diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_explorer_view.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_explorer_view.py
index c4dbab852bc..a13cb9dc909 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_explorer_view.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/pages/test_explorer_view.py
@@ -735,14 +735,35 @@ def test_locale_selector(self):
         response = self.client.get(
             reverse("wagtailadmin_explore", args=[self.events_page.id])
         )
+        html = response.content.decode()
 
         self.assertContains(response, 'id="status-sidebar-english"')
         self.assertContains(response, "Switch locales")
 
+        add_translation_url = reverse(
+            "wagtailadmin_explore", args=[self.translated_events_page.id]
+        )
+        self.assertTagInHTML(
+            f'<a href="{add_translation_url}" lang="fr">French</a>',
+            html,
+            allow_extra_attrs=True,
+        )
+
     @override_settings(WAGTAIL_I18N_ENABLED=False)
     def test_locale_selector_not_present_when_i18n_disabled(self):
         response = self.client.get(
             reverse("wagtailadmin_explore", args=[self.events_page.id])
         )
+        html = response.content.decode()
 
         self.assertNotContains(response, "Switch locales")
+
+        add_translation_url = reverse(
+            "wagtailadmin_explore", args=[self.translated_events_page.id]
+        )
+        self.assertTagInHTML(
+            f'<a href="{add_translation_url}" lang="fr">French</a>',
+            html,
+            allow_extra_attrs=True,
+            count=0,
+        )
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/ui/side_panels.py b/wagtail/admin/ui/side_panels.py
index 6ceffdf2c7e..d0a7d819852 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/ui/side_panels.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/ui/side_panels.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ class BaseStatusSidePanel(BaseSidePanel):
     toggle_aria_label = gettext_lazy("Toggle status")
     toggle_icon_name = "info-circle"
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, in_explorer=False, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.in_explorer = in_explorer
+
     def get_status_templates(self, context):
         templates = []
 
@@ -86,15 +90,17 @@ def get_context_data(self, parent_context):
             )
 
         if getattr(settings, "WAGTAIL_I18N_ENABLED", False):
+            url_name = "wagtailadmin_pages:edit"
+            if self.in_explorer:
+                url_name = "wagtailadmin_explore"
+
             context.update(
                 {
                     "locale": page.locale,
                     "translations": [
                         {
                             "locale": translation.locale,
-                            "url": reverse(
-                                "wagtailadmin_pages:edit", args=[translation.id]
-                            ),
+                            "url": reverse(url_name, args=[translation.id]),
                         }
                         for translation in page.get_translations()
                         .only("id", "locale", "depth")
@@ -178,11 +184,13 @@ def media(self):
 
 
 class PageSidePanels(BaseSidePanels):
-    def __init__(self, request, page, *, preview_enabled, comments_enabled):
+    def __init__(
+        self, request, page, *, preview_enabled, comments_enabled, in_explorer=False
+    ):
         super().__init__(request, page)
 
         self.side_panels = [
-            PageStatusSidePanel(page, self.request),
+            PageStatusSidePanel(page, self.request, in_explorer=in_explorer),
         ]
 
         if preview_enabled and page.preview_modes:
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/pages/listing.py b/wagtail/admin/views/pages/listing.py
index 9f9eb2de85c..154c6aa1ae7 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/pages/listing.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/pages/listing.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def index(request, parent_page_id=None):
     side_panels = PageSidePanels(
         request,
         parent_page.specific,
+        in_explorer=True,
         preview_enabled=False,
         comments_enabled=False,
     )