diff --git a/restapi/index.php b/restapi/index.php
index d193761c5..7c6894a8e 100644
--- a/restapi/index.php
+++ b/restapi/index.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface;
 use DI\ContainerBuilder;
 use Slim\Factory\AppFactory;
+use Seeddms\Seeddms\Translator;
 
 final class JsonRenderer { /* {{{ */
     public function json(
@@ -3023,6 +3024,7 @@ final class SeedDMS_TestController { /* {{{ */
     }
 
     public function echoData($request, $response, $args) { /* {{{ */
+        $translator = $this->container->get('translator');
         return $this->renderer->json($response, ['success'=>true, 'message'=>'This is the result of the echo call.', 'data'=>$args['data']]);
     } /* }}} */
 
@@ -3276,6 +3278,9 @@ $container->set('logger', $logger);
 $container->set('fulltextservice', $fulltextservice);
 $container->set('notifier', $notifier);
 $container->set('authenticator', $authenticator);
+$translator = new Translator($settings);
+$translator->init();
+$container->set('translator', $translator);
 
 $app->setBasePath($settings->_httpRoot."restapi/index.php");
 
diff --git a/www/index.php b/www/index.php
index 23f2951da..7cc96955d 100644
--- a/www/index.php
+++ b/www/index.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ if (true) {
 	$container->set('fulltextservice', $fulltextservice);
 	$container->set('notifier', $notifier);
 	$container->set('authenticator', $authenticator);
+	$container->set('translator', $translator);
 
 	if (isset($GLOBALS['SEEDDMS_HOOKS']['initDMS'])) {
 		foreach ($GLOBALS['SEEDDMS_HOOKS']['initDMS'] as $hookObj) {