diff --git a/Base/QTCore/qMRMLTranslator.cxx b/Base/QTCore/qMRMLTranslator.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f2b058b1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Base/QTCore/qMRMLTranslator.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+
+#include "qMRMLTranslator.h"
+
+std::string qMRMLTranslator::Translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation, int n)
+{
+  return QCoreApplication::translate(context, sourceText, disambiguation, n).toStdString();
+}
diff --git a/Base/QTCore/qMRMLTranslator.h b/Base/QTCore/qMRMLTranslator.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4c18840ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Base/QTCore/qMRMLTranslator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef qMRMLTranslator_h
+#define qMRMLTranslator_h
+
+#include "vtkMRMLTranslator.h"
+
+#include "qSlicerBaseQTCoreExport.h"
+
+class Q_SLICER_BASE_QTCORE_EXPORT qMRMLTranslator: public vtkMRMLTranslator
+{
+public:
+
+  /// Translation function for logic classes
+  std::string Translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation = nullptr, int n = -1) override;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Base/QTCore/qSlicerCoreApplication.cxx b/Base/QTCore/qSlicerCoreApplication.cxx
index 22df082e842..b4f61c7181f 100644
--- a/Base/QTCore/qSlicerCoreApplication.cxx
+++ b/Base/QTCore/qSlicerCoreApplication.cxx
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 #include "qSlicerModuleFactoryManager.h"
 #include "qSlicerModuleManager.h"
 #include "qSlicerUtils.h"
+#include "qMRMLTranslator.h"
 
 // SlicerLogic includes
 #include "vtkDataIOManagerLogic.h"
@@ -353,6 +354,12 @@ void qSlicerCoreApplicationPrivate::init()
     vtkEventBroker::GetInstance()->SetRequestModifiedCallback(modifiedRequestCallback);
   }
 
+  // Create the translation object used for string translation in logic classes
+  if (!this->AppLogic->GetTranslatorInstance())
+  {
+    this->AppLogic->SetTranslatorInstance(new qMRMLTranslator());
+  }
+
   // Ensure that temporary folder is writable
   {
     // QTemporaryFile is deleted automatically when leaving this scope
diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.cxx b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.cxx
index 71b266d84f6..2f1715691b7 100644
--- a/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.cxx
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.cxx
@@ -1254,3 +1254,32 @@ std::string vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::GetFontsDirectory()
   std::string fullPath = vtksys::SystemTools::JoinPath(filesVector);
   return fullPath;
 }
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::string vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::Translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation, int n)
+{
+  if (vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::TranslatorInstance)
+  {
+    return vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::TranslatorInstance->Translate(context, sourceText, disambiguation, n);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    return sourceText;
+  }
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+vtkMRMLTranslator* vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::GetTranslatorInstance()
+{
+  return vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::TranslatorInstance;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::SetTranslatorInstance(vtkMRMLTranslator* translatorInstance)
+{
+  if (vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::TranslatorInstance == translatorInstance)
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+  vtkMRMLApplicationLogic::TranslatorInstance = translatorInstance;
+}
diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.h b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.h
index aceabda7e87..b3b99926f2a 100644
--- a/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.h
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLApplicationLogic.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "vtkMRMLLogicExport.h"
 #include "vtkMRMLSliceCompositeNode.h"
 
+#include "vtkMRMLTranslator.h"
+
 class vtkMRMLColorLogic;
 class vtkMRMLModelDisplayNode;
 class vtkMRMLSliceNode;
@@ -289,6 +291,15 @@ class VTK_MRML_LOGIC_EXPORT vtkMRMLApplicationLogic
   /// Font file path is set to the one specified in FontFileName property in this object.
   void UseCustomFontFile(vtkTextProperty* textProperty);
 
+  /// Translation function for logic classes
+  std::string Translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation = nullptr, int n = -1);
+
+  /// @{
+  /// Set the object used for string translation in logic classes
+  static void SetTranslatorInstance(vtkMRMLTranslator* translatorInstance);
+  static vtkMRMLTranslator* GetTranslatorInstance();
+  /// @}
+
 protected:
 
   vtkMRMLApplicationLogic();
@@ -316,6 +327,8 @@ class VTK_MRML_LOGIC_EXPORT vtkMRMLApplicationLogic
   class vtkInternal;
   vtkInternal* Internal;
 
+  static vtkMRMLTranslator* TranslatorInstance;
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLTranslator.cxx b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLTranslator.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94be5de5692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLTranslator.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "vtkMRMLTranslator.h"
+
+std::string vtkMRMLTranslator::Translate(const char *vtkNotUsed(context), const char *sourceText, const char *vtkNotUsed(disambiguation), int vtkNotUsed(n))
+{
+  return sourceText;
+}
diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLTranslator.h b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLTranslator.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2153a042eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Logic/vtkMRMLTranslator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef vtkMRMLTranslator_h
+#define vtkMRMLTranslator_h
+
+#include "vtkMRMLLogicExport.h"
+
+// STD includes
+
+#include <string>
+
+class VTK_MRML_LOGIC_EXPORT vtkMRMLTranslator
+{
+public:
+
+  /// Default noop translation function for logic classes
+  virtual std::string Translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation = nullptr, int n = -1);
+};
+
+#endif