diff --git a/receiver/datadogreceiver/testutil.go b/receiver/datadogreceiver/testutil.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package datadogreceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/datadogreceiver"
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+)
+
+func createMetricsTranslator() *MetricsTranslator {
+	mt := newMetricsTranslator()
+	mt.buildInfo = component.BuildInfo{
+		Command:     "otelcol",
+		Description: "OpenTelemetry Collector",
+		Version:     "latest",
+	}
+	return mt
+}
+
+func requireResourceMetrics(t *testing.T, result pmetric.Metrics, expectedAttrs pcommon.Map, expectedLen int) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedLen, result.ResourceMetrics().Len())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedAttrs, result.ResourceMetrics().At(0).Resource().Attributes())
+}
+
+func requireScopeMetrics(t *testing.T, result pmetric.Metrics, expectedScopeMetricsLen, expectedMetricsLen int) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedScopeMetricsLen, result.ResourceMetrics().At(0).ScopeMetrics().Len())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedMetricsLen, result.ResourceMetrics().At(0).ScopeMetrics().At(0).Metrics().Len())
+}
+
+func requireScope(t *testing.T, result pmetric.Metrics, expectedAttrs pcommon.Map, expectedName, expectedVersion string) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedName, result.ResourceMetrics().At(0).ScopeMetrics().At(0).Scope().Name())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedVersion, result.ResourceMetrics().At(0).ScopeMetrics().At(0).Scope().Version())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedAttrs, result.ResourceMetrics().At(0).ScopeMetrics().At(0).Scope().Attributes())
+}
+
+func requireMetricAndDataPointCounts(t *testing.T, result pmetric.Metrics, expectedMetricCount, expectedDpCount int) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedMetricCount, result.MetricCount())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedDpCount, result.DataPointCount())
+}
+
+func requireSum(t *testing.T, metric pmetric.Metric, expectedName string, expectedAggregationTemporality pmetric.AggregationTemporality, expectedDpsLen int) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedName, metric.Name())
+	require.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, metric.Type())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedAggregationTemporality, metric.Sum().AggregationTemporality())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedDpsLen, metric.Sum().DataPoints().Len())
+}
+
+func requireGauge(t *testing.T, metric pmetric.Metric, expectedName string, expectedDpsLen int) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedName, metric.Name())
+	require.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, metric.Type())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedDpsLen, metric.Gauge().DataPoints().Len())
+}
+
+func requireDp(t *testing.T, dp pmetric.NumberDataPoint, expectedAttrs pcommon.Map, expectedTime int64, expectedValue float64) {
+	require.Equal(t, expectedTime, dp.Timestamp().AsTime().Unix())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedValue, dp.DoubleValue())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedAttrs, dp.Attributes())
+}