Legal advice is usually more narrowly defined than just "what is the license of these files", which would usually count as legal information rather than legal a

Legal advice is usually more narrowly defined than just "what is the license of these files", which would usually count as legal information rather than legal advice. Discussing legal information isn't usually covered in the unauthorized practice of law rules. So the beginning of OP's question wouldn't pose a problem. The second part (asking about the translation etc) could pose a problem, but it's phrased generally so it may or may not. Legal advice would be applying the legal information to a very precise and specific scenario. For example, translation and republication permission is not always dependent on permission from the copyright holder if a fair use exception applies in the relevant jurisdiction, and even with permission there could be other obstacles to various forms of copyright reuse like a relevant patent from a different rights holder or a previously signed contract promising not to do this. And these details, as well as the risks of various different legal and illegal choices, may depend on the jurisdiction. We don't really have enough information to know if exactly what OP wants to do is legal, beyond an imprecise answer of "not generally" which as mere legal information is typically fine for non-lawyers to say even where legal practice is restricted. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice - not because I am including this disclaimer but because it doesn't fit the definition of legal advice.