Does the prayer become invalid due to the actions of the preacher and translator in the mosque, such as: talking, reading papers, and moving around during the sermon, knowing that they translate the sermon between the two parts of the sermon and refuse to change these times?
The for the Friday sermon is two sermons with a brief sitting in between. Then the Imam descends and leads two loud rak'ahs of prayer. A person translating the sermon before the prayer is not valid, because it would either be a third sermon or a break between the two sermons, which invalidates the continuity required for the sermon's validity.
In summary: Either the preacher delivers the sermon in the language of the people, or he delivers it in Arabic and then translates the sermon himself after delivering it in Arabic, or he translates the first sermon after it, then the second after it, or he delivers the first in Arabic and the second in their language. If he only speaks Arabic, and there is no one among the people who can deliver the sermon in their language, then the translation should be after the prayer.
As for the preacher speaking with others during the sermon, the general rule is prohibition, unless an urgent matter necessitates it or a benefit calls for it.
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