diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-search-elasticsearch.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-search-elasticsearch.yml
index 0a88c08f2b..7980a2a35c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-search-elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-search-elasticsearch.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ env:
   FREEZE: ${{ secrets.FREEZE }}
   ELASTICSEARCH_URL: ${{ secrets.ELASTICSEARCH_URL }}
 
+  # This might seem a bit strange, but it's clever. Since this action
+  # uses a matrix to deal with one language at a time, we can use this
+  # to pretend it's always the same directory.
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_ES_ES: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_ZH_CN: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_JA_JP: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_PT_BR: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_FR_FR: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_RU_RU: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_KO_KR: translation
+  TRANSLATIONS_ROOT_DE_DE: translation
+
 jobs:
   figureOutMatrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -98,6 +110,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repo
         uses: actions/checkout@dcd71f646680f2efd8db4afa5ad64fdcba30e748
 
+      - name: Checkout the non-English repo
+        if: ${{ matrix.language != 'en' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@dcd71f646680f2efd8db4afa5ad64fdcba30e748
+        with:
+          repository: github/docs-internal.${{ fromJSON('{"cn":"zh-cn","es":"es-es","ru":"ru-ru","ja":"ja-jp","pt":"pt-br","de":"de-de","fr":"fr-fr","ko":"ko-kr"}')[matrix.language] }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.DOCUBOT_READORG_REPO_WORKFLOW_SCOPES }}
+          path: translation
+
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@17f8bd926464a1afa4c6a11669539e9c1ba77048
         with: