diff -u b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/MicrosoftTranslator.php b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/MicrosoftTranslator.php
--- b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/MicrosoftTranslator.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/MicrosoftTranslator.php
@@ -112,17 +112,14 @@
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function checkTranslatable(TranslatorInterface $translator, JobInterface $job) {
-    if (!parent::checkTranslatable($translator, $job)) {
-      return TranslatableResult::no(t('Cannot translate job.'));
-    }
     foreach (\Drupal::service('tmgmt.data')->filterTranslatable($job->getData()) as $value) {
       // If one of the texts in this job exceeds the max character count
       // the job can't be translated.
       if (Unicode::strlen($value['#text']) > $this->maxCharacters) {
-        return TranslatableResult::no(t('Cannot translate job.'));
+        return TranslatableResult::no(t('The length of the job exceeds tha max character count (@count).', ['@count' => $this->maxCharacters]));
       }
     }
-    return TranslatableResult::yes();
+    return parent::checkTranslatable($translator, $job);
   }
 
   /**
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/src/Tests/MicrosoftTest.php
+++ b/src/Tests/MicrosoftTest.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class MicrosoftTest extends TMGMTTestBase {
     $this->assertFalse(isset($languages['zh-CHT']));
     $this->assertFalse(isset($languages['en']));
 
-    $this->assertTrue($job->canRequestTranslation());
+    $this->assertTrue($job->canRequestTranslation()->getSuccess());
 
     $job->requestTranslation();