If you see a post looks lengthy and have good information but at end of it, poster leaves a source to a newsletter article, will you send merit to a poster?
In regards to the initial part in your question:
- Length of a post shouldn't be a factor when giving Merits. A post can have only a few words and still contain useful/good information.
To address the question itself:
- Based on the above comments, it appears there's a grey area but personally, I wouldn't consider it a merit worthy post even if it was translated for local boards
[unless there's an added value of some sort].
- By meriting such posts, you're indirectly encouraging them to continue with that behavior and that results in most [not all] of these users using this forum for the wrong reason.