This is by design. They list all the things they do to de-googlify Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-di

This is by design. They list all the things they do to de-googlify Chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove) https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-... including removing the translation code so that information is not transmitted to google. See also this thread on ProtonMail+Chrome https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18490458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18490458