As a workaround, you could consider using a Custom Post Type (CPT) instead of standard posts, since CPT archive slugs can be translated.
If switching to a CPT is not an option, another possible approach is to:
• Create a category with the desired slug.
• Assign this category to all relevant posts.
• Update your permalink structure to include the category.
Since category slugs can be translated, this would allow you to achieve a similar multilingual URL structure.
You can find more details in the following guides:
Unfortunately, the work arounds you listed are not feasible for us (can't go with the CPT, and can't go with the categories, as we already have the categories).
Is there any other, more suitable work around that we can do?
Or perhaps the custom code is only option?
I’m afraid there is no alternative workaround available at the moment.
You could explore implementing a custom solution, but this would require custom development on your side. Please note that I cannot guarantee it will work as expected, and we’re not able to provide custom code for this scenario.