[Zak]

As I understand it, Apple's compliance officer (a position the DMA requires) can talk to the EC and get feedback on whether a planned feature creates compliance issues. Following the guidance that comes out of such a discussion is a near guarantee they won't get fined.

Simply avoiding self-dealing is also a near-guarantee they won't get fined. According to my inexpert reading of the DMA, including a translation app wouldn't create any compliance risk if:

* It allows the use of third-party hardware

* It documents any APIs such third-party hardware needs to support

* The app and OS allow third party access to said APIs

* Apple imposes no barriers to a third party creating a competing translation app

* Users can uninstall Apple's translation app

These are not complicated requirements if Apple actually wants to comply. Of course, Apple does not want to comply, and the risk of fines shows up when Apple tries to preserve a degree of control that the law intends to take from them.