diff --git a/docs/pages/api-docs/data-grid/grid-api.md b/docs/pages/api-docs/data-grid/grid-api.md
index c1cca1dda7e2..3cdcdfa1ed8a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/api-docs/data-grid/grid-api.md
+++ b/docs/pages/api-docs/data-grid/grid-api.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { GridApi } from '@material-ui/x-grid';
 | <span class="prop-name">getEditCellProps</span>                                                   | <span class="prop-type">(rowId: GridRowId, field: string) =&gt; GridEditCellProps</span>                                                                                                 | Gets the input props for the edit cell of a given `rowId` and `field`.                                                                                         |
 | <span class="prop-name">getEditCellPropsParams</span>                                             | <span class="prop-type">(rowId: GridRowId, field: string) =&gt; GridEditCellPropsParams</span>                                                                                           | Gets the params to be passed when calling `setEditCellProps`.                                                                                                  |
 | <span class="prop-name">getEditRowsModel</span>                                                   | <span class="prop-type">() =&gt; GridEditRowsModel</span>                                                                                                                                | Gets the edit rows model of the grid.                                                                                                                          |
-| <span class="prop-name">getLocaleText</span>                                                      | <span class="prop-type">(key: T) =&gt; GridLocaleText[T]</span>                                                                                                                          | Returns the translation for the `key`.                                                                                                                         |
+| <span class="prop-name">getLocaleText</span>                                                      | <span class="prop-type">(key: T) =&gt; GridLocaleText&lt;&gt;[T]</span>                                                                                                                  | Returns the translation for the `key`.                                                                                                                         |
 | <span class="prop-name">getRow</span>                                                             | <span class="prop-type">(id: GridRowId) =&gt; GridRowData</span>                                                                                                                         | Gets the row data with a given id.                                                                                                                             |
 | <span class="prop-name">getRowElement</span>                                                      | <span class="prop-type">(id: GridRowId) =&gt; null \| HTMLDivElement</span>                                                                                                              | Gets the underlying DOM element for a row at the given `id`.                                                                                                   |
 | <span class="prop-name">getRowIdFromRowIndex</span>                                               | <span class="prop-type">(index: number) =&gt; GridRowId</span>                                                                                                                           | Gets the `GridRowId` of a row at a specific index.                                                                                                             |
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/components/data-grid/localization/localization.md b/docs/src/pages/components/data-grid/localization/localization.md
index f9a2345de32b..ac9d65c7e65b 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/components/data-grid/localization/localization.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/components/data-grid/localization/localization.md
@@ -42,7 +42,35 @@ const theme = createMuiTheme(
 
 Note that `createMuiTheme` accepts any number of arguments.
 If you are already using the [translations of the core components](/guides/localization/#locale-text), you can add `bgBG` as a new argument.
-The same import works with `XGrid` as it's an extension of `DataGrid`.
+The same import works for `XGrid` as it's an extension of `DataGrid`.
+
+```jsx
+import { createMuiTheme, ThemeProvider } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
+import { DataGrid, bgBG } from '@material-ui/data-grid';
+import { bgBG as coreBgBG } from '@material-ui/core/locale';
+
+const theme = createMuiTheme(
+  {
+    palette: {
+      primary: { main: '#1976d2' },
+    },
+  },
+  bgBG,
+  coreBgBG,
+);
+
+<ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
+  <DataGrid />
+</ThemeProvider>;
+```
+
+If you want to pass language translations directly to the grid without using `createMuiTheme` and `ThemeProvider`, you can directly load the language translations from the `@material-ui/data-grid` or `@material-ui/x-grid` package.
+
+```jsx
+import { DataGrid, nlNL } from '@material-ui/data-grid';
+
+<DataGrid localeText={nlNL.props.MuiDataGrid.localeText} />;
+```
 
 ### Supported locales
 
diff --git a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/components/GridPagination.tsx b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/components/GridPagination.tsx
index fa633562b182..272ffa4d018b 100644
--- a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/components/GridPagination.tsx
+++ b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/components/GridPagination.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export const GridPagination = React.forwardRef<
           : []
       }
       rowsPerPage={paginationState.pageSize}
+      {...apiRef!.current.getLocaleText('MuiTablePagination')}
       {...getPaginationChangeHandlers()}
       {...props}
     />
diff --git a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/constants/localeTextConstants.ts b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/constants/localeTextConstants.ts
index 6798b707a6e8..d53b154e55d7 100644
--- a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/constants/localeTextConstants.ts
+++ b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/constants/localeTextConstants.ts
@@ -98,4 +98,7 @@ export const GRID_DEFAULT_LOCALE_TEXT: GridLocaleText = {
   // Boolean cell text
   booleanCellTrueLabel: 'true',
   booleanCellFalseLabel: 'false',
+
+  // Used core components translation keys
+  MuiTablePagination: {},
 };
diff --git a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/models/api/gridLocaleTextApi.ts b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/models/api/gridLocaleTextApi.ts
index ac0a1085d667..73e10a626601 100644
--- a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/models/api/gridLocaleTextApi.ts
+++ b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/models/api/gridLocaleTextApi.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+import { Localization as CoreLocalization } from '@material-ui/core/locale';
+
+// @ts-expect-error We have different structure in v5
+type MuiComponentsLocalization = CoreLocalization['props'] | CoreLocalization['components'];
+
 /**
  * Set the types of the texts in the grid.
  */
-export interface GridLocaleText {
+export interface GridLocaleText extends Partial<MuiComponentsLocalization> {
   // Root
   noRowsLabel: string;
   noResultsOverlayLabel: string;
diff --git a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/utils/getGridLocalization.ts b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/utils/getGridLocalization.ts
index 42759d3fa4b3..370cd8a7c93a 100644
--- a/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/utils/getGridLocalization.ts
+++ b/packages/grid/_modules_/grid/utils/getGridLocalization.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ export const getGridLocalization = (
       components: {
         MuiDataGrid: {
           defaultProps: {
-            localeText: gridTranslations,
+            localeText: {
+              ...gridTranslations,
+              MuiTablePagination: coreTranslations?.components?.MuiTablePagination,
+            },
           },
         },
-        ...coreTranslations?.components,
       },
     };
   }
@@ -38,9 +40,11 @@ export const getGridLocalization = (
   return {
     props: {
       MuiDataGrid: {
-        localeText: gridTranslations,
+        localeText: {
+          ...gridTranslations,
+          MuiTablePagination: coreTranslations?.props?.MuiTablePagination,
+        },
       },
-      ...coreTranslations?.props,
     },
   };
 };