diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 413f279fa..a05a92f9b 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ body {
   margin-top: -4.5px;
 }
 
+.nav-link .external-link-icon {
+  width: 0.75em;
+  height: 0.75em;
+  margin: 0 0 0 0.15em;
+  vertical-align: baseline;
+}
+
 .theme-toggle-btn {
   border: none;
   color: var(--navbar-link-color);
diff --git a/templates/base.html.jinja b/templates/base.html.jinja
index 5ab887e04..4ebf61f54 100644
--- a/templates/base.html.jinja
+++ b/templates/base.html.jinja
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
           rel="stylesheet"
           integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB"
           crossorigin="anonymous">
-    <link href="style.css?version=5" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="style.css?version=6" rel="stylesheet">
   </head>
   <body>
     <script>
@@ -56,17 +56,6 @@
             <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
               <li class="nav-item">
                 <a class="nav-link" href="build-details.html">
-                  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                       width="16"
-                       height="16"
-                       fill="currentColor"
-                       class="bi bi-card-text"
-                       viewBox="0 0 16 16">
-                    <path d="M14.5 3a.5.5 0 0 1 .5.5v9a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-13a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-9a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5zm-13-1A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 0 3.5v9A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5 14h13a1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5-1.5v-9A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 14.5 2z">
-                    </path>
-                    <path d="M3 5.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h9a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5M3 8a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h9a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1h-9A.5.5 0 0 1 3 8m0 2.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1h-6a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5">
-                    </path>
-                  </svg>
                   Build details
                 </a>
               </li>
@@ -74,18 +63,39 @@
                 <a class="nav-link"
                    href="https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translations/translating/"
                    target="_blank">
+                  Translating
                   <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                       width="16"
-                       height="16"
-                       fill="currentColor"
-                       class="bi bi-box-arrow-up-right"
-                       viewBox="0 0 16 16">
-                    <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M8.636 3.5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H1.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 0 4.5v10A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5 16h10a1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5-1.5V7.864a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0V14.5a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-10a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-10a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h6.636a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5">
+                       class="external-link-icon"
+                       viewBox="0 0 12 12"
+                       aria-hidden="true">
+                    <path d="M7.5 2.5h-5v7h7v-5M6 6l4.5-4.5M7.5 1.5h3v3"
+                          fill="none"
+                          stroke="currentColor"
+                          stroke-linecap="round"
+                          stroke-linejoin="round"
+                          stroke-width="1.2">
                     </path>
-                    <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M16 .5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5h-5a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h3.793L6.146 9.146a.5.5 0 1 0 .708.708L15 1.707V5.5a.5.5 0 0 0 1 0z">
+                  </svg>
+                </a>
+              </li>
+              <li class="nav-item">
+                <a class="nav-link"
+                   href="https://discuss.python.org/c/documentation/translations/"
+                   target="_blank"
+                   rel="noopener noreferrer">
+                  Get help
+                  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+                       class="external-link-icon"
+                       viewBox="0 0 12 12"
+                       aria-hidden="true">
+                    <path d="M7.5 2.5h-5v7h7v-5M6 6l4.5-4.5M7.5 1.5h3v3"
+                          fill="none"
+                          stroke="currentColor"
+                          stroke-linecap="round"
+                          stroke-linejoin="round"
+                          stroke-width="1.2">
                     </path>
                   </svg>
-                  Translating
                 </a>
               </li>
             </ul>
diff --git a/tests/test_index.py b/tests/test_index.py
index ec17fa204..16c34c5f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_index.py
+++ b/tests/test_index.py
@@ -36,6 +36,37 @@ def test_renders(self):
             'Measured against the Python 3.15 documentation (prerelease).', index
         )
 
+        def link_for(href):
+            link_start = index.index(href)
+            link_end = index.index('</a>', link_start)
+            return index[link_start:link_end]
+
+        build_details_link = link_for('build-details.html')
+        self.assertIn('Build details', build_details_link)
+        self.assertNotIn('<svg', build_details_link)
+
+        for href, label in (
+            (
+                'https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translations/translating/',
+                'Translating',
+            ),
+            (
+                'https://discuss.python.org/c/documentation/translations/',
+                'Get help',
+            ),
+        ):
+            link = link_for(href)
+            self.assertIn('target="_blank"', link)
+            self.assertLess(
+                link.index(label), link.index('class="external-link-icon"')
+            )
+            self.assertIn('viewBox="0 0 12 12"', link)
+            self.assertIn('stroke="currentColor"', link)
+        self.assertIn(
+            'rel="noopener noreferrer"',
+            link_for('https://discuss.python.org/c/documentation/translations/'),
+        )
+
     def test_orders_by_completion_score(self):
         env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader('templates'))
         language_project_data = generate.LanguageProjectData(