000),
       ];
-      $edit = [
-        'content_translation[uid]' => $user->getUsername(),
-        'content_translation[created]' => format_date($values[$langcode]['created'], 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O'),
-      ];
-      $url = $entity->urlInfo('edit-form', ['language' => ConfigurableLanguage::load($langcode)]);
-      $this->drupalPostForm($url, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
+      $edit = $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('uid', $user->getUsername());
+      $edit += $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('created', format_date($values[$langcode]['created'], 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O'));
+      $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
     }
 
     $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
@@ -343,12 +354,10 @@ protected function doTestAuthoringInfo() {
 
     // Try to post non valid values and check that they are rejected.
     $langcode = 'en';
-    $edit = [
-      // User names have by default length 8.
-      'content_translation[uid]' => $this->randomMachineName(12),
-      'content_translation[created]' => '19/11/1978',
-    ];
-    $this->drupalPostForm($entity->urlInfo('edit-form'), $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
+    $this->drupalGet($entity->urlInfo('edit-form'));
+    $edit = $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('uid', $this->randomMachineName(12));
+    $edit += $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('created', '19/11/1978');
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
     $this->assertTrue($this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, "error")]//ul'), 'Invalid values generate a list of form errors.');
     $metadata = $this->manager->getTranslationMetadata($entity->getTranslation($langcode));
     $this->assertEqual($metadata->getAuthor()->id(), $values[$langcode]['uid'], 'Translation author correctly kept.');
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationMetadataTrait.php b/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationMetadataTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a6b550355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationMetadataTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\content_translation\Functional;
+
+use Drupal\user\EntityOwnerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides helps to assert content translation meta data fields.
+ *
+ * Can be used by test classes that extend \Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase.
+ */
+trait ContentTranslationMetadataTrait {
+
+  /**
+   * A list of field storage definitions for the current entity type.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface[]
+   */
+  protected $fieldStorageDefinitions;
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the metadata field value.
+   */
+  protected function getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField($field_name, $field_value) {
+    $edit = [];
+    if (!$this->hasMetadataField($field_name)) {
+      $edit["content_translation[$field_name]"] = $field_value;
+      if ($field_name === 'created') {
+        $edit['content_translation[created]'] = $field_value;
+        if (is_numeric($field_value)) {
+          $edit["content_translation[created]"] = format_date($field_value, 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O');
+        }
+        // Assert there is no native meta data field.
+        $this->assertNoField('created[0][value][date]');
+      }
+      else if ($this->entityTypeId !== 'user') {
+        $this->assertNoField($field_name);
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      if ($field_name === 'created') {
+        $edit['created[0][value][date]'] = $field_value;
+        if (is_numeric($field_value)) {
+          $edit['created[0][value][date]'] = format_date($field_value, 'custom', 'Y-m-d');
+          $edit['created[0][value][time]'] = format_date($field_value, 'custom', 'H:i:s');
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        $edit[$field_name] = $field_value;
+      }
+
+      // Assert there is no content translation meta data field.
+      $this->assertNoField("content_translation[$field_name]");
+    }
+
+    return $edit;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether a given field name exists in the field storage definitions.
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\content_translation\ContentTranslationHandler::checkFieldStorageDefinitionTranslatability
+   */
+  protected function hasMetadataField($field_name) {
+    $has_metadata_field = array_key_exists($field_name, $this->fieldStorageDefinitions) && $this->fieldStorageDefinitions[$field_name]->isTranslatable();
+    // Check if the entity type implements EntityOwnerInterface for uid field.
+    if ($field_name === 'uid') {
+      return $has_metadata_field && $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getDefinition($this->entityTypeId)->entityClassImplements(EntityOwnerInterface::class);
+    }
+
+    return $has_metadata_field;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php b/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php
index 7e7bf1f84b..1864f14ef6 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationUITestBase.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 abstract class ContentTranslationUITestBase extends ContentTranslationTestBase {
 
   use AssertPageCacheContextsAndTagsTrait;
+  use ContentTranslationMetadataTrait;
 
   /**
    * The id of the entity being translated.
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@
    */
   protected $defaultCacheContexts = ['languages:language_interface', 'theme', 'url.query_args:_wrapper_format', 'user.permissions'];
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->fieldStorageDefinitions = $this->container->get('entity_field.manager')->getFieldStorageDefinitions($this->entityTypeId);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests the basic translation UI.
    */
@@ -288,8 +298,9 @@ protected function doTestPublishedStatus() {
     foreach ($this->langcodes as $index => $langcode) {
       if ($index > 0) {
         $url = $entity->urlInfo('edit-form', ['language' => ConfigurableLanguage::load($langcode)]);
-        $edit = ['content_translation[status]' => FALSE];
-        $this->drupalPostForm($url, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
+        $this->drupalGet($url);
+        $edit = $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('status', FALSE);
+        $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
         $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
           ->getStorage($this->entityTypeId);
         $storage->resetCache([$this->entityId]);
@@ -316,16 +327,15 @@ protected function doTestAuthoringInfo() {
     // Post different authoring information for each translation.
     foreach ($this->langcodes as $index => $langcode) {
       $user = $this->drupalCreateUser();
+      $url = $entity->urlInfo('edit-form', ['language' => ConfigurableLanguage::load($langcode)]);
+      $this->drupalGet($url);
       $values[$langcode] = [
         'uid' => $user->id(),
         'created' => REQUEST_TIME - mt_rand(0, 1000),
       ];
-      $edit = [
-        'content_translation[uid]' => $user->getUsername(),
-        'content_translation[created]' => format_date($values[$langcode]['created'], 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O'),
-      ];
-      $url = $entity->urlInfo('edit-form', ['language' => ConfigurableLanguage::load($langcode)]);
-      $this->drupalPostForm($url, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
+      $edit = $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('uid', $user->getUsername());
+      $edit += $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('created', $values[$langcode]['created']);
+      $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
     }
 
     $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
@@ -340,12 +350,10 @@ protected function doTestAuthoringInfo() {
 
     // Try to post non valid values and check that they are rejected.
     $langcode = 'en';
-    $edit = [
-      // User names have by default length 8.
-      'content_translation[uid]' => $this->randomMachineName(12),
-      'content_translation[created]' => '19/11/1978',
-    ];
-    $this->drupalPostForm($entity->urlInfo('edit-form'), $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
+    $this->drupalGet($entity->urlInfo('edit-form'));
+    $edit = $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('uid', $this->randomMachineName(12));
+    $edit += $this->getMetadataValueAndAssertNoField('created', '19/11/1978');
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->getFormSubmitAction($entity, $langcode));
     $this->assertTrue($this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, "error")]//ul'), 'Invalid values generate a list of form errors.');
     $metadata = $this->manager->getTranslationMetadata($entity->getTranslation($langcode));
     $this->assertEqual($metadata->getAuthor()->id(), $values[$langcode]['uid'], 'Translation author correctly kept.');
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php b/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php
index 8b69645d1f..ab50e5e550 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ class NodeTranslationHandler extends ContentTranslationHandler {
   public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, EntityInterface $entity) {
     parent::entityFormAlter($form, $form_state, $entity);
 
-    if (isset($form['content_translation'])) {
-      // We do not need to show these values on node forms: they inherit the
-      // basic node property values.
-      $form['content_translation']['status']['#access'] = FALSE;
-      $form['content_translation']['name']['#access'] = FALSE;
-      $form['content_translation']['created']['#access'] = FALSE;
-    }
-
     $form_object = $form_state->getFormObject();
     $form_langcode = $form_object->getFormLangcode($form_state);
     $translations = $entity->getTranslationLanguages();
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/Entity/EntityTestMulChanged.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/Entity/EntityTestMulChanged.php
index dd3da09dce..23938dff08 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/Entity/EntityTestMulChanged.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/Entity/EntityTestMulChanged.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *     "route_provider" = {
  *       "html" = "Drupal\Core\Entity\Routing\DefaultHtmlRouteProvider",
  *     },
- *     "translation" = "Drupal\content_translation\ContentTranslationHandler",
+ *     "translation" = "Drupal\entity_test\EntityTestTranslationHandler",
  *     "views_data" = "Drupal\views\EntityViewsData"
  *   },
  *   base_table = "entity_test_mul_changed",
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ class EntityTestMulChanged extends EntityTestMul implements EntityChangedInterfa
   public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
     $fields = parent::baseFieldDefinitions($entity_type);
 
+    // Show the created field in the edit form.
+    $fields['created']->setDisplayOptions('form', [
+      'type' => 'datetime_timestamp',
+      'weight' => 10,
+    ]);
+
     $fields['changed'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('changed_test')
       ->setLabel(t('Changed'))
       ->setDescription(t('The time that the entity was last edited.'))
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestTranslationHandler.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestTranslationHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d535dc61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestTranslationHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\entity_test;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\content_translation\ContentTranslationHandler;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the translation handler for entity test entities.
+ */
+class EntityTestTranslationHandler extends ContentTranslationHandler {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function entityFormEntityBuild($entity_type, EntityInterface $entity, array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    if ($form_state->hasValue('content_translation')) {
+      $translation = &$form_state->getValue('content_translation');
+      $translation['created'] = format_date($entity->get('created')->value, 'custom', 'Y-m-d H:i:s O');
+    }
+    parent::entityFormEntityBuild($entity_type, $entity, $form, $form_state);
+  }
+
+}