The bold portion here says if the OP is asking question to translate a verse, it is considered as off-topic. So, the closure was fine. But later the question received reopen votes were cast saying translation questions are okay. A user commented. Since the comments are now deleted, I could only remember roughly.

If a verse from Vishnu Sahasranama is not translated, this site is the right place to check.

It is clear that these two questions are translation questions which are asking for conversion of Sanskrit to English. According to faq, they are off-topic.

I think It would be interesting to note that the second question was closed by moderator as off-topic and reopened by moderator as on-topic but no policy changes were made. Why was same question closed and reopened by moderator without any change? Only change he made was adding a sentence in the end saying "Is there a translation available". The OP asked for translation only and not location but moderator added "Is there an English translation available" and added back translation-request which was removed. That made me curious.

Where is it written in the help center or faq that we offer translation of works and verses to English? On what basis they are reopened? As far as I can remember I don't find any meta post which says we also translate untranslated works to English or any other language. If anyone can find, that would be helpful.

The same user also changed the excerpt of the translation-request adding translation of hymns, shlokas into scope of the tag.

What is the basis for reopening the question allowing translation of verses in to English? Where is the change in policy discussed on meta?

The bold portion here says if the OP is asking question to translate a verse, it is considered as off-topic. So, the closure was fine. But later reopen votes were cast on the question saying translation questions are on-topic for the site. A user commented

If no one has translated a particular verse from Vishnu Sahasranama yet then this site is the right place to look for it.

It is clear that these two questions are translation questions which are asking for conversion of Sanskrit to English. According to faq, they are off-topic.

I think It would be interesting to note that the second question was closed by moderator as off-topic and reopened by moderator as on-topic but no policy changes were made. Why was same question closed and reopened by moderator without any change? Only change he made was adding a sentence in the end saying "Is there a translation available". The OP asked for translation only and not location but moderator added "Is there an English translation available" and added back translation-request which was removed.

The same user also changed the excerpt of the translation-request adding translation of hymns, shlokas into scope of the tag.

What is the basis for reopening the questions allowing translation of verses into English? If there is a change, is it discussed on meta?

As far as I can remember, we followed the same policy of closing translation questions into English as off-topic till date. We have offered help in questions which ask for meaning (i.e., interpretation and analysis of what the verse is trying to say). When did the change in policy occur?

I think It would be interesting to note that the second question was closed by moderator as off-topic and reopened by moderator as on-topic but no policy changes were made. Why was same question closed and reopened by moderator without any change (only change he made was adding a sentence in the end saying "Is there a translation available". The OP asked for translation only and not location but moderator added "Is there an English translation available")? That made me curious.

(If you say it is not stated in the help center that Sanskrit questions and grammar are off-topic, I am not the one should answer that. Only moderators can edit on-topic page.)

I think It would be interesting to note that the second question was closed by moderator as off-topic and reopened by moderator as on-topic but no policy changes were made. Why was same question closed and reopened by moderator without any change? Only change he made was adding a sentence in the end saying "Is there a translation available". The OP asked for translation only and not location but moderator added "Is there an English translation available" and added back translation-request which was removed. That made me curious.

(If you say it is not stated in the help center that Sanskrit questions and grammar are off-topic, I am not the one should answer that. Only moderators can edit on-topic page. I asked for update of off-topic pages a few months ago. It is still pending. Update the help center page with all off-topic reasons and other changes)

I think It would be interesting to note that the second question was closed by moderator as off-topic and reopened by moderator as on-topic but no policy changes were made. Why was same question closed and reopened by moderator without any change? That made me curious.

I think It would be interesting to note that the second question was closed by moderator as off-topic and reopened by moderator as on-topic but no policy changes were made. Why was same question closed and reopened by moderator without any change (only change he made was adding a sentence in the end saying "Is there a translation available". The OP asked for translation only and not location but moderator added "Is there an English translation available")? That made me curious.