Yes, sure, I know how to create a translation "the hard" way : have a draft of the object, create a translation, save the translation, save the draft.
However, I don't know if I need to create the translation (until I get the error messages when I try to edit the content).
When I'm on a language (say FR), and I want to edit a content that doesn't exist yet in FR (it only exists in EN), I get error messages and I have to create the translation (the hard way).
Is it possible to avoid it, so I don't offer the edit option ?