diff -u b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/GoogleTranslator.php b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/GoogleTranslator.php
--- b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/GoogleTranslator.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/GoogleTranslator.php
@@ -124,17 +124,14 @@
    * Overrides TMGMTDefaultTranslatorPluginController::checkTranslatable().
    */
   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 $value) {
-      // If one of the texts in this job exceeds the max character count the job
-      // can't be translated.
+      // If one of the texts in this job exceeds the max character count
+      // the job can't be translated.
       if (Unicode::strlen($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/GoogleTranslatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Tests/GoogleTranslatorTest.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class GoogleTranslatorTest extends TMGMTTestBase {
     // As we requested source language english it should not be included.
     $this->assertTrue(!isset($languages['en']));
 
-    $this->assertTrue($job->canRequestTranslation());
+    $this->assertTrue($job->canRequestTranslation()->getSuccess());
 
     $job->requestTranslation();