diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e23074ee5d7..67e1629ebe5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2945,6 +2945,7 @@ name = "uu_arch"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "platform-info",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -2954,6 +2955,7 @@ name = "uu_base32"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -2962,6 +2964,7 @@ name = "uu_base64"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uu_base32",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -2971,6 +2974,7 @@ name = "uu_basename"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -2979,6 +2983,7 @@ name = "uu_basenc"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uu_base32",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -2988,6 +2993,7 @@ name = "uu_cat"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "nix",
  "tempfile",
@@ -3002,6 +3008,7 @@ name = "uu_chcon"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "fts-sys",
  "libc",
  "selinux",
@@ -3014,6 +3021,7 @@ name = "uu_chgrp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3022,6 +3030,7 @@ name = "uu_chmod"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3031,6 +3040,7 @@ name = "uu_chown"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3039,6 +3049,7 @@ name = "uu_chroot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3048,6 +3059,7 @@ name = "uu_cksum"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "hex",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3057,6 +3069,7 @@ name = "uu_comm"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3067,6 +3080,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "exacl",
  "filetime",
+ "fluent",
  "indicatif",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.10.0",
@@ -3082,6 +3096,7 @@ name = "uu_csplit"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "regex",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3093,6 +3108,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3103,6 +3119,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "jiff",
  "libc",
  "parse_datetime",
@@ -3115,6 +3132,7 @@ name = "uu_dd"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "gcd",
  "libc",
  "nix",
@@ -3128,6 +3146,7 @@ name = "uu_df"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "unicode-width 0.2.1",
@@ -3148,6 +3167,7 @@ name = "uu_dircolors"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3156,6 +3176,7 @@ name = "uu_dirname"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3164,6 +3185,7 @@ name = "uu_du"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "glob",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3175,6 +3197,7 @@ name = "uu_echo"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3183,6 +3206,7 @@ name = "uu_env"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "rust-ini",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -3194,6 +3218,7 @@ name = "uu_expand"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "unicode-width 0.2.1",
  "uucore",
@@ -3204,6 +3229,7 @@ name = "uu_expr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
  "onig",
@@ -3216,6 +3242,7 @@ name = "uu_factor"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-prime",
  "num-traits",
@@ -3238,6 +3265,7 @@ name = "uu_false"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3246,6 +3274,7 @@ name = "uu_fmt"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "unicode-width 0.2.1",
  "uucore",
@@ -3256,6 +3285,7 @@ name = "uu_fold"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3264,6 +3294,7 @@ name = "uu_groups"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3273,6 +3304,7 @@ name = "uu_hashsum"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3281,6 +3313,7 @@ name = "uu_head"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3291,6 +3324,7 @@ name = "uu_hostid"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3301,6 +3335,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "dns-lookup",
+ "fluent",
  "hostname",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
@@ -3311,6 +3346,7 @@ name = "uu_id"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "selinux",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3322,6 +3358,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "file_diff",
  "filetime",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3331,6 +3368,7 @@ name = "uu_join"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3341,6 +3379,7 @@ name = "uu_kill"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3350,6 +3389,7 @@ name = "uu_link"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3358,6 +3398,7 @@ name = "uu_ln"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3367,6 +3408,7 @@ name = "uu_logname"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3377,6 +3419,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi-width",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "glob",
  "hostname",
  "lscolors",
@@ -3392,6 +3435,7 @@ name = "uu_mkdir"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3400,6 +3444,7 @@ name = "uu_mkfifo"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3409,6 +3454,7 @@ name = "uu_mknod"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3418,6 +3464,7 @@ name = "uu_mktemp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -3430,6 +3477,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "crossterm",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "tempfile",
  "uucore",
@@ -3440,6 +3488,7 @@ name = "uu_mv"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "fs_extra",
  "indicatif",
  "libc",
@@ -3453,6 +3502,7 @@ name = "uu_nice"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
@@ -3463,6 +3513,7 @@ name = "uu_nl"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "regex",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3472,6 +3523,7 @@ name = "uu_nohup"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3482,6 +3534,7 @@ name = "uu_nproc"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3491,6 +3544,7 @@ name = "uu_numfmt"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3501,6 +3555,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "half",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3510,6 +3565,7 @@ name = "uu_paste"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3518,6 +3574,7 @@ name = "uu_pathchk"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3527,6 +3584,7 @@ name = "uu_pinky"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3536,6 +3594,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "regex",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -3547,6 +3606,7 @@ name = "uu_printenv"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3555,6 +3615,7 @@ name = "uu_printf"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3563,6 +3624,7 @@ name = "uu_ptx"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "regex",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3573,6 +3635,7 @@ name = "uu_pwd"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3581,6 +3644,7 @@ name = "uu_readlink"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3589,6 +3653,7 @@ name = "uu_realpath"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3597,6 +3662,7 @@ name = "uu_rm"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3608,6 +3674,7 @@ name = "uu_rmdir"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3617,6 +3684,7 @@ name = "uu_runcon"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "selinux",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -3629,6 +3697,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bigdecimal",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -3640,6 +3709,7 @@ name = "uu_shred"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "uucore",
@@ -3650,6 +3720,7 @@ name = "uu_shuf"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "rand_core 0.9.3",
  "uucore",
@@ -3660,6 +3731,7 @@ name = "uu_sleep"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3672,6 +3744,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "compare",
  "ctrlc",
+ "fluent",
  "fnv",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "memchr",
@@ -3690,6 +3763,7 @@ name = "uu_split"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3701,6 +3775,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3710,6 +3785,7 @@ name = "uu_stdbuf"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uu_stdbuf_libstdbuf",
@@ -3729,6 +3805,7 @@ name = "uu_stty"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3738,6 +3815,7 @@ name = "uu_sum"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3746,6 +3824,7 @@ name = "uu_sync"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
@@ -3756,6 +3835,7 @@ name = "uu_tac"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "memmap2",
  "regex",
@@ -3768,6 +3848,7 @@ name = "uu_tail"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "memchr",
  "notify",
@@ -3783,6 +3864,7 @@ name = "uu_tee"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3792,6 +3874,7 @@ name = "uu_test"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3802,6 +3885,7 @@ name = "uu_timeout"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
@@ -3814,6 +3898,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "filetime",
+ "fluent",
  "parse_datetime",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
@@ -3825,6 +3910,7 @@ name = "uu_tr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nom 8.0.0",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3834,6 +3920,7 @@ name = "uu_true"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3842,6 +3929,7 @@ name = "uu_truncate"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3850,6 +3938,7 @@ name = "uu_tsort"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3859,6 +3948,7 @@ name = "uu_tty"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3868,6 +3958,7 @@ name = "uu_uname"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "platform-info",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3877,6 +3968,7 @@ name = "uu_unexpand"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "unicode-width 0.2.1",
  "uucore",
@@ -3887,6 +3979,7 @@ name = "uu_uniq"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3895,6 +3988,7 @@ name = "uu_unlink"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3904,6 +3998,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "utmp-classic",
  "uucore",
@@ -3914,6 +4009,7 @@ name = "uu_users"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "utmp-classic",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -3933,6 +4029,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytecount",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -3945,6 +4042,7 @@ name = "uu_who"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -3953,6 +4051,7 @@ name = "uu_whoami"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
@@ -3962,6 +4061,7 @@ name = "uu_yes"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "nix",
  "uucore",
diff --git a/docs/src/l10n.md b/docs/src/l10n.md
index 7f606a0b1e5..ec9c1db03c1 100644
--- a/docs/src/l10n.md
+++ b/docs/src/l10n.md
@@ -66,30 +66,29 @@ You can override the locale at runtime by running:
 
 ## 📥 Retrieving Messages
 
-Two APIs are available:
+We have a single macro to handle translations.
+It can be used in two ways:
 
-### `get_message(id: &str) -> String`
+### `translate!(id: &str) -> String`
 
 Returns the message from the current locale bundle.
 
 ```
-    let msg = get_message("id-greeting");
+    let msg = translate!("id-greeting");
 ```
 
 If not found, falls back to `en-US`. If still missing, returns the ID itself.
 
 ---
 
-### `get_message_with_args(id: &str, args: HashMap<String, String>) -> String`
+### `translate!(id: &str, args: key-value pairs) -> String`
 
 Supports variable interpolation and pluralization.
 
 ```
-    let msg = get_message_with_args(
+    let msg = translate!(
         "error-io",
-        HashMap::from([
-            ("error".to_string(), std::io::Error::last_os_error().to_string())
-        ])
+        "error" => std::io::Error::last_os_error()
     );
 ```
 
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 21ed1dbee70..c69adf67440 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ name = "uu_cksum"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "hex",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -1445,6 +1446,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -1455,6 +1457,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "jiff",
  "libc",
  "parse_datetime",
@@ -1467,6 +1470,7 @@ name = "uu_echo"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -1475,6 +1479,7 @@ name = "uu_env"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nix",
  "rust-ini",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1486,6 +1491,7 @@ name = "uu_expr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
  "onig",
@@ -1498,6 +1504,7 @@ name = "uu_printf"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
@@ -1507,6 +1514,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bigdecimal",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1522,6 +1530,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "compare",
  "ctrlc",
+ "fluent",
  "fnv",
  "itertools",
  "memchr",
@@ -1540,6 +1549,7 @@ name = "uu_split"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "memchr",
  "thiserror",
  "uucore",
@@ -1550,6 +1560,7 @@ name = "uu_test"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "thiserror",
  "uucore",
@@ -1560,6 +1571,7 @@ name = "uu_tr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "nom",
  "uucore",
 ]
@@ -1570,6 +1582,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytecount",
  "clap",
+ "fluent",
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/src/uu/arch/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/arch/Cargo.toml
index 611aa6845cf..39a2410baae 100644
--- a/src/uu/arch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/arch.rs"
 platform-info = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "arch"
diff --git a/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs b/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
index aad79b430d1..29ad9d273c9 100644
--- a/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ use platform_info::*;
 
 use clap::Command;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     let uts =
-        PlatformInfo::new().map_err(|_e| USimpleError::new(1, get_message("cannot-get-system")))?;
+        PlatformInfo::new().map_err(|_e| USimpleError::new(1, translate!("cannot-get-system")))?;
 
     println!("{}", uts.machine().to_string_lossy().trim());
     Ok(())
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("arch-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("arch-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("arch-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("arch-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/base32/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/base32/Cargo.toml
index 42421311c0e..2318911b517 100644
--- a/src/uu/base32/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/base32/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/base32.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["encoding"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "base32"
diff --git a/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs b/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs
index 37bf01e3219..c88caa651b3 100644
--- a/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs
+++ b/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 pub mod base_common;
 
 use clap::Command;
-use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult, locale::get_message};
+use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult, translate};
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
 }
 
 fn get_info() -> (&'static str, &'static str) {
-    let about: &'static str = Box::leak(get_message("base32-about").into_boxed_str());
-    let usage: &'static str = Box::leak(get_message("base32-usage").into_boxed_str());
+    let about: &'static str = Box::leak(translate!("base32-about").into_boxed_str());
+    let usage: &'static str = Box::leak(translate!("base32-usage").into_boxed_str());
     (about, usage)
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs b/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
index 9d0c69688cf..b7d1124ac1e 100644
--- a/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
+++ b/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore hexupper lsbf msbf unpadded nopad aGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, ErrorKind, Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ use uucore::encoding::{
 use uucore::encoding::{EncodingWrapper, SupportsFastDecodeAndEncode};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub const BASE_CMD_PARSE_ERROR: i32 = 1;
 
@@ -52,10 +51,7 @@ impl Config {
                 if let Some(extra_op) = values.next() {
                     return Err(UUsageError::new(
                         BASE_CMD_PARSE_ERROR,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "base-common-extra-operand",
-                            HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), extra_op.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("base-common-extra-operand", "operand" => extra_op.quote()),
                     ));
                 }
 
@@ -67,13 +63,7 @@ impl Config {
                     if !path.exists() {
                         return Err(USimpleError::new(
                             BASE_CMD_PARSE_ERROR,
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "base-common-no-such-file",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "file".to_string(),
-                                    path.maybe_quote().to_string(),
-                                )]),
-                            ),
+                            translate!("base-common-no-such-file", "file" => path.maybe_quote()),
                         ));
                     }
 
@@ -89,10 +79,7 @@ impl Config {
                 num.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| {
                     USimpleError::new(
                         BASE_CMD_PARSE_ERROR,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "base-common-invalid-wrap-size",
-                            HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), num.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("base-common-invalid-wrap-size", "size" => num.quote()),
                     )
                 })
             })
@@ -128,7 +115,7 @@ pub fn base_app(about: &'static str, usage: &str) -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .visible_short_alias('D')
                 .long(options::DECODE)
-                .help(get_message("base-common-help-decode"))
+                .help(translate!("base-common-help-decode"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::DECODE),
         )
@@ -136,7 +123,7 @@ pub fn base_app(about: &'static str, usage: &str) -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_GARBAGE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_GARBAGE)
-                .help(get_message("base-common-help-ignore-garbage"))
+                .help(translate!("base-common-help-ignore-garbage"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::IGNORE_GARBAGE),
         )
@@ -145,10 +132,7 @@ pub fn base_app(about: &'static str, usage: &str) -> Command {
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::WRAP)
                 .value_name("COLS")
-                .help(get_message_with_args(
-                    "base-common-help-wrap",
-                    HashMap::from([("default".to_string(), WRAP_DEFAULT.to_string())]),
-                ))
+                .help(translate!("base-common-help-wrap", "default" => WRAP_DEFAULT))
                 .overrides_with(options::WRAP),
         )
         // "multiple" arguments are used to check whether there is more than one
@@ -830,10 +814,7 @@ fn format_read_error(kind: ErrorKind) -> String {
         }
     }
 
-    get_message_with_args(
-        "base-common-read-error",
-        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), kind_string_capitalized)]),
-    )
+    translate!("base-common-read-error", "error" => kind_string_capitalized)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/uu/base64/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/base64/Cargo.toml
index aa899f1a1e6..8226b5877f5 100644
--- a/src/uu/base64/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/base64/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/base64.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["encoding"] }
 uu_base32 = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "base64"
diff --git a/src/uu/base64/src/base64.rs b/src/uu/base64/src/base64.rs
index cd3ab66bded..854fd91820b 100644
--- a/src/uu/base64/src/base64.rs
+++ b/src/uu/base64/src/base64.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 use clap::Command;
 use uu_base32::base_common;
-use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult, locale::get_message};
+use uucore::translate;
+use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult};
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
 }
 
 fn get_info() -> (&'static str, &'static str) {
-    let about: &'static str = Box::leak(get_message("base64-about").into_boxed_str());
-    let usage: &'static str = Box::leak(get_message("base64-usage").into_boxed_str());
+    let about: &'static str = Box::leak(translate!("base64-about").into_boxed_str());
+    let usage: &'static str = Box::leak(translate!("base64-usage").into_boxed_str());
     (about, usage)
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/basename/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/basename/Cargo.toml
index 5123174ae2d..9fe4adc03e3 100644
--- a/src/uu/basename/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/basename/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/basename.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "basename"
diff --git a/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs b/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs
index b9faf5851b1..255ff611017 100644
--- a/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs
+++ b/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::{Write, stdout};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static MULTIPLE: &str = "multiple";
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if name_args.is_empty() {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("basename-error-missing-operand"),
+            translate!("basename-error-missing-operand"),
         ));
     }
     let multiple_paths = matches.get_one::<OsString>(options::SUFFIX).is_some()
@@ -60,10 +59,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             _ => {
                 return Err(UUsageError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "basename-error-extra-operand",
-                        HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), name_args[2].quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("basename-error-extra-operand",
+                               "operand" => name_args[2].quote()),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -84,14 +81,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("basename-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("basename-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("basename-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("basename-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MULTIPLE)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::MULTIPLE)
-                .help(get_message("basename-help-multiple"))
+                .help(translate!("basename-help-multiple"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::MULTIPLE),
         )
@@ -109,14 +106,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::SUFFIX)
                 .value_name("SUFFIX")
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("basename-help-suffix"))
+                .help(translate!("basename-help-suffix"))
                 .overrides_with(options::SUFFIX),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ZERO)
-                .help(get_message("basename-help-zero"))
+                .help(translate!("basename-help-zero"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::ZERO),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/basenc/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/basenc/Cargo.toml
index 2f78a95751c..f68a0f11086 100644
--- a/src/uu/basenc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/basenc/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/basenc.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["encoding"] }
 uu_base32 = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "basenc"
diff --git a/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs b/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs
index d06ac3af795..c6cd48c2acd 100644
--- a/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uu_base32::base_common::{self, BASE_CMD_PARSE_ERROR, Config};
 use uucore::error::UClapError;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{
     encoding::Format,
     error::{UResult, UUsageError},
@@ -16,36 +16,36 @@ use uucore::{
 
 fn get_encodings() -> Vec<(&'static str, Format, String)> {
     vec![
-        ("base64", Format::Base64, get_message("basenc-help-base64")),
+        ("base64", Format::Base64, translate!("basenc-help-base64")),
         (
             "base64url",
             Format::Base64Url,
-            get_message("basenc-help-base64url"),
+            translate!("basenc-help-base64url"),
         ),
-        ("base32", Format::Base32, get_message("basenc-help-base32")),
+        ("base32", Format::Base32, translate!("basenc-help-base32")),
         (
             "base32hex",
             Format::Base32Hex,
-            get_message("basenc-help-base32hex"),
+            translate!("basenc-help-base32hex"),
         ),
-        ("base16", Format::Base16, get_message("basenc-help-base16")),
+        ("base16", Format::Base16, translate!("basenc-help-base16")),
         (
             "base2lsbf",
             Format::Base2Lsbf,
-            get_message("basenc-help-base2lsbf"),
+            translate!("basenc-help-base2lsbf"),
         ),
         (
             "base2msbf",
             Format::Base2Msbf,
-            get_message("basenc-help-base2msbf"),
+            translate!("basenc-help-base2msbf"),
         ),
-        ("z85", Format::Z85, get_message("basenc-help-z85")),
+        ("z85", Format::Z85, translate!("basenc-help-z85")),
     ]
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
-    let about: &'static str = Box::leak(get_message("basenc-about").into_boxed_str());
-    let usage: &'static str = Box::leak(get_message("basenc-usage").into_boxed_str());
+    let about: &'static str = Box::leak(translate!("basenc-about").into_boxed_str());
+    let usage: &'static str = Box::leak(translate!("basenc-usage").into_boxed_str());
 
     let encodings = get_encodings();
     let mut command = base_common::base_app(about, usage);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fn parse_cmd_args(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<(Config, Format)> {
         .ok_or_else(|| {
             UUsageError::new(
                 BASE_CMD_PARSE_ERROR,
-                get_message("basenc-error-missing-encoding-type"),
+                translate!("basenc-error-missing-encoding-type"),
             )
         })?
         .1;
diff --git a/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml
index 387ecbe238e..632a0d97b87 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cat/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fast-inc", "fs", "pipes"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
index b1c5f9aac63..c7f975952f6 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 use uucore::libc;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{fast_inc::fast_inc_one, format_usage};
 
 /// Linux splice support
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("cat-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("cat-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("cat-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("cat-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/chcon/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chcon/Cargo.toml
index ccf36056339..ab05ed53c0c 100644
--- a/src/uu/chcon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chcon/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ selinux = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 fts-sys = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "chcon"
diff --git a/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs b/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs
index b2cddeab8ce..754f1c2703a 100644
--- a/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{display::Quotable, format_usage, show_error, show_warning};
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use selinux::{OpaqueSecurityContext, SecurityContext};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString, OsStr, OsString};
 use std::os::raw::c_int;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ mod fts;
 
 use errors::*;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 pub mod options {
     pub static HELP: &str = "help";
     pub static VERBOSE: &str = "verbose";
@@ -80,14 +78,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 Ok(None) => {
                     let err = io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::ENODATA);
                     Err(Error::from_io1(
-                        get_message("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
+                        translate!("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
                         reference,
                         err,
                     ))
                 }
 
                 Err(r) => Err(Error::from_selinux(
-                    get_message("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
+                    translate!("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
                     r,
                 )),
             };
@@ -111,10 +109,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 Err(_r) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         libc::EXIT_FAILURE,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "chcon-error-invalid-context",
-                            HashMap::from([("context".to_string(), context.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("chcon-error-invalid-context", "context" => context.quote()),
                     ));
                 }
             };
@@ -122,10 +117,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             if SecurityContext::from_c_str(&c_context, false).check() == Some(false) {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     libc::EXIT_FAILURE,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "chcon-error-invalid-context",
-                        HashMap::from([("context".to_string(), context.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("chcon-error-invalid-context", "context" => context.quote()),
                 ));
             }
 
@@ -164,42 +156,42 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("chcon-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("chcon-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("chcon-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("chcon-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE)
                 .long(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE)
                 .overrides_with(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE)
                 .short('h')
                 .long(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-no-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-no-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .long(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .overrides_with(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .long(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-no-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-no-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -208,7 +200,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("RFILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
                 .conflicts_with_all([options::USER, options::ROLE, options::TYPE, options::RANGE])
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-reference"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-reference"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -217,7 +209,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::USER)
                 .value_name("USER")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::Username)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-user"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-user"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -225,7 +217,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::ROLE)
                 .value_name("ROLE")
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-role"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-role"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -233,7 +225,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::TYPE)
                 .value_name("TYPE")
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-type"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-type"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -241,14 +233,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::RANGE)
                 .value_name("RANGE")
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-range"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-range"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RECURSIVE)
                 .short('R')
                 .long(options::RECURSIVE)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -259,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     options::sym_links::FOLLOW_DIR_SYM_LINKS,
                     options::sym_links::NO_FOLLOW_SYM_LINKS,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-follow-arg-dir-symlink"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-follow-arg-dir-symlink"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -270,7 +262,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     options::sym_links::FOLLOW_ARG_DIR_SYM_LINK,
                     options::sym_links::NO_FOLLOW_SYM_LINKS,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-follow-dir-symlinks"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-follow-dir-symlinks"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -281,14 +273,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     options::sym_links::FOLLOW_ARG_DIR_SYM_LINK,
                     options::sym_links::FOLLOW_DIR_SYM_LINKS,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-no-follow-symlinks"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-no-follow-symlinks"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("chcon-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("chcon-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -318,24 +310,24 @@ fn parse_command_line(config: Command, args: impl uucore::Args) -> Result<Option
     let (recursive_mode, affect_symlink_referent) = if matches.get_flag(options::RECURSIVE) {
         if matches.get_flag(options::sym_links::FOLLOW_DIR_SYM_LINKS) {
             if matches.get_flag(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
-                return Err(Error::ArgumentsMismatch(get_message(
-                    "chcon-error-recursive-no-dereference-require-p",
+                return Err(Error::ArgumentsMismatch(translate!(
+                    "chcon-error-recursive-no-dereference-require-p"
                 )));
             }
 
             (RecursiveMode::RecursiveAndFollowAllDirSymLinks, true)
         } else if matches.get_flag(options::sym_links::FOLLOW_ARG_DIR_SYM_LINK) {
             if matches.get_flag(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
-                return Err(Error::ArgumentsMismatch(get_message(
-                    "chcon-error-recursive-no-dereference-require-p",
+                return Err(Error::ArgumentsMismatch(translate!(
+                    "chcon-error-recursive-no-dereference-require-p"
                 )));
             }
 
             (RecursiveMode::RecursiveAndFollowArgDirSymLinks, true)
         } else {
             if matches.get_flag(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE) {
-                return Err(Error::ArgumentsMismatch(get_message(
-                    "chcon-error-recursive-dereference-require-h-or-l",
+                return Err(Error::ArgumentsMismatch(translate!(
+                    "chcon-error-recursive-dereference-require-h-or-l"
                 )));
             }
 
@@ -510,7 +502,7 @@ fn process_file(
 
     let file_full_name = entry.path().map(PathBuf::from).ok_or_else(|| {
         Error::from_io(
-            get_message("chcon-op-file-name-validation"),
+            translate!("chcon-op-file-name-validation"),
             io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into(),
         )
     })?;
@@ -518,7 +510,7 @@ fn process_file(
     let fts_access_path = entry.access_path().ok_or_else(|| {
         let err = io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into();
         Error::from_io1(
-            get_message("chcon-op-file-name-validation"),
+            translate!("chcon-op-file-name-validation"),
             &file_full_name,
             err,
         )
@@ -536,7 +528,7 @@ fn process_file(
         st.try_into()?
     } else {
         return Err(err(
-            get_message("chcon-op-getting-meta-data"),
+            translate!("chcon-op-getting-meta-data"),
             io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
         ));
     };
@@ -558,7 +550,7 @@ fn process_file(
                     let _ignored = fts.read_next_entry();
 
                     return Err(err(
-                        get_message("chcon-op-modifying-root-path"),
+                        translate!("chcon-op-modifying-root-path"),
                         io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied,
                     ));
                 }
@@ -585,18 +577,18 @@ fn process_file(
                 return Ok(());
             }
 
-            result = fts_err(get_message("chcon-op-accessing"));
+            result = fts_err(translate!("chcon-op-accessing"));
         }
 
-        fts_sys::FTS_ERR => result = fts_err(get_message("chcon-op-accessing")),
+        fts_sys::FTS_ERR => result = fts_err(translate!("chcon-op-accessing")),
 
-        fts_sys::FTS_DNR => result = fts_err(get_message("chcon-op-reading-directory")),
+        fts_sys::FTS_DNR => result = fts_err(translate!("chcon-op-reading-directory")),
 
         fts_sys::FTS_DC => {
             if cycle_warning_required(options.recursive_mode.fts_open_options(), &entry) {
                 emit_cycle_warning(&file_full_name);
                 return Err(err(
-                    get_message("chcon-op-reading-cyclic-directory"),
+                    translate!("chcon-op-reading-cyclic-directory"),
                     io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
                 ));
             }
@@ -611,7 +603,7 @@ fn process_file(
     {
         root_dev_ino_warn(&file_full_name);
         result = Err(err(
-            get_message("chcon-op-modifying-root-path"),
+            translate!("chcon-op-modifying-root-path"),
             io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied,
         ));
     }
@@ -620,13 +612,7 @@ fn process_file(
         if options.verbose {
             println!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "chcon-verbose-changing-context",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("util_name".to_string(), uucore::util_name().to_string()),
-                        ("file".to_string(), file_full_name.quote().to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("chcon-verbose-changing-context", "util_name" => uucore::util_name(), "file" => file_full_name.quote())
             );
         }
 
@@ -654,7 +640,7 @@ fn change_file_context(
             let err0 = || -> Result<()> {
                 // If the file doesn't have a context, and we're not setting all of the context
                 // components, there isn't really an obvious default. Thus, we just give up.
-                let op = get_message("chcon-op-applying-partial-context");
+                let op = translate!("chcon-op-applying-partial-context");
                 let err = io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into();
                 Err(Error::from_io1(op, path, err))
             };
@@ -666,7 +652,7 @@ fn change_file_context(
                     Ok(None) => return err0(),
                     Err(r) => {
                         return Err(Error::from_selinux(
-                            get_message("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
+                            translate!("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
                             r,
                         ));
                     }
@@ -678,7 +664,7 @@ fn change_file_context(
                 Ok(None) => return err0(),
                 Err(r) => {
                     return Err(Error::from_selinux(
-                        get_message("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
+                        translate!("chcon-op-getting-security-context"),
                         r,
                     ));
                 }
@@ -687,7 +673,7 @@ fn change_file_context(
             let se_context =
                 OpaqueSecurityContext::from_c_str(c_file_context.as_ref()).map_err(|_r| {
                     let err = io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into();
-                    Error::from_io1(get_message("chcon-op-creating-security-context"), path, err)
+                    Error::from_io1(translate!("chcon-op-creating-security-context"), path, err)
                 })?;
 
             type SetValueProc = fn(&OpaqueSecurityContext, &CStr) -> selinux::errors::Result<()>;
@@ -703,24 +689,17 @@ fn change_file_context(
                 if let Some(new_value) = new_value {
                     let c_new_value = os_str_to_c_string(new_value).map_err(|_r| {
                         let err = io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into();
-                        Error::from_io1(
-                            get_message("chcon-op-creating-security-context"),
-                            path,
-                            err,
-                        )
+                        Error::from_io1(translate!("chcon-op-creating-security-context"), path, err)
                     })?;
 
                     set_value_proc(&se_context, &c_new_value).map_err(|r| {
-                        Error::from_selinux(
-                            get_message("chcon-op-setting-security-context-user"),
-                            r,
-                        )
+                        Error::from_selinux(translate!("chcon-op-setting-security-context-user"), r)
                     })?;
                 }
             }
 
             let context_string = se_context.to_c_string().map_err(|r| {
-                Error::from_selinux(get_message("chcon-op-getting-security-context"), r)
+                Error::from_selinux(translate!("chcon-op-getting-security-context"), r)
             })?;
 
             if c_file_context.as_ref().to_bytes() == context_string.as_ref().to_bytes() {
@@ -729,7 +708,7 @@ fn change_file_context(
                 SecurityContext::from_c_str(&context_string, false)
                     .set_for_path(path, options.affect_symlink_referent, false)
                     .map_err(|r| {
-                        Error::from_selinux(get_message("chcon-op-setting-security-context"), r)
+                        Error::from_selinux(translate!("chcon-op-setting-security-context"), r)
                     })
             }
         }
@@ -739,12 +718,12 @@ fn change_file_context(
                 SecurityContext::from_c_str(c_context.as_ref(), false)
                     .set_for_path(path, options.affect_symlink_referent, false)
                     .map_err(|r| {
-                        Error::from_selinux(get_message("chcon-op-setting-security-context"), r)
+                        Error::from_selinux(translate!("chcon-op-setting-security-context"), r)
                     })
             } else {
                 let err = io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into();
                 Err(Error::from_io1(
-                    get_message("chcon-op-setting-security-context"),
+                    translate!("chcon-op-setting-security-context"),
                     path,
                     err,
                 ))
@@ -777,27 +756,12 @@ fn root_dev_ino_warn(dir_name: &Path) {
     if dir_name.as_os_str() == "/" {
         show_warning!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "chcon-warning-dangerous-recursive-root",
-                HashMap::from([(
-                    "option".to_string(),
-                    options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT.to_string()
-                )])
-            )
+            translate!("chcon-warning-dangerous-recursive-root", "option" => options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
         );
     } else {
         show_warning!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "chcon-warning-dangerous-recursive-dir",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("dir".to_string(), dir_name.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
-                    (
-                        "option".to_string(),
-                        options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT.to_string()
-                    )
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("chcon-warning-dangerous-recursive-dir", "dir" => dir_name.to_string_lossy(), "option" => options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
         );
     }
 }
@@ -819,10 +783,7 @@ fn cycle_warning_required(fts_options: c_int, entry: &fts::EntryRef) -> bool {
 fn emit_cycle_warning(file_name: &Path) {
     show_warning!(
         "{}",
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "chcon-warning-circular-directory",
-            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file_name.to_string_lossy().to_string())])
-        )
+        translate!("chcon-warning-circular-directory", "file" => file_name.to_string_lossy())
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/chcon/src/errors.rs b/src/uu/chcon/src/errors.rs
index 3d37cccac0b..76ffeeb6ad5 100644
--- a/src/uu/chcon/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chcon/src/errors.rs
@@ -4,26 +4,25 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 #![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::io;
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub(crate) type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("chcon-error-no-context-specified"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chcon-error-no-context-specified"))]
     MissingContext,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("chcon-error-no-files-specified"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chcon-error-no-files-specified"))]
     MissingFiles,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("chcon-error-data-out-of-range"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chcon-error-data-out-of-range"))]
     OutOfRange,
 
     #[error("{0}")]
@@ -32,21 +31,21 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     CommandLine(#[from] clap::Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chcon-error-operation-failed", HashMap::from([("operation".to_string(), operation.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chcon-error-operation-failed", "operation" => operation.clone()))]
     SELinux {
         operation: String,
         #[source]
         source: selinux::errors::Error,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chcon-error-operation-failed", HashMap::from([("operation".to_string(), operation.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chcon-error-operation-failed", "operation" => operation.clone()))]
     Io {
         operation: String,
         #[source]
         source: io::Error,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chcon-error-operation-failed-on", HashMap::from([("operation".to_string(), operation.clone()), ("operand".to_string(), operand1.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chcon-error-operation-failed-on", "operation" => operation.clone(), "operand" => operand1.quote()))]
     Io1 {
         operation: String,
         operand1: OsString,
diff --git a/src/uu/chgrp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chgrp/Cargo.toml
index 7f23eec34d7..2a629542b29 100644
--- a/src/uu/chgrp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chgrp/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/chgrp.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs", "perms"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "chgrp"
diff --git a/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs b/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
index 35d7efc827a..9df217fd0de 100644
--- a/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
@@ -10,35 +10,27 @@ pub use uucore::entries;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::perms::{GidUidOwnerFilter, IfFrom, chown_base, options};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 fn parse_gid_from_str(group: &str) -> Result<u32, String> {
     if let Some(gid_str) = group.strip_prefix(':') {
         // Handle :gid format
-        gid_str.parse::<u32>().map_err(|_| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "chgrp-error-invalid-group-id",
-                HashMap::from([("gid_str".to_string(), gid_str.to_string())]),
-            )
-        })
+        gid_str
+            .parse::<u32>()
+            .map_err(|_| translate!("chgrp-error-invalid-group-id", "gid_str" => gid_str))
     } else {
         // Try as group name first
         match entries::grp2gid(group) {
             Ok(g) => Ok(g),
             // If group name lookup fails, try parsing as raw number
-            Err(_) => group.parse::<u32>().map_err(|_| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "chgrp-error-invalid-group",
-                    HashMap::from([("group".to_string(), group.to_string())]),
-                )
-            }),
+            Err(_) => group
+                .parse::<u32>()
+                .map_err(|_| translate!("chgrp-error-invalid-group", "group" => group)),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -52,12 +44,9 @@ fn get_dest_gid(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, String)> {
                 raw_group = entries::gid2grp(gid).unwrap_or_else(|_| gid.to_string());
                 Some(gid)
             })
-            .map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "chgrp-error-failed-to-get-attributes",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?
+            .map_err_context(
+                || translate!("chgrp-error-failed-to-get-attributes", "file" => file.quote()),
+            )?
     } else {
         let group = matches
             .get_one::<String>(options::ARG_GROUP)
@@ -86,10 +75,7 @@ fn parse_gid_and_uid(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<GidUidOwnerFilter> {
             Err(_) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "chgrp-error-invalid-user",
-                        HashMap::from([("from_group".to_string(), from_group.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("chgrp-error-invalid-user", "from_group" => from_group),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -113,21 +99,21 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("chgrp-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("chgrp-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("chgrp-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("chgrp-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-print-help"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-print-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::CHANGES)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::verbosity::CHANGES)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-changes"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-changes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -139,26 +125,26 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::QUIET)
                 .long(options::verbosity::QUIET)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE)
                 .long(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE)
                 .long(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-no-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-no-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -166,19 +152,19 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::REFERENCE)
                 .value_name("RFILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-reference")),
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-reference")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FROM)
                 .long(options::FROM)
                 .value_name("GROUP")
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-from")),
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-from")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RECURSIVE)
                 .short('R')
                 .long(options::RECURSIVE)
-                .help(get_message("chgrp-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("chgrp-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // Add common arguments with chgrp, chown & chmod
diff --git a/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml
index d39811d45d0..8d48f343a91 100644
--- a/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chmod/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/chmod.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs", "mode", "perms"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "chmod"
diff --git a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
index 2566c7c29ad..99e0657d3c3 100644
--- a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) Chmoder cmode fmode fperm fref ugoa RFILE RFILE's
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::{MetadataExt, PermissionsExt};
@@ -21,21 +20,21 @@ use uucore::mode;
 use uucore::perms::{TraverseSymlinks, configure_symlink_and_recursion};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show, show_error};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum ChmodError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chmod-error-cannot-stat", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chmod-error-cannot-stat", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     CannotStat(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chmod-error-dangling-symlink", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chmod-error-dangling-symlink", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     DanglingSymlink(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chmod-error-no-such-file", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chmod-error-no-such-file", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     NoSuchFile(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chmod-error-preserve-root", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chmod-error-preserve-root", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     PreserveRoot(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chmod-error-permission-denied", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chmod-error-permission-denied", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     PermissionDenied(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chmod-error-new-permissions", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.clone()), ("actual".to_string(), _1.clone()), ("expected".to_string(), _2.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chmod-error-new-permissions", "file" => _0.clone(), "actual" => _1.clone(), "expected" => _2.clone()))]
     NewPermissions(String, String, String),
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ fn extract_negative_modes(mut args: impl uucore::Args) -> (Option<String>, Vec<O
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let (parsed_cmode, args) = extract_negative_modes(args.skip(1)); // skip binary name
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(get_message("chmod-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("chmod-after-help"))
         .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     let changes = matches.get_flag(options::CHANGES);
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if files.is_empty() {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("chmod-error-missing-operand"),
+            translate!("chmod-error-missing-operand"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -179,8 +178,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("chmod-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("chmod-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("chmod-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("chmod-usage")))
         .args_override_self(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .no_binary_name(true)
@@ -188,14 +187,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-print-help"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-print-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CHANGES)
                 .long(options::CHANGES)
                 .short('c')
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-changes"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-changes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -203,40 +202,40 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::QUIET)
                 .visible_alias("silent")
                 .short('f')
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .long(options::NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-no-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-no-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .long(options::PRESERVE_ROOT)
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RECURSIVE)
                 .long(options::RECURSIVE)
                 .short('R')
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::REFERENCE)
                 .long("reference")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
-                .help(get_message("chmod-help-reference")),
+                .help(translate!("chmod-help-reference")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MODE).required_unless_present(options::REFERENCE),
@@ -292,10 +291,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
                     if self.verbose {
                         println!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "chmod-verbose-failed-dangling",
-                                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("chmod-verbose-failed-dangling", "file" => filename.quote())
                         );
                     }
                 } else if !self.quiet {
diff --git a/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml
index dcf7c445412..5fa279650ea 100644
--- a/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chown/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/chown.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs", "perms"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "chown"
diff --git a/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs b/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs
index fb8107f2037..bd5872d5129 100644
--- a/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 pub use uucore::entries::{self, Group, Locate, Passwd};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::perms::{GidUidOwnerFilter, IfFrom, chown_base, options};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 
@@ -17,9 +18,6 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 fn parse_gid_uid_and_filter(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<GidUidOwnerFilter> {
     let filter = if let Some(spec) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::FROM) {
         match parse_spec(spec, ':')? {
@@ -36,12 +34,9 @@ fn parse_gid_uid_and_filter(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<GidUidOwnerFilter>
     let dest_gid: Option<u32>;
     let raw_owner: String;
     if let Some(file) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::REFERENCE) {
-        let meta = fs::metadata(file).map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "chown-error-failed-to-get-attributes",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.quote().to_string())]),
-            )
-        })?;
+        let meta = fs::metadata(file).map_err_context(
+            || translate!("chown-error-failed-to-get-attributes", "file" => file.quote()),
+        )?;
         let gid = meta.gid();
         let uid = meta.uid();
         dest_gid = Some(gid);
@@ -82,58 +77,58 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("chown-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("chown-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("chown-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("chown-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-print-help"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-print-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::CHANGES)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::verbosity::CHANGES)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-changes"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-changes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FROM)
                 .long(options::FROM)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-from"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-from"))
                 .value_name("CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE)
                 .long(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE)
                 .long(options::preserve_root::NO_PRESERVE)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-no-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-no-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::QUIET)
                 .long(options::verbosity::QUIET)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RECURSIVE)
                 .short('R')
                 .long(options::RECURSIVE)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::REFERENCE)
                 .long(options::REFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-reference"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-reference"))
                 .value_name("RFILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
                 .num_args(1..),
@@ -148,7 +143,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
                 .long(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
-                .help(get_message("chown-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("chown-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // Add common arguments with chgrp, chown & chmod
@@ -177,10 +172,7 @@ fn parse_uid(user: &str, spec: &str, sep: char) -> UResult<Option<u32>> {
                     Ok(uid) => Ok(Some(uid)),
                     Err(_) => Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "chown-error-invalid-user",
-                            HashMap::from([("user".to_string(), spec.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("chown-error-invalid-user", "user" => spec.quote()),
                     )),
                 }
             }
@@ -199,10 +191,7 @@ fn parse_gid(group: &str, spec: &str) -> UResult<Option<u32>> {
             Ok(gid) => Ok(Some(gid)),
             Err(_) => Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "chown-error-invalid-group",
-                    HashMap::from([("group".to_string(), spec.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("chown-error-invalid-group", "group" => spec.quote()),
             )),
         },
     }
@@ -234,10 +223,7 @@ fn parse_spec(spec: &str, sep: char) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>)> {
         // we should fail with an error
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "chown-error-invalid-spec",
-                HashMap::from([("spec".to_string(), spec.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("chown-error-invalid-spec", "spec" => spec.quote()),
         ));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/chroot/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/chroot/Cargo.toml
index 4d302d95f06..d251c98231d 100644
--- a/src/uu/chroot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/chroot/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/chroot.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "chroot"
diff --git a/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs b/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
index ffa92116142..3d8ea589b37 100644
--- a/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use uucore::fs::{MissingHandling, ResolveMode, canonicalize};
 use uucore::libc::{self, chroot, setgid, setgroups, setuid};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const NEWROOT: &str = "newroot";
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             125,
-            get_message("chroot-error-skip-chdir-only-permitted"),
+            translate!("chroot-error-skip-chdir-only-permitted"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("chroot-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("chroot-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("chroot-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("chroot-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .arg(
@@ -251,19 +251,19 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::GROUPS)
                 .long(options::GROUPS)
                 .overrides_with(options::GROUPS)
-                .help(get_message("chroot-help-groups"))
+                .help(translate!("chroot-help-groups"))
                 .value_name("GROUP1,GROUP2..."),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::USERSPEC)
                 .long(options::USERSPEC)
-                .help(get_message("chroot-help-userspec"))
+                .help(translate!("chroot-help-userspec"))
                 .value_name("USER:GROUP"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SKIP_CHDIR)
                 .long(options::SKIP_CHDIR)
-                .help(get_message("chroot-help-skip-chdir"))
+                .help(translate!("chroot-help-skip-chdir"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/chroot/src/error.rs b/src/uu/chroot/src/error.rs
index c0a12b20dd8..52f03ba3a96 100644
--- a/src/uu/chroot/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chroot/src/error.rs
@@ -4,94 +4,66 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore NEWROOT Userspec userspec
 //! Errors returned by chroot.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Error;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
 use uucore::libc;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Errors that can happen while executing chroot.
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum ChrootError {
     /// Failed to enter the specified directory.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-cannot-enter", HashMap::from([
-        ("dir".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string()),
-        ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-cannot-enter", "dir" => _0.quote(), "err" => _1))]
     CannotEnter(String, #[source] Error),
 
     /// Failed to execute the specified command.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-command-failed", HashMap::from([
-        ("cmd".to_string(), _0.to_string().quote().to_string()),
-        ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-command-failed", "cmd" => _0.quote(), "err" => _1))]
     CommandFailed(String, #[source] Error),
 
     /// Failed to find the specified command.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-command-not-found", HashMap::from([
-        ("cmd".to_string(), _0.to_string().quote().to_string()),
-        ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-command-not-found", "cmd" => _0.quote(), "err" => _1))]
     CommandNotFound(String, #[source] Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("chroot-error-groups-parsing-failed"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-groups-parsing-failed"))]
     GroupsParsingFailed,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-invalid-group", HashMap::from([
-        ("group".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-invalid-group", "group" => _0.quote()))]
     InvalidGroup(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-invalid-group-list", HashMap::from([
-        ("list".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-invalid-group-list", "list" => _0.quote()))]
     InvalidGroupList(String),
 
     /// The new root directory was not given.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-missing-newroot", HashMap::from([
-        ("util_name".to_string(), uucore::execution_phrase().to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-missing-newroot", "util_name" => uucore::execution_phrase()))]
     MissingNewRoot,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-no-group-specified", HashMap::from([
-        ("uid".to_string(), _0.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-no-group-specified", "uid" => _0))]
     NoGroupSpecified(libc::uid_t),
 
     /// Failed to find the specified user.
-    #[error("{}", get_message("chroot-error-no-such-user"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-no-such-user"))]
     NoSuchUser,
 
     /// Failed to find the specified group.
-    #[error("{}", get_message("chroot-error-no-such-group"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-no-such-group"))]
     NoSuchGroup,
 
     /// The given directory does not exist.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-no-such-directory", HashMap::from([
-        ("dir".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-no-such-directory", "dir" => _0.quote()))]
     NoSuchDirectory(String),
 
     /// The call to `setgid()` failed.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-set-gid-failed", HashMap::from([
-        ("gid".to_string(), _0.to_string()),
-        ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-set-gid-failed", "gid" => _0, "err" => _1))]
     SetGidFailed(String, #[source] Error),
 
     /// The call to `setgroups()` failed.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-set-groups-failed", HashMap::from([
-        ("err".to_string(), _0.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-set-groups-failed", "err" => _0))]
     SetGroupsFailed(Error),
 
     /// The call to `setuid()` failed.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("chroot-error-set-user-failed", HashMap::from([
-        ("user".to_string(), _0.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-        ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("chroot-error-set-user-failed", "user" => _0.maybe_quote(), "err" => _1))]
     SetUserFailed(String, #[source] Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
index 8180a5f4d19..0eb4d28541d 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/cksum.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["checksum", "encoding", "sum"] }
 hex = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "cksum"
diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
index 2cc37f20c0d..6dc28040ee5 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, value_parser};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, BufReader, Read, Write, stdin, stdout};
@@ -19,7 +18,8 @@ use uucore::checksum::{
     ChecksumVerbose, SUPPORTED_ALGORITHMS, calculate_blake2b_length, detect_algo, digest_reader,
     perform_checksum_validation,
 };
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{
     encoding,
     error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError},
@@ -89,17 +89,14 @@ where
         if filename.is_dir() {
             show!(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "cksum-error-is-directory",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.display().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("cksum-error-is-directory", "file" => filename.display())
             ));
             continue;
         }
 
         let (sum_hex, sz) =
             digest_reader(&mut options.digest, &mut file, false, options.output_bits)
-                .map_err_context(|| get_message("cksum-error-failed-to-read-input"))?;
+                .map_err_context(|| translate!("cksum-error-failed-to-read-input"))?;
 
         let sum = match options.output_format {
             OutputFormat::Raw => {
@@ -346,8 +343,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("cksum-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("cksum-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("cksum-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("cksum-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
@@ -361,21 +358,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ALGORITHM)
                 .long(options::ALGORITHM)
                 .short('a')
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-algorithm"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-algorithm"))
                 .value_name("ALGORITHM")
                 .value_parser(SUPPORTED_ALGORITHMS),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::UNTAGGED)
                 .long(options::UNTAGGED)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-untagged"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-untagged"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::TAG),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TAG)
                 .long(options::TAG)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-tag"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-tag"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::UNTAGGED),
         )
@@ -384,32 +381,32 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::LENGTH)
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(usize))
                 .short('l')
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-length"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-length"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Set),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RAW)
                 .long(options::RAW)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-raw"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-raw"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::STRICT)
                 .long(options::STRICT)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-strict"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-strict"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CHECK)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::CHECK)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-check"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-check"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BASE64)
                 .long(options::BASE64)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-base64"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-base64"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 // Even though this could easily just override an earlier '--raw',
                 // GNU cksum does not permit these flags to be combined:
@@ -435,36 +432,36 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::WARN)
                 .short('w')
                 .long("warn")
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-warn"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-warn"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::STATUS, options::QUIET]),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::STATUS)
                 .long("status")
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-status"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-status"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::WARN, options::QUIET]),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::QUIET)
                 .long(options::QUIET)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::WARN, options::STATUS]),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_MISSING)
                 .long(options::IGNORE_MISSING)
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-ignore-missing"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-ignore-missing"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO)
                 .long(options::ZERO)
                 .short('z')
-                .help(get_message("cksum-help-zero"))
+                .help(translate!("cksum-help-zero"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
-        .after_help(get_message("cksum-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("cksum-after-help"))
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/comm/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/comm/Cargo.toml
index 71617428039..8f8f6fba70a 100644
--- a/src/uu/comm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/comm/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/comm.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "comm"
diff --git a/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs b/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs
index 2d35d4d8b0e..e55d181d6c5 100644
--- a/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs
+++ b/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) delim mkdelim pairable
 
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::{File, metadata};
 use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read, Stdin, stdin};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::fs::paths_refer_to_same_file;
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 mod options {
     pub const COLUMN_1: &str = "1";
     pub const COLUMN_2: &str = "2";
@@ -105,10 +103,7 @@ impl OrderChecker {
         if !is_ordered && !self.has_error {
             eprintln!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "comm-error-file-not-sorted",
-                    HashMap::from([("file_num".to_string(), self.file_num.as_str().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("comm-error-file-not-sorted", "file_num" => self.file_num.as_str())
             );
             self.has_error = true;
         }
@@ -253,14 +248,14 @@ fn comm(a: &mut LineReader, b: &mut LineReader, delim: &str, opts: &ArgMatches)
         let line_ending = LineEnding::from_zero_flag(opts.get_flag(options::ZERO_TERMINATED));
         print!(
             "{total_col_1}{delim}{total_col_2}{delim}{total_col_3}{delim}{}{line_ending}",
-            get_message("comm-total")
+            translate!("comm-total")
         );
     }
 
     if should_check_order && (checker1.has_error || checker2.has_error) {
         // Print the input error message once at the end
         if input_error {
-            eprintln!("{}", get_message("comm-error-input-not-sorted"));
+            eprintln!("{}", translate!("comm-error-input-not-sorted"));
         }
         Err(USimpleError::new(1, ""))
     } else {
@@ -273,7 +268,7 @@ fn open_file(name: &str, line_ending: LineEnding) -> io::Result<LineReader> {
         Ok(LineReader::new(Input::Stdin(stdin()), line_ending))
     } else {
         if metadata(name)?.is_dir() {
-            return Err(io::Error::other(get_message("comm-error-is-directory")));
+            return Err(io::Error::other(translate!("comm-error-is-directory")));
         }
         let f = File::open(name)?;
         Ok(LineReader::new(
@@ -305,7 +300,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             // Note: This intentionally deviate from the GNU error message by inserting the word "conflicting".
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("comm-error-multiple-conflicting-delimiters"),
+                translate!("comm-error-multiple-conflicting-delimiters"),
             ));
         }
     }
@@ -320,32 +315,32 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("comm-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("comm-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("comm-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("comm-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN_1)
                 .short('1')
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-column-1"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-column-1"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN_2)
                 .short('2')
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-column-2"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-column-2"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN_3)
                 .short('3')
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-column-3"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-column-3"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DELIMITER)
                 .long(options::DELIMITER)
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-delimiter"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-delimiter"))
                 .value_name("STR")
                 .default_value(options::DELIMITER_DEFAULT)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
@@ -357,7 +352,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
                 .overrides_with(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -373,19 +368,19 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TOTAL)
                 .long(options::TOTAL)
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-total"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-total"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CHECK_ORDER)
                 .long(options::CHECK_ORDER)
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-check-order"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-check-order"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_CHECK_ORDER)
                 .long(options::NO_CHECK_ORDER)
-                .help(get_message("comm-help-no-check-order"))
+                .help(translate!("comm-help-no-check-order"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .conflicts_with(options::CHECK_ORDER),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
index 608b97d04c4..9e5373d232b 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
 walkdir = { workspace = true }
 indicatif = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 xattr = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
index d64505b18f2..b11a5a2bd37 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ use uucore::error::UIoError;
 use uucore::fs::{
     FileInformation, MissingHandling, ResolveMode, canonicalize, path_ends_with_terminator,
 };
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::show;
 use uucore::show_error;
 use uucore::uio_error;
@@ -186,10 +187,7 @@ impl Entry {
                 if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir_all(context.target) {
                     eprintln!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "cp-error-failed-to-create-directory",
-                            HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("cp-error-failed-to-create-directory", "error" => e)
                     );
                 }
             } else {
@@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ fn copy_direntry(
     // exist, ...
     if source_absolute.is_dir() && !local_to_target.exists() {
         return if target_is_file {
-            Err(get_message("cp-error-cannot-overwrite-non-directory-with-directory").into())
+            Err(translate!("cp-error-cannot-overwrite-non-directory-with-directory").into())
         } else {
             build_dir(&local_to_target, false, options, Some(&source_absolute))?;
             if options.verbose {
@@ -277,13 +275,7 @@ fn copy_direntry(
                         show!(uio_error!(
                             e,
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "cp-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "source".to_string(),
-                                    source_relative.quote().to_string()
-                                )])
-                            ),
+                            translate!("cp-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "source" => source_relative.quote()),
                         ));
                     }
                     e => return Err(e),
@@ -328,25 +320,12 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
     }
 
     if !options.recursive {
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-omitting-directory",
-            HashMap::from([("dir".to_string(), root.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-        .into());
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-omitting-directory", "dir" => root.quote()).into());
     }
 
     // check if root is a prefix of target
     if path_has_prefix(target, root)? {
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-cannot-copy-directory-into-itself",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("source".to_string(), root.quote().to_string()),
-                (
-                    "dest".to_string(),
-                    target.join(root.file_name().unwrap()).quote().to_string(),
-                ),
-            ]),
-        )
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-cannot-copy-directory-into-itself", "source" => root.quote(), "dest" => target.join(root.file_name().unwrap()).quote())
         .into());
     }
 
@@ -391,11 +370,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
     let context = match Context::new(root, target) {
         Ok(c) => c,
         Err(e) => {
-            return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-failed-get-current-dir",
-                HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-            )
-            .into());
+            return Err(translate!("cp-error-failed-get-current-dir", "error" => e).into());
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 770c558ff67..2cdd79255cf 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf, StripPrefixError};
 use std::{fmt, io};
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "android")))]
 use uucore::fsxattr::copy_xattrs;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, builder::ValueParser, value_parser};
 use filetime::FileTime;
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ use uucore::{
 };
 
 use crate::copydir::copy_directory;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 mod copydir;
 mod platform;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub enum CpError {
 
     /// Represents the state when a non-fatal error has occurred
     /// and not all files were copied.
-    #[error("{}", get_message("cp-error-not-all-files-copied"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("cp-error-not-all-files-copied"))]
     NotAllFilesCopied,
 
     /// Simple [`walkdir::Error`] wrapper
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ pub enum CpError {
     /// All standard options are included as an implementation
     /// path, but those that are not implemented yet should return
     /// a `NotImplemented` error.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("cp-error-option-not-implemented", HashMap::from([("option".to_string(), 0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("cp-error-option-not-implemented", "option" => 0))]
     NotImplemented(String),
 
     /// Invalid arguments to backup
     #[error(transparent)]
     Backup(#[from] BackupError),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("cp-error-not-a-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("cp-error-not-a-directory", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     NotADirectory(PathBuf),
 }
 
@@ -119,13 +119,7 @@ impl Display for BackupError {
         write!(
             f,
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-backup-format",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("error".to_string(), self.0.clone()),
-                    ("exec".to_string(), uucore::execution_phrase().to_string())
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("cp-error-backup-format", "error" => self.0.clone(), "exec" => uucore::execution_phrase())
         )
     }
 }
@@ -423,11 +417,11 @@ struct CopyDebug {
 impl Display for OffloadReflinkDebug {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let msg = match self {
-            Self::No => get_message("cp-debug-enum-no"),
-            Self::Yes => get_message("cp-debug-enum-yes"),
-            Self::Avoided => get_message("cp-debug-enum-avoided"),
-            Self::Unsupported => get_message("cp-debug-enum-unsupported"),
-            Self::Unknown => get_message("cp-debug-enum-unknown"),
+            Self::No => translate!("cp-debug-enum-no"),
+            Self::Yes => translate!("cp-debug-enum-yes"),
+            Self::Avoided => translate!("cp-debug-enum-avoided"),
+            Self::Unsupported => translate!("cp-debug-enum-unsupported"),
+            Self::Unknown => translate!("cp-debug-enum-unknown"),
         };
         write!(f, "{msg}")
     }
@@ -436,12 +430,12 @@ impl Display for OffloadReflinkDebug {
 impl Display for SparseDebug {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let msg = match self {
-            Self::No => get_message("cp-debug-enum-no"),
-            Self::Zeros => get_message("cp-debug-enum-zeros"),
-            Self::SeekHole => get_message("cp-debug-enum-seek-hole"),
-            Self::SeekHoleZeros => get_message("cp-debug-enum-seek-hole-zeros"),
-            Self::Unsupported => get_message("cp-debug-enum-unsupported"),
-            Self::Unknown => get_message("cp-debug-enum-unknown"),
+            Self::No => translate!("cp-debug-enum-no"),
+            Self::Zeros => translate!("cp-debug-enum-zeros"),
+            Self::SeekHole => translate!("cp-debug-enum-seek-hole"),
+            Self::SeekHoleZeros => translate!("cp-debug-enum-seek-hole-zeros"),
+            Self::Unsupported => translate!("cp-debug-enum-unsupported"),
+            Self::Unknown => translate!("cp-debug-enum-unknown"),
         };
         write!(f, "{msg}")
     }
@@ -453,17 +447,7 @@ impl Display for SparseDebug {
 fn show_debug(copy_debug: &CopyDebug) {
     println!(
         "{}",
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-debug-copy-offload",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("offload".to_string(), copy_debug.offload.to_string()),
-                ("reflink".to_string(), copy_debug.reflink.to_string()),
-                (
-                    "sparse".to_string(),
-                    copy_debug.sparse_detection.to_string()
-                ),
-            ])
-        )
+        translate!("cp-debug-copy-offload", "offload" => copy_debug.offload, "reflink" => copy_debug.reflink, "sparse" => copy_debug.sparse_detection)
     );
 }
 
@@ -535,11 +519,11 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     ];
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("cp-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("cp-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("cp-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("cp-usage")))
         .after_help(format!(
             "{}\n\n{}",
-            get_message("cp-after-help"),
+            translate!("cp-after-help"),
             backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
         ))
         .infer_long_args(true)
@@ -552,14 +536,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name(options::TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::DirPath)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::path_buf())
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-target-directory")),
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-target-directory")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('T')
                 .long(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .conflicts_with(options::TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-no-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-no-target-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -567,7 +551,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::INTERACTIVE)
                 .overrides_with(options::NO_CLOBBER)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-interactive"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-interactive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -575,7 +559,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::LINK)
                 .overrides_with_all(MODE_ARGS)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-link"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-link"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -583,7 +567,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::NO_CLOBBER)
                 .overrides_with(options::INTERACTIVE)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-no-clobber"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-no-clobber"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -592,26 +576,26 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .visible_short_alias('r')
                 .long(options::RECURSIVE)
                 // --archive sets this option
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::STRIP_TRAILING_SLASHES)
                 .long(options::STRIP_TRAILING_SLASHES)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-strip-trailing-slashes"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-strip-trailing-slashes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DEBUG)
                 .long(options::DEBUG)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-debug"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-debug"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -619,21 +603,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SYMBOLIC_LINK)
                 .overrides_with_all(MODE_ARGS)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-symbolic-link"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-symbolic-link"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FORCE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FORCE)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-force"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-force"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::REMOVE_DESTINATION)
                 .long(options::REMOVE_DESTINATION)
                 .overrides_with(options::FORCE)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-remove-destination"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-remove-destination"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup())
@@ -650,13 +634,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .default_missing_value("always")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new(["auto", "always", "never"]))
                 .num_args(0..=1)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-reflink")),
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-reflink")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ATTRIBUTES_ONLY)
                 .long(options::ATTRIBUTES_ONLY)
                 .overrides_with_all(MODE_ARGS)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-attributes-only"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-attributes-only"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -671,13 +655,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .default_missing_value(PRESERVE_DEFAULT_VALUES)
                 // -d sets this option
                 // --archive sets this option
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-preserve")),
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-preserve")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRESERVE_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(options::PRESERVE_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-preserve-default"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-preserve-default"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -689,13 +673,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .num_args(0..)
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .value_name("ATTR_LIST")
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-no-preserve")),
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-no-preserve")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PARENTS)
                 .long(options::PARENTS)
                 .alias(options::PARENT)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-parents"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-parents"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -704,7 +688,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
                 .overrides_with(options::DEREFERENCE)
                 // -d sets this option
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-no-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-no-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -712,33 +696,33 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::DEREFERENCE)
                 .overrides_with(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CLI_SYMBOLIC_LINKS)
                 .short('H')
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-cli-symbolic-links"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-cli-symbolic-links"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ARCHIVE)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::ARCHIVE)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-archive"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-archive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_DEREFERENCE_PRESERVE_LINKS)
                 .short('d')
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-no-dereference-preserve-links"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-no-dereference-preserve-links"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .short('x')
                 .long(options::ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-one-file-system"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-one-file-system"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -746,12 +730,12 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::SPARSE)
                 .value_name("WHEN")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new(["never", "auto", "always"]))
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-sparse")),
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-sparse")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SELINUX)
                 .short('Z')
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-selinux"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-selinux"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -759,7 +743,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::CONTEXT)
                 .value_name("CTX")
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(String))
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-context"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-context"))
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .default_missing_value(""),
@@ -771,14 +755,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::PROGRESS_BAR)
                 .short('g')
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-progress")),
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-progress")),
         )
         // TODO: implement the following args
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COPY_CONTENTS)
                 .long(options::COPY_CONTENTS)
                 .overrides_with(options::ATTRIBUTES_ONLY)
-                .help(get_message("cp-help-copy-contents"))
+                .help(translate!("cp-help-copy-contents"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // END TODO
@@ -801,7 +785,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if options.overwrite == OverwriteMode::NoClobber && options.backup != BackupMode::None {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             EXIT_ERR,
-            get_message("cp-error-backup-mutually-exclusive"),
+            translate!("cp-error-backup-mutually-exclusive"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -982,10 +966,9 @@ impl Attributes {
             "link" | "links" => &mut new.links,
             "xattr" => &mut new.xattr,
             _ => {
-                return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(get_message_with_args(
-                    "cp-error-invalid-attribute",
-                    HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), value.quote().to_string())]),
-                )));
+                return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(
+                    translate!("cp-error-invalid-attribute", "value" => value.quote()),
+                ));
             }
         };
 
@@ -1028,7 +1011,7 @@ impl Options {
                 .is_some_and(|v| v == "none" || v == "none-fail")
         {
             return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(
-                get_message("cp-error-invalid-backup-argument").to_string(),
+                translate!("cp-error-invalid-backup-argument").to_string(),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -1131,8 +1114,7 @@ impl Options {
 
         #[cfg(not(feature = "selinux"))]
         if let Preserve::Yes { required } = attributes.context {
-            let selinux_disabled_error =
-                CpError::Error(get_message("cp-error-selinux-not-enabled"));
+            let selinux_disabled_error = CpError::Error(translate!("cp-error-selinux-not-enabled"));
             if required {
                 return Err(selinux_disabled_error);
             }
@@ -1174,13 +1156,9 @@ impl Options {
                         "auto" => ReflinkMode::Auto,
                         "never" => ReflinkMode::Never,
                         value => {
-                            return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(get_message_with_args(
-                                "cp-error-invalid-argument",
-                                HashMap::from([
-                                    ("arg".to_string(), value.quote().to_string()),
-                                    ("option".to_string(), "reflink".to_string()),
-                                ]),
-                            )));
+                            return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(
+                                translate!("cp-error-invalid-argument", "arg" => value.quote(), "option" => "reflink"),
+                            ));
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -1194,13 +1172,9 @@ impl Options {
                         "auto" => SparseMode::Auto,
                         "never" => SparseMode::Never,
                         _ => {
-                            return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(get_message_with_args(
-                                "cp-error-invalid-argument",
-                                HashMap::from([
-                                    ("arg".to_string(), val.to_string()),
-                                    ("option".to_string(), "sparse".to_string()),
-                                ]),
-                            )));
+                            return Err(CpError::InvalidArgument(
+                                translate!("cp-error-invalid-argument", "arg" => val, "option" => "sparse"),
+                            ));
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -1274,29 +1248,19 @@ fn parse_path_args(
 ) -> CopyResult<(Vec<PathBuf>, PathBuf)> {
     if paths.is_empty() {
         // No files specified
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-missing-file-operand").into());
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-missing-file-operand").into());
     } else if paths.len() == 1 && options.target_dir.is_none() {
         // Only one file specified
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-missing-destination-operand",
-            HashMap::from([(
-                "source".to_string(),
-                paths[0].display().to_string().quote().to_string(),
-            )]),
-        )
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-missing-destination-operand",
+                       "source" => paths[0].quote())
         .into());
     }
 
     // Return an error if the user requested to copy more than one
     // file source to a file target
     if options.no_target_dir && options.target_dir.is_none() && paths.len() > 2 {
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-extra-operand",
-            HashMap::from([(
-                "operand".to_string(),
-                paths[2].display().to_string().quote().to_string(),
-            )]),
-        )
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-extra-operand",
+                              "operand" => paths[2].quote())
         .into());
     }
 
@@ -1392,13 +1356,7 @@ pub fn copy(sources: &[PathBuf], target: &Path, options: &Options) -> CopyResult
             } else {
                 "file"
             };
-            let msg = get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-warning-source-specified-more-than-once",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("file_type".to_string(), file_type.to_string()),
-                    ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            );
+            let msg = translate!("cp-warning-source-specified-more-than-once", "file_type" => file_type, "source" => source.quote());
             show_warning!("{msg}");
         } else {
             let dest = construct_dest_path(source, target, target_type, options)
@@ -1414,13 +1372,9 @@ pub fn copy(sources: &[PathBuf], target: &Path, options: &Options) -> CopyResult
                 // There is already a file and it isn't a symlink (managed in a different place)
                 if copied_destinations.contains(&dest) && options.backup != BackupMode::Numbered {
                     // If the target file was already created in this cp call, do not overwrite
-                    return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                        "cp-error-will-not-overwrite-just-created",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    )));
+                    return Err(CpError::Error(
+                        translate!("cp-error-will-not-overwrite-just-created", "dest" => dest.quote(), "source" => source.quote()),
+                    ));
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1463,15 +1417,15 @@ fn construct_dest_path(
     options: &Options,
 ) -> CopyResult<PathBuf> {
     if options.no_target_dir && target.is_dir() {
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-cannot-overwrite-directory-with-non-directory",
-            HashMap::from([("dir".to_string(), target.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-        .into());
+        return Err(
+            translate!("cp-error-cannot-overwrite-directory-with-non-directory",
+                              "dir" => target.quote())
+            .into(),
+        );
     }
 
     if options.parents && !target.is_dir() {
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-with-parents-dest-must-be-dir").into());
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-with-parents-dest-must-be-dir").into());
     }
 
     Ok(match target_type {
@@ -1596,13 +1550,7 @@ impl OverwriteMode {
         match *self {
             Self::NoClobber => {
                 if debug {
-                    println!(
-                        "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "cp-debug-skipped",
-                            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())])
-                        )
-                    );
+                    println!("{}", translate!("cp-debug-skipped", "path" => path.quote()));
                 }
                 Err(CpError::Skipped(false))
             }
@@ -1610,16 +1558,11 @@ impl OverwriteMode {
                 let prompt_yes_result = if let Some((octal, human_readable)) =
                     file_mode_for_interactive_overwrite(path)
                 {
-                    let prompt_msg = get_message_with_args(
-                        "cp-prompt-overwrite-with-mode",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                    );
+                    let prompt_msg =
+                        translate!("cp-prompt-overwrite-with-mode", "path" => path.quote());
                     prompt_yes!("{prompt_msg} {octal} ({human_readable})?")
                 } else {
-                    let prompt_msg = get_message_with_args(
-                        "cp-prompt-overwrite",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                    );
+                    let prompt_msg = translate!("cp-prompt-overwrite", "path" => path.quote());
                     prompt_yes!("{prompt_msg}")
                 };
 
@@ -1772,20 +1715,15 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
         if let Ok(context) = selinux::SecurityContext::of_path(source, false, false) {
             if let Some(context) = context {
                 if let Err(e) = context.set_for_path(dest, false, false) {
-                    return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                        "cp-error-selinux-set-context",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("path".to_string(), dest.display().to_string()),
-                            ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    )));
+                    return Err(CpError::Error(
+                        translate!("cp-error-selinux-set-context", "path" => dest.display(), "error" => e),
+                    ));
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-selinux-get-context",
-                HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), source.display().to_string())]),
-            )));
+            return Err(CpError::Error(
+                translate!("cp-error-selinux-get-context", "path" => source.display()),
+            ));
         }
         Ok(())
     })?;
@@ -1825,25 +1763,9 @@ fn symlink_file(
         std::os::unix::fs::symlink(source, dest).map_err(|e| {
             CpError::IoErrContext(
                 e,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "cp-error-cannot-create-symlink",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        (
-                            "dest".to_string(),
-                            get_filename(dest)
-                                .unwrap_or("invalid file name")
-                                .quote()
-                                .to_string(),
-                        ),
-                        (
-                            "source".to_string(),
-                            get_filename(source)
-                                .unwrap_or("invalid file name")
-                                .quote()
-                                .to_string(),
-                        ),
-                    ]),
-                ),
+                translate!("cp-error-cannot-create-symlink",
+                           "dest" => get_filename(dest).unwrap_or("?").quote(),
+                           "source" => get_filename(source).unwrap_or("?").quote()),
             )
         })?;
     }
@@ -1852,25 +1774,9 @@ fn symlink_file(
         std::os::windows::fs::symlink_file(source, dest).map_err(|e| {
             CpError::IoErrContext(
                 e,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "cp-error-cannot-create-symlink",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        (
-                            "dest".to_string(),
-                            get_filename(dest)
-                                .unwrap_or("invalid file name")
-                                .quote()
-                                .to_string(),
-                        ),
-                        (
-                            "source".to_string(),
-                            get_filename(source)
-                                .unwrap_or("invalid file name")
-                                .quote()
-                                .to_string(),
-                        ),
-                    ]),
-                ),
+                translate!("cp-error-cannot-create-symlink",
+                           "dest" => get_filename(dest).unwrap_or("?").quote(),
+                           "source" => get_filename(source).unwrap_or("?").quote()),
             )
         })?;
     }
@@ -1960,13 +1866,9 @@ fn handle_existing_dest(
     // Disallow copying a file to itself, unless `--force` and
     // `--backup` are both specified.
     if is_forbidden_to_copy_to_same_file(source, dest, options, source_in_command_line) {
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-same-file",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                ("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        )
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-same-file",
+                       "source" => source.quote(),
+                       "dest" => dest.quote())
         .into());
     }
 
@@ -1985,13 +1887,7 @@ fn handle_existing_dest(
     let backup_path = backup_control::get_backup_path(options.backup, dest, &options.backup_suffix);
     if let Some(backup_path) = backup_path {
         if paths_refer_to_same_file(source, &backup_path, true) {
-            return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-backing-up-destroy-source",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            )
+            return Err(translate!("cp-error-backing-up-destroy-source", "dest" => dest.quote(), "source" => source.quote())
             .into());
         }
         is_dest_removed = dest.is_symlink();
@@ -2147,13 +2043,7 @@ fn print_paths(parents: bool, source: &Path, dest: &Path) {
         for (x, y) in aligned_ancestors(source, dest) {
             println!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "cp-verbose-created-directory",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("source".to_string(), x.display().to_string()),
-                        ("dest".to_string(), y.display().to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("cp-verbose-created-directory", "source" => x.display(), "dest" => y.display())
             );
         }
     }
@@ -2208,25 +2098,7 @@ fn handle_copy_mode(
             .map_err(|e| {
                 CpError::IoErrContext(
                     e,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "cp-error-cannot-create-hard-link",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            (
-                                "dest".to_string(),
-                                get_filename(dest)
-                                    .unwrap_or("invalid file name")
-                                    .quote()
-                                    .to_string(),
-                            ),
-                            (
-                                "source".to_string(),
-                                get_filename(source)
-                                    .unwrap_or("invalid file name")
-                                    .quote()
-                                    .to_string(),
-                            ),
-                        ]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("cp-error-cannot-create-hard-link", "dest" => get_filename(dest).unwrap_or("?").quote(), "source" => get_filename(source).unwrap_or("?").quote())
                 )
             })?;
         }
@@ -2273,10 +2145,9 @@ fn handle_copy_mode(
                         return Ok(PerformedAction::Skipped);
                     }
                     UpdateMode::NoneFail => {
-                        return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                            "cp-error-not-replacing",
-                            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string())]),
-                        )));
+                        return Err(CpError::Error(
+                            translate!("cp-error-not-replacing", "file" => dest.quote()),
+                        ));
                     }
                     UpdateMode::IfOlder => {
                         let dest_metadata = fs::symlink_metadata(dest)?;
@@ -2401,25 +2272,17 @@ fn copy_file(
             .map(|info| symlinked_files.contains(&info))
             .unwrap_or(false)
         {
-            return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-will-not-copy-through-symlink",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            )));
+            return Err(CpError::Error(
+                translate!("cp-error-will-not-copy-through-symlink", "source" => source.quote(), "dest" => dest.quote()),
+            ));
         }
         // Fail if cp tries to copy two sources of the same name into a single symlink
         // Example: "cp file1 dir1/file1 tmp" where "tmp" is a directory containing a symlink "file1" pointing to a file named "foo".
         // foo will contain the contents of "file1" and "dir1/file1" will not be copied over to "tmp/file1"
         if copied_destinations.contains(dest) {
-            return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-will-not-copy-through-symlink",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            )));
+            return Err(CpError::Error(
+                translate!("cp-error-will-not-copy-through-symlink", "source" => source.quote(), "dest" => dest.quote()),
+            ));
         }
 
         let copy_contents = options.dereference(source_in_command_line) || !source_is_symlink;
@@ -2432,10 +2295,9 @@ fn copy_file(
             && !is_symlink_loop(dest)
             && std::env::var_os("POSIXLY_CORRECT").is_none()
         {
-            return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-not-writing-dangling-symlink",
-                HashMap::from([("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string())]),
-            )));
+            return Err(CpError::Error(
+                translate!("cp-error-not-writing-dangling-symlink", "dest" => dest.quote()),
+            ));
         }
         if paths_refer_to_same_file(source, dest, true)
             && matches!(
@@ -2501,11 +2363,7 @@ fn copy_file(
             OverwriteMode::Clobber(ClobberMode::RemoveDestination)
         )
     {
-        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-cannot-change-attribute",
-            HashMap::from([("dest".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-        .into());
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-cannot-change-attribute", "dest" => dest.quote()).into());
     }
 
     if options.preserve_hard_links() {
@@ -2539,10 +2397,7 @@ fn copy_file(
         // this is just for gnu tests compatibility
         result.map_err(|err| {
             if err.to_string().contains("No such file or directory") {
-                return get_message_with_args(
-                    "cp-error-cannot-stat",
-                    HashMap::from([("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string())]),
-                );
+                return translate!("cp-error-cannot-stat", "source" => source.quote());
             }
             err.to_string()
         })?
@@ -2606,10 +2461,9 @@ fn copy_file(
         if let Err(e) =
             uucore::selinux::set_selinux_security_context(dest, options.context.as_ref())
         {
-            return Err(CpError::Error(get_message_with_args(
-                "cp-error-selinux-error",
-                HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-            )));
+            return Err(CpError::Error(
+                translate!("cp-error-selinux-error", "error" => e),
+            ));
         }
     }
 
@@ -2738,13 +2592,8 @@ fn copy_fifo(dest: &Path, overwrite: OverwriteMode, debug: bool) -> CopyResult<(
         fs::remove_file(dest)?;
     }
 
-    make_fifo(dest).map_err(|_| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-cannot-create-fifo",
-            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), dest.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-        .into()
-    })
+    make_fifo(dest)
+        .map_err(|_| translate!("cp-error-cannot-create-fifo", "path" => dest.quote()).into())
 }
 
 fn copy_link(
@@ -2765,15 +2614,9 @@ fn copy_link(
 /// Generate an error message if `target` is not the correct `target_type`
 pub fn verify_target_type(target: &Path, target_type: &TargetType) -> CopyResult<()> {
     match (target_type, target.is_dir()) {
-        (&TargetType::Directory, false) => Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-target-not-directory",
-            HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), target.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
+        (&TargetType::Directory, false) => Err(translate!("cp-error-target-not-directory", "target" => target.quote())
         .into()),
-        (&TargetType::File, true) => Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "cp-error-cannot-overwrite-directory-with-non-directory",
-            HashMap::from([("dir".to_string(), target.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
+        (&TargetType::File, true) => Err(translate!("cp-error-cannot-overwrite-directory-with-non-directory", "dir" => target.quote())
         .into()),
         _ => Ok(()),
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/linux.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/linux.rs
index 5c1acf95849..b1e0db46da6 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::{FileTypeExt, OpenOptionsExt};
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::buf_copy;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
 use uucore::mode::get_umask;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use crate::{
     CopyDebug, CopyResult, CpError, OffloadReflinkDebug, ReflinkMode, SparseDebug, SparseMode,
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_on_write(
             clone(source, dest, CloneFallback::Error)
         }
         (ReflinkMode::Always, _) => {
-            return Err(get_message("cp-error-reflink-always-sparse-auto").into());
+            return Err(translate!("cp-error-reflink-always-sparse-auto").into());
         }
     };
     result.map_err(|e| CpError::IoErrContext(e, context.to_owned()))?;
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/macos.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/macos.rs
index d833c476a57..226d5d710f0 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/macos.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/macos.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore reflink
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fs::{self, File, OpenOptions};
 use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
@@ -11,7 +10,8 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use uucore::buf_copy;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::mode::get_umask;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_on_write(
     source_is_stream: bool,
 ) -> CopyResult<CopyDebug> {
     if sparse_mode != SparseMode::Auto {
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-sparse-not-supported")
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-sparse-not-supported")
             .to_string()
             .into());
     }
@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_on_write(
         // support COW).
         match reflink_mode {
             ReflinkMode::Always => {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "cp-error-failed-to-clone",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("source".to_string(), source.display().to_string()),
-                        ("dest".to_string(), dest.display().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), error.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                )
+                return Err(translate!("cp-error-failed-to-clone", "source" => source.display(), "dest" => dest.display(), "error" => error)
                 .into());
             }
             _ => {
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other.rs
index 4ac4e9c37f6..143c35e185b 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore reflink
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use crate::{
     CopyDebug, CopyResult, CpError, OffloadReflinkDebug, ReflinkMode, SparseDebug, SparseMode,
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_on_write(
     context: &str,
 ) -> CopyResult<CopyDebug> {
     if reflink_mode != ReflinkMode::Never {
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-reflink-not-supported")
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-reflink-not-supported")
             .to_string()
             .into());
     }
     if sparse_mode != SparseMode::Auto {
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-sparse-not-supported")
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-sparse-not-supported")
             .to_string()
             .into());
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other_unix.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other_unix.rs
index 174eaca3db5..2db85c56af1 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other_unix.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/platform/other_unix.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use uucore::buf_copy;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
 use uucore::mode::get_umask;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use crate::{
     CopyDebug, CopyResult, CpError, OffloadReflinkDebug, ReflinkMode, SparseDebug, SparseMode,
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_on_write(
     source_is_stream: bool,
 ) -> CopyResult<CopyDebug> {
     if reflink_mode != ReflinkMode::Never {
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-reflink-not-supported")
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-reflink-not-supported")
             .to_string()
             .into());
     }
     if sparse_mode != SparseMode::Auto {
-        return Err(get_message("cp-error-sparse-not-supported")
+        return Err(translate!("cp-error-sparse-not-supported")
             .to_string()
             .into());
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/csplit/Cargo.toml
index 508656f681d..b07c47648db 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs", "format"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "csplit"
diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
index e624a26b9ca..c04ed12e437 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mod split_name;
 use crate::csplit_error::CsplitError;
 use crate::split_name::SplitName;
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const SUFFIX_FORMAT: &str = "suffix-format";
@@ -85,10 +85,7 @@ impl<T: BufRead> Iterator for LinesWithNewlines<T> {
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         fn ret(v: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<String> {
             String::from_utf8(v).map_err(|_| {
-                io::Error::new(
-                    ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-                    get_message("csplit-stream-not-utf8"),
-                )
+                io::Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, translate!("csplit-stream-not-utf8"))
             })
         }
 
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ where
     T: BufRead,
 {
     let enumerated_input_lines = LinesWithNewlines::new(input)
-        .map(|line| line.map_err_context(|| get_message("csplit-read-error")))
+        .map(|line| line.map_err_context(|| translate!("csplit-read-error")))
         .enumerate();
     let mut input_iter = InputSplitter::new(enumerated_input_lines);
     let mut split_writer = SplitWriter::new(options);
@@ -286,7 +283,7 @@ impl SplitWriter<'_> {
                     current_writer.write_all(bytes)?;
                     self.size += bytes.len();
                 }
-                None => panic!("{}", get_message("csplit-write-split-not-created")),
+                None => panic!("{}", translate!("csplit-write-split-not-created")),
             }
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -632,8 +629,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("csplit-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("csplit-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("csplit-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("csplit-usage")))
         .args_override_self(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
@@ -641,26 +638,26 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::SUFFIX_FORMAT)
                 .value_name("FORMAT")
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-suffix-format")),
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-suffix-format")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PREFIX)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::PREFIX)
                 .value_name("PREFIX")
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-prefix")),
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-prefix")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::KEEP_FILES)
                 .short('k')
                 .long(options::KEEP_FILES)
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-keep-files"))
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-keep-files"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SUPPRESS_MATCHED)
                 .long(options::SUPPRESS_MATCHED)
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-suppress-matched"))
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-suppress-matched"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -668,7 +665,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::DIGITS)
                 .value_name("DIGITS")
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-digits")),
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-digits")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::QUIET)
@@ -676,14 +673,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::QUIET)
                 .visible_short_alias('s')
                 .visible_alias("silent")
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ELIDE_EMPTY_FILES)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ELIDE_EMPTY_FILES)
-                .help(get_message("csplit-help-elide-empty-files"))
+                .help(translate!("csplit-help-elide-empty-files"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -698,7 +695,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .required(true),
         )
-        .after_help(get_message("csplit-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("csplit-after-help"))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs
index f4f0e5d4569..d73400bd7d1 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs
@@ -3,39 +3,38 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Errors thrown by the csplit command
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum CsplitError {
     #[error("IO error: {}", _0)]
     IoError(#[from] io::Error),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-line-out-of-range", HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-line-out-of-range", "pattern" => _0.quote()))]
     LineOutOfRange(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-line-out-of-range-on-repetition", HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string()), ("repetition".to_string(), _1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-line-out-of-range-on-repetition", "pattern" => _0.quote(), "repetition" => _1))]
     LineOutOfRangeOnRepetition(String, usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-match-not-found", HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-match-not-found", "pattern" => _0.quote()))]
     MatchNotFound(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-match-not-found-on-repetition", HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string()), ("repetition".to_string(), _1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-match-not-found-on-repetition", "pattern" => _0.quote(), "repetition" => _1))]
     MatchNotFoundOnRepetition(String, usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("csplit-error-line-number-is-zero"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-line-number-is-zero"))]
     LineNumberIsZero,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-line-number-smaller-than-previous", HashMap::from([("current".to_string(), _0.to_string()), ("previous".to_string(), _1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-line-number-smaller-than-previous", "current" => _0, "previous" => _1))]
     LineNumberSmallerThanPrevious(usize, usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-invalid-pattern", HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-invalid-pattern", "pattern" => _0.quote()))]
     InvalidPattern(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-invalid-number", HashMap::from([("number".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-invalid-number", "number" => _0.quote()))]
     InvalidNumber(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("csplit-error-suffix-format-incorrect"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-suffix-format-incorrect"))]
     SuffixFormatIncorrect,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("csplit-error-suffix-format-too-many-percents"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-suffix-format-too-many-percents"))]
     SuffixFormatTooManyPercents,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("csplit-error-not-regular-file", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("csplit-error-not-regular-file", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     NotRegularFile(String),
     #[error("{}", _0)]
     UError(Box<dyn UError>),
diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/src/patterns.rs b/src/uu/csplit/src/patterns.rs
index 45adb41da9d..4bf191c8f35 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/src/patterns.rs
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/src/patterns.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 
 use crate::csplit_error::CsplitError;
 use regex::Regex;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
 use uucore::show_warning;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// The definition of a pattern to match on a line.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -172,10 +171,7 @@ fn validate_line_numbers(patterns: &[Pattern]) -> Result<(), CsplitError> {
             (n, m) if n == m => {
                 show_warning!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "csplit-warning-line-number-same-as-previous",
-                        HashMap::from([("line_number".to_string(), n.to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("csplit-warning-line-number-same-as-previous", "line_number" => n)
                 );
                 Ok(n)
             }
diff --git a/src/uu/cut/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cut/Cargo.toml
index 84fe09f23cf..360ec1fee08 100644
--- a/src/uu/cut/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cut/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["ranges"] }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 bstr = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "cut"
diff --git a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
index 58de612ead9..b57f23cd55e 100644
--- a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use uucore::os_str_as_bytes;
 
 use self::searcher::Searcher;
 use matcher::{ExactMatcher, Matcher, WhitespaceMatcher};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
 use uucore::ranges::Range;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error, show_if_err};
 
 mod matcher;
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<String>, mode: &Mode) {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}: {}",
                     filename.maybe_quote(),
-                    get_message("cut-error-is-directory")
+                    translate!("cut-error-is-directory")
                 );
                 set_exit_code(1);
                 continue;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<String>, mode: &Mode) {
 
     show_if_err!(
         out.flush()
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("cut-error-write-error"))
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("cut-error-write-error"))
     );
 }
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ fn get_delimiters(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<(Delimiter, Option<&[u8]>)> {
         Some(_) if whitespace_delimited => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("cut-error-delimiter-and-whitespace-conflict"),
+                translate!("cut-error-delimiter-and-whitespace-conflict"),
             ));
         }
         Some(os_string) => {
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ fn get_delimiters(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<(Delimiter, Option<&[u8]>)> {
                 {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message("cut-error-delimiter-must-be-single-character"),
+                        translate!("cut-error-delimiter-must-be-single-character"),
                     ));
                 }
                 Delimiter::from(os_string)
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             })
         }
 
-        (2.., _, _, _) => Err(get_message("cut-error-multiple-mode-args")),
-        _ => Err(get_message("cut-error-missing-mode-arg")),
+        (2.., _, _, _) => Err(translate!("cut-error-multiple-mode-args")),
+        _ => Err(translate!("cut-error-missing-mode-arg")),
     };
 
     let mode_parse = match mode_parse {
@@ -560,17 +560,17 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             Mode::Bytes(_, _) | Mode::Characters(_, _)
                 if matches.contains_id(options::DELIMITER) =>
             {
-                Err(get_message("cut-error-delimiter-only-with-fields"))
+                Err(translate!("cut-error-delimiter-only-with-fields"))
             }
             Mode::Bytes(_, _) | Mode::Characters(_, _)
                 if matches.get_flag(options::WHITESPACE_DELIMITED) =>
             {
-                Err(get_message("cut-error-whitespace-only-with-fields"))
+                Err(translate!("cut-error-whitespace-only-with-fields"))
             }
             Mode::Bytes(_, _) | Mode::Characters(_, _)
                 if matches.get_flag(options::ONLY_DELIMITED) =>
             {
-                Err(get_message("cut-error-only-delimited-only-with-fields"))
+                Err(translate!("cut-error-only-delimited-only-with-fields"))
             }
             _ => Ok(mode),
         },
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("cut-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("cut-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("cut-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("cut-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("cut-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("cut-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         // While `args_override_self(true)` for some arguments, such as `-d`
         // and `--output-delimiter`, is consistent to the behavior of GNU cut,
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::BYTES)
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-bytes"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-bytes"))
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("LIST")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::CHARACTERS)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::CHARACTERS)
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-characters"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-characters"))
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("LIST")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
@@ -629,13 +629,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::DELIMITER)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-delimiter"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-delimiter"))
                 .value_name("DELIM"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WHITESPACE_DELIMITED)
                 .short('w')
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-whitespace-delimited"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-whitespace-delimited"))
                 .value_name("WHITESPACE")
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FIELDS)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FIELDS)
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-fields"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-fields"))
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("LIST")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
@@ -651,28 +651,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COMPLEMENT)
                 .long(options::COMPLEMENT)
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-complement"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-complement"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ONLY_DELIMITED)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::ONLY_DELIMITED)
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-only-delimited"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-only-delimited"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OUTPUT_DELIMITER)
                 .long(options::OUTPUT_DELIMITER)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("cut-help-output-delimiter"))
+                .help(translate!("cut-help-output-delimiter"))
                 .value_name("NEW_DELIM"),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
index af1e87fb4aa..40d5e8dda0a 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jiff = { workspace = true, features = [
 ] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 parse_datetime = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 36c9b4553b1..6d5a418c287 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uucore::error::FromIo;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use windows_sys::Win32::{Foundation::SYSTEMTIME, System::SystemInformation::SetSystemTime};
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 
 // Options
@@ -118,10 +117,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if !form.starts_with('+') {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "date-error-invalid-date",
-                    HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), form.to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("date-error-invalid-date", "date" => form),
             ));
         }
         let form = form[1..].to_string();
@@ -162,10 +158,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         Some(Err((input, _err))) => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "date-error-invalid-date",
-                    HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), input.to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("date-error-invalid-date", "date" => input),
             ));
         }
         Some(Ok(date)) => Some(date),
@@ -214,10 +207,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 Err(_) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "date-error-date-overflow",
-                            HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), relative_time.to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("date-error-date-overflow", "date" => relative_time),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -231,10 +221,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             if path.is_dir() {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     2,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "date-error-expected-file-got-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.to_string_lossy().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("date-error-expected-file-got-directory", "path" => path.to_string_lossy()),
                 ));
             }
             let file = File::open(path)
@@ -260,22 +247,13 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 Err(e) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "date-error-invalid-format",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("format".to_string(), format_string.to_string()),
-                                ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                            ]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("date-error-invalid-format", "format" => format_string, "error" => e),
                     ));
                 }
             },
             Err((input, _err)) => show!(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "date-error-invalid-date",
-                    HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), input.to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("date-error-invalid-date", "date" => input)
             )),
         }
     }
@@ -286,8 +264,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("date-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("date-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("date-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("date-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DATE)
@@ -295,7 +273,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_DATE)
                 .value_name("STRING")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-date")),
+                .help(translate!("date-help-date")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_FILE)
@@ -303,7 +281,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_FILE)
                 .value_name("DATEFILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-file")),
+                .help(translate!("date-help-file")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_ISO_8601)
@@ -315,13 +293,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 ]))
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .default_missing_value(OPT_DATE)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-iso-8601")),
+                .help(translate!("date-help-iso-8601")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_RFC_EMAIL)
                 .short('R')
                 .long(OPT_RFC_EMAIL)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-rfc-email"))
+                .help(translate!("date-help-rfc-email"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -329,12 +307,12 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_RFC_3339)
                 .value_name("FMT")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([DATE, SECONDS, NS]))
-                .help(get_message("date-help-rfc-3339")),
+                .help(translate!("date-help-rfc-3339")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DEBUG)
                 .long(OPT_DEBUG)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-debug"))
+                .help(translate!("date-help-debug"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -343,7 +321,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_REFERENCE)
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-reference")),
+                .help(translate!("date-help-reference")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_SET)
@@ -353,15 +331,15 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .help({
                     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "redox")))]
                     {
-                        get_message("date-help-set")
+                        translate!("date-help-set")
                     }
                     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
                     {
-                        get_message("date-help-set-macos")
+                        translate!("date-help-set-macos")
                     }
                     #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
                     {
-                        get_message("date-help-set-redox")
+                        translate!("date-help-set-redox")
                     }
                 }),
         )
@@ -370,7 +348,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('u')
                 .long(OPT_UNIVERSAL)
                 .alias(OPT_UNIVERSAL_2)
-                .help(get_message("date-help-universal"))
+                .help(translate!("date-help-universal"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(Arg::new(OPT_FORMAT))
@@ -438,7 +416,7 @@ fn set_system_datetime(_date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
 fn set_system_datetime(_date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
     Err(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message("date-error-setting-date-not-supported-macos"),
+        translate!("date-error-setting-date-not-supported-macos"),
     ))
 }
 
@@ -446,7 +424,7 @@ fn set_system_datetime(_date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
 fn set_system_datetime(_date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
     Err(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message("date-error-setting-date-not-supported-redox"),
+        translate!("date-error-setting-date-not-supported-redox"),
     ))
 }
 
@@ -469,7 +447,7 @@ fn set_system_datetime(date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
         Ok(())
     } else {
         Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error()
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("date-error-cannot-set-date")))
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("date-error-cannot-set-date")))
     }
 }
 
@@ -496,7 +474,7 @@ fn set_system_datetime(date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
 
     if result == 0 {
         Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error()
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("date-error-cannot-set-date")))
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("date-error-cannot-set-date")))
     } else {
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
index 04f05179926..4633bc06b72 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "fs",
 ] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 signal-hook = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
index fe27d52ceb8..4d77dcfe77f 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ use parseargs::Parser;
 use progress::ProgUpdateType;
 use progress::{ProgUpdate, ReadStat, StatusLevel, WriteStat, gen_prog_updater};
 use uucore::io::OwnedFileDescriptorOrHandle;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use std::cmp;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ use uucore::error::{USimpleError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::show_if_err;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 const BUF_INIT_BYTE: u8 = 0xDD;
 
 /// Final settings after parsing
@@ -238,10 +237,7 @@ impl Source {
                 Ok(m) if m < n => {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "dd-error-cannot-skip-offset",
-                            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), "standard input".to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-offset", "file" => "standard input")
                     );
                     Ok(m)
                 }
@@ -256,10 +252,7 @@ impl Source {
                         // this case prints the stats but sets the exit code to 1
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "dd-error-cannot-skip-invalid",
-                                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), "standard input".to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-invalid", "file" => "standard input")
                         );
                         set_exit_code(1);
                         return Ok(len);
@@ -269,10 +262,7 @@ impl Source {
                     Ok(m) if m < n => {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "dd-error-cannot-skip-offset",
-                                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), "standard input".to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-offset", "file" => "standard input")
                         );
                         Ok(m)
                     }
@@ -362,10 +352,7 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
             if settings.iflags.directory && !f.metadata()?.is_dir() {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "dd-error-not-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), "standard input".to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("dd-error-not-directory", "file" => "standard input"),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -386,12 +373,9 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
                 opts.custom_flags(libc_flags);
             }
 
-            opts.open(filename).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "dd-error-failed-to-open",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?
+            opts.open(filename).map_err_context(
+                || translate!("dd-error-failed-to-open", "path" => filename.quote()),
+            )?
         };
 
         let mut src = Source::File(src);
@@ -486,7 +470,7 @@ impl Input<'_> {
             show_if_err!(
                 self.src
                     .discard_cache(offset, len)
-                    .map_err_context(|| get_message("dd-error-failed-discard-cache-input"))
+                    .map_err_context(|| translate!("dd-error-failed-discard-cache-input"))
             );
         }
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
@@ -638,13 +622,7 @@ impl Dest {
                         // this case prints the stats but sets the exit code to 1
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "dd-error-cannot-seek-invalid",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "output".to_string(),
-                                    "standard output".to_string()
-                                )])
-                            )
+                            translate!("dd-error-cannot-seek-invalid", "output" => "standard output")
                         );
                         set_exit_code(1);
                         return Ok(len);
@@ -759,7 +737,7 @@ impl<'a> Output<'a> {
     fn new_stdout(settings: &'a Settings) -> UResult<Self> {
         let mut dst = Dest::Stdout(io::stdout());
         dst.seek(settings.seek)
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("dd-error-write-error"))?;
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("dd-error-write-error"))?;
         Ok(Self { dst, settings })
     }
 
@@ -780,12 +758,9 @@ impl<'a> Output<'a> {
             opts.open(path)
         }
 
-        let dst = open_dst(filename, &settings.oconv, &settings.oflags).map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "dd-error-failed-to-open",
-                HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-            )
-        })?;
+        let dst = open_dst(filename, &settings.oconv, &settings.oflags).map_err_context(
+            || translate!("dd-error-failed-to-open", "path" => filename.quote()),
+        )?;
 
         // Seek to the index in the output file, truncating if requested.
         //
@@ -810,7 +785,7 @@ impl<'a> Output<'a> {
         };
         let mut dst = Dest::File(dst, density);
         dst.seek(settings.seek)
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("dd-error-failed-to-seek"))?;
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("dd-error-failed-to-seek"))?;
         Ok(Self { dst, settings })
     }
 
@@ -875,7 +850,7 @@ impl<'a> Output<'a> {
             show_if_err!(
                 self.dst
                     .discard_cache(offset, len)
-                    .map_err_context(|| { get_message("dd-error-failed-discard-cache-output") })
+                    .map_err_context(|| { translate!("dd-error-failed-discard-cache-output") })
             );
         }
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
@@ -1125,7 +1100,7 @@ fn dd_copy(mut i: Input, o: Output) -> io::Result<()> {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     if let Err(e) = &signal_handler {
         if Some(StatusLevel::None) != i.settings.status {
-            eprintln!("{}\n\t{e}", get_message("dd-warning-signal-handler"));
+            eprintln!("{}\n\t{e}", translate!("dd-warning-signal-handler"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -1461,15 +1436,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         None if is_stdout_redirected_to_seekable_file() => Output::new_file_from_stdout(&settings)?,
         None => Output::new_stdout(&settings)?,
     };
-    dd_copy(i, o).map_err_context(|| get_message("dd-error-io-error"))
+    dd_copy(i, o).map_err_context(|| translate!("dd-error-io-error"))
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("dd-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("dd-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("dd-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("dd-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("dd-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("dd-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(Arg::new(options::OPERANDS).num_args(1..))
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
index 193e205c1d0..e76b2c09718 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
@@ -9,53 +9,43 @@ mod unit_tests;
 
 use super::{ConversionMode, IConvFlags, IFlags, Num, OConvFlags, OFlags, Settings, StatusLevel};
 use crate::conversion_tables::ConversionTable;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, Parser as SizeParser};
 use uucore::show_warning;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Parser Errors describe errors with parser input
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Error)]
 pub enum ParseError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-unrecognized-operand",
-        HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-unrecognized-operand", "operand" => .0.clone()))]
     UnrecognizedOperand(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("dd-error-multiple-format-table"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-multiple-format-table"))]
     MultipleFmtTable,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("dd-error-multiple-case"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-multiple-case"))]
     MultipleUCaseLCase,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("dd-error-multiple-block"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-multiple-block"))]
     MultipleBlockUnblock,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("dd-error-multiple-excl"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-multiple-excl"))]
     MultipleExclNoCreate,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-invalid-flag",
-        HashMap::from([("flag".to_string(), .0.clone()),("cmd".to_string(),  uucore::execution_phrase().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-invalid-flag", "flag" => .0.clone(), "cmd" => uucore::execution_phrase()))]
     FlagNoMatch(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-conv-flag-no-match",
-        HashMap::from([("flag".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-conv-flag-no-match", "flag" => .0.clone()))]
     ConvFlagNoMatch(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-multiplier-parse-failure",
-        HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-multiplier-parse-failure", "input" => .0.clone()))]
     MultiplierStringParseFailure(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-multiplier-overflow",
-        HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-multiplier-overflow", "input" => .0.clone()))]
     MultiplierStringOverflow(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("dd-error-block-without-cbs"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-block-without-cbs"))]
     BlockUnblockWithoutCBS,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-status-not-recognized",
-        HashMap::from([("level".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-status-not-recognized", "level" => .0.clone()))]
     StatusLevelNotRecognized(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-unimplemented",
-        HashMap::from([("feature".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-unimplemented", "feature" => .0.clone()))]
     Unimplemented(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-bs-out-of-range",
-        HashMap::from([("param".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-bs-out-of-range", "param" => .0.clone()))]
     BsOutOfRange(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("dd-error-invalid-number",
-        HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-invalid-number", "input" => .0.clone()))]
     InvalidNumber(String),
 }
 
@@ -436,13 +426,7 @@ impl UError for ParseError {
 fn show_zero_multiplier_warning() {
     show_warning!(
         "{}",
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "dd-warning-zero-multiplier",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("zero".to_string(), "0x".quote().to_string()),
-                ("alternative".to_string(), "00x".quote().to_string())
-            ])
-        )
+        translate!("dd-warning-zero-multiplier", "zero" => "0x".quote(), "alternative" => "00x".quote())
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
index 39edcf39c39..b8bfe327c68 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 //! read and write progress of a running `dd` process. The
 //! [`gen_prog_updater`] function can be used to implement a progress
 //! updater that runs in its own thread.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::sync::mpsc;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ use signal_hook::iterator::Handle;
 use uucore::{
     error::UResult,
     format::num_format::{FloatVariant, Formatter},
-    locale::get_message_with_args,
     locale::setup_localization,
+    translate,
 };
 
 use crate::numbers::{SuffixType, to_magnitude_and_suffix};
@@ -106,10 +105,7 @@ impl ProgUpdate {
         match self.read_stat.records_truncated {
             0 => {}
             count => {
-                let message = get_message_with_args(
-                    "dd-progress-truncated-record",
-                    HashMap::from([("count".to_string(), count.to_string())]),
-                );
+                let message = translate!("dd-progress-truncated-record", "count" => count);
                 writeln!(w, "{message}")?;
             }
         }
@@ -173,41 +169,18 @@ impl ProgUpdate {
         // print a more concise representation of the number, like
         // "1.2 kB" and "1.0 KiB".
         let message = match btotal {
-            1 => get_message_with_args(
-                "dd-progress-byte-copied",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("bytes".to_string(), btotal.to_string()),
-                    ("duration".to_string(), duration_str.to_string()),
-                    ("rate".to_string(), transfer_rate.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
-            0..=999 => get_message_with_args(
-                "dd-progress-bytes-copied",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("bytes".to_string(), btotal.to_string()),
-                    ("duration".to_string(), duration_str.to_string()),
-                    ("rate".to_string(), transfer_rate.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
-            1000..=1023 => get_message_with_args(
-                "dd-progress-bytes-copied-si",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("bytes".to_string(), btotal.to_string()),
-                    ("si".to_string(), btotal_metric.to_string()),
-                    ("duration".to_string(), duration_str.to_string()),
-                    ("rate".to_string(), transfer_rate.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
-            _ => get_message_with_args(
-                "dd-progress-bytes-copied-si-iec",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("bytes".to_string(), btotal.to_string()),
-                    ("si".to_string(), btotal_metric.to_string()),
-                    ("iec".to_string(), btotal_bin.to_string()),
-                    ("duration".to_string(), duration_str.to_string()),
-                    ("rate".to_string(), transfer_rate.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            1 => {
+                translate!("dd-progress-byte-copied", "bytes" => btotal, "duration" => duration_str, "rate" => transfer_rate)
+            }
+            0..=999 => {
+                translate!("dd-progress-bytes-copied", "bytes" => btotal, "duration" => duration_str, "rate" => transfer_rate)
+            }
+            1000..=1023 => {
+                translate!("dd-progress-bytes-copied-si", "bytes" => btotal, "si" => btotal_metric, "duration" => duration_str, "rate" => transfer_rate)
+            }
+            _ => {
+                translate!("dd-progress-bytes-copied-si-iec", "bytes" => btotal, "si" => btotal_metric, "iec" => btotal_bin, "duration" => duration_str, "rate" => transfer_rate)
+            }
         };
 
         write!(w, "{carriage_return}{message}{newline}")?;
@@ -340,13 +313,7 @@ impl ReadStat {
     ///
     /// If there is a problem writing to `w`.
     fn report(&self, w: &mut impl Write) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        let message = get_message_with_args(
-            "dd-progress-records-in",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("complete".to_string(), self.reads_complete.to_string()),
-                ("partial".to_string(), self.reads_partial.to_string()),
-            ]),
-        );
+        let message = translate!("dd-progress-records-in", "complete" => self.reads_complete, "partial" => self.reads_partial);
         writeln!(w, "{message}")?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -400,13 +367,7 @@ impl WriteStat {
     ///
     /// If there is a problem writing to `w`.
     fn report(&self, w: &mut impl Write) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        let message = get_message_with_args(
-            "dd-progress-records-out",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("complete".to_string(), self.writes_complete.to_string()),
-                ("partial".to_string(), self.writes_partial.to_string()),
-            ]),
-        );
+        let message = translate!("dd-progress-records-out", "complete" => self.writes_complete, "partial" => self.writes_partial);
         writeln!(w, "{message}")
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml
index 6585b0abc6a..4d837edc617 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "fsext", "parser"] }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/df/src/df.rs b/src/uu/df/src/df.rs
index 6e51c98d0e1..7bc5757a037 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/src/df.rs
+++ b/src/uu/df/src/df.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError, get_exit_code};
 use uucore::fsext::{MountInfo, read_fs_list};
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::ParseSizeError;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, parser::ValueSource};
@@ -30,9 +31,6 @@ use crate::filesystem::Filesystem;
 use crate::filesystem::FsError;
 use crate::table::Table;
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 static OPT_HELP: &str = "help";
 static OPT_ALL: &str = "all";
 static OPT_BLOCKSIZE: &str = "blocksize";
@@ -117,25 +115,25 @@ impl Default for Options {
 enum OptionsError {
     // TODO This needs to vary based on whether `--block-size`
     // or `-B` were provided.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("df-error-block-size-too-large", HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("df-error-block-size-too-large", "size" => .0.clone()))]
     BlockSizeTooLarge(String),
     // TODO This needs to vary based on whether `--block-size`
     // or `-B` were provided.,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("df-error-invalid-block-size", HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("df-error-invalid-block-size", "size" => .0.clone()))]
     InvalidBlockSize(String),
     // TODO This needs to vary based on whether `--block-size`
     // or `-B` were provided.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("df-error-invalid-suffix", HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("df-error-invalid-suffix", "size" => .0.clone()))]
     InvalidSuffix(String),
 
     /// An error getting the columns to display in the output table.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("df-error-field-used-more-than-once", HashMap::from([("field".to_string(), format!("{}", .0))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("df-error-field-used-more-than-once", "field" => format!("{}", .0)))]
     ColumnError(ColumnError),
 
     #[error(
         "{}",
         .0.iter()
-            .map(|t| get_message_with_args("df-error-filesystem-type-both-selected-and-excluded", HashMap::from([("type".to_string(), t.quote().to_string())])))
+            .map(|t| translate!("df-error-filesystem-type-both-selected-and-excluded", "type" => t.quote()))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .join(format!("\n{}: ", uucore::util_name()).as_str())
     )]
@@ -364,26 +362,20 @@ where
             Err(FsError::InvalidPath) => {
                 show!(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "df-error-no-such-file-or-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.as_ref().display().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("df-error-no-such-file-or-directory", "path" => path.as_ref().display())
                 ));
             }
             Err(FsError::MountMissing) => {
                 show!(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message("df-error-no-file-systems-processed")
+                    translate!("df-error-no-file-systems-processed")
                 ));
             }
             #[cfg(not(windows))]
             Err(FsError::OverMounted) => {
                 show!(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "df-error-cannot-access-over-mounted",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.as_ref().quote().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("df-error-cannot-access-over-mounted", "path" => path.as_ref().quote())
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -391,7 +383,7 @@ where
     if get_exit_code() == 0 && result.is_empty() {
         show!(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("df-error-no-file-systems-processed")
+            translate!("df-error-no-file-systems-processed")
         ));
         return Ok(result);
     }
@@ -421,10 +413,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if matches.get_flag(OPT_INODES) {
             println!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "df-error-inodes-not-supported-windows",
-                    HashMap::from([("program".to_string(), uucore::util_name().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("df-error-inodes-not-supported-windows", "program" => uucore::util_name())
             );
             return Ok(());
         }
@@ -435,14 +424,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let filesystems: Vec<Filesystem> = match matches.get_many::<OsString>(OPT_PATHS) {
         None => {
             let filesystems = get_all_filesystems(&opt).map_err(|e| {
-                let context = get_message("df-error-cannot-read-table-of-mounted-filesystems");
+                let context = translate!("df-error-cannot-read-table-of-mounted-filesystems");
                 USimpleError::new(e.code(), format!("{context}: {e}"))
             })?;
 
             if filesystems.is_empty() {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message("df-error-no-file-systems-processed"),
+                    translate!("df-error-no-file-systems-processed"),
                 ));
             }
 
@@ -451,7 +440,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         Some(paths) => {
             let paths: Vec<_> = paths.collect();
             let filesystems = get_named_filesystems(&paths, &opt).map_err(|e| {
-                let context = get_message("df-error-cannot-read-table-of-mounted-filesystems");
+                let context = translate!("df-error-cannot-read-table-of-mounted-filesystems");
                 USimpleError::new(e.code(), format!("{context}: {e}"))
             })?;
 
@@ -473,15 +462,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("df-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("df-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("df-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("df-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("df-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("df-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_HELP)
                 .long(OPT_HELP)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-print-help"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-print-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -489,7 +478,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('a')
                 .long("all")
                 .overrides_with(OPT_ALL)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-all"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -498,13 +487,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long("block-size")
                 .value_name("SIZE")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_KILO, OPT_BLOCKSIZE])
-                .help(get_message("df-help-block-size")),
+                .help(translate!("df-help-block-size")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_TOTAL)
                 .long("total")
                 .overrides_with(OPT_TOTAL)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-total"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-total"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -512,7 +501,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('h')
                 .long("human-readable")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_HUMAN_READABLE_DECIMAL, OPT_HUMAN_READABLE_BINARY])
-                .help(get_message("df-help-human-readable"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-human-readable"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -520,7 +509,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('H')
                 .long("si")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_HUMAN_READABLE_BINARY, OPT_HUMAN_READABLE_DECIMAL])
-                .help(get_message("df-help-si"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-si"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -528,13 +517,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('i')
                 .long("inodes")
                 .overrides_with(OPT_INODES)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-inodes"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-inodes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_KILO)
                 .short('k')
-                .help(get_message("df-help-kilo"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-kilo"))
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_BLOCKSIZE, OPT_KILO])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -543,14 +532,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('l')
                 .long("local")
                 .overrides_with(OPT_LOCAL)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-local"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-local"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_NO_SYNC)
                 .long("no-sync")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_SYNC, OPT_NO_SYNC])
-                .help(get_message("df-help-no-sync"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-no-sync"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -565,21 +554,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .default_missing_values(OUTPUT_FIELD_LIST)
                 .default_values(["source", "size", "used", "avail", "pcent", "target"])
                 .conflicts_with_all([OPT_INODES, OPT_PORTABILITY, OPT_PRINT_TYPE])
-                .help(get_message("df-help-output")),
+                .help(translate!("df-help-output")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PORTABILITY)
                 .short('P')
                 .long("portability")
                 .overrides_with(OPT_PORTABILITY)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-portability"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-portability"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_SYNC)
                 .long("sync")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_NO_SYNC, OPT_SYNC])
-                .help(get_message("df-help-sync"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-sync"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -589,14 +578,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_name("TYPE")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-type")),
+                .help(translate!("df-help-type")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PRINT_TYPE)
                 .short('T')
                 .long("print-type")
                 .overrides_with(OPT_PRINT_TYPE)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-print-type"))
+                .help(translate!("df-help-print-type"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -607,7 +596,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_name("TYPE")
                 .use_value_delimiter(true)
-                .help(get_message("df-help-exclude-type")),
+                .help(translate!("df-help-exclude-type")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PATHS)
diff --git a/src/uu/df/src/table.rs b/src/uu/df/src/table.rs
index e8b1c29e246..6df95f7be63 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/src/table.rs
+++ b/src/uu/df/src/table.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::columns::{Alignment, Column};
 use crate::filesystem::Filesystem;
 use crate::{BlockSize, Options};
 use uucore::fsext::{FsUsage, MountInfo};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::iter;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl AddAssign for Row {
         let inodes_used = self.inodes_used + rhs.inodes_used;
         *self = Self {
             file: None,
-            fs_device: get_message("df-total"),
+            fs_device: translate!("df-total"),
             fs_type: "-".into(),
             fs_mount: "-".into(),
             bytes,
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ impl<'a> RowFormatter<'a> {
             let cell = match column {
                 Column::Source => {
                     if self.is_total_row {
-                        Cell::from_string(get_message("df-total"))
+                        Cell::from_string(translate!("df-total"))
                     } else {
                         Cell::from_string(&self.row.fs_device)
                     }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl<'a> RowFormatter<'a> {
 
                 Column::Target => {
                     if self.is_total_row && !self.options.columns.contains(&Column::Source) {
-                        Cell::from_string(get_message("df-total"))
+                        Cell::from_string(translate!("df-total"))
                     } else {
                         Cell::from_os_string(&self.row.fs_mount)
                     }
@@ -371,38 +371,38 @@ impl Header {
 
         for column in &options.columns {
             let header = match column {
-                Column::Source => get_message("df-header-filesystem"),
+                Column::Source => translate!("df-header-filesystem"),
                 Column::Size => match options.header_mode {
-                    HeaderMode::HumanReadable => get_message("df-header-size"),
+                    HeaderMode::HumanReadable => translate!("df-header-size"),
                     HeaderMode::PosixPortability => {
                         format!(
                             "{}{}",
                             options.block_size.as_u64(),
-                            get_message("df-blocks-suffix")
+                            translate!("df-blocks-suffix")
                         )
                     }
-                    _ => format!("{}{}", options.block_size, get_message("df-blocks-suffix")),
+                    _ => format!("{}{}", options.block_size, translate!("df-blocks-suffix")),
                 },
-                Column::Used => get_message("df-header-used"),
+                Column::Used => translate!("df-header-used"),
                 Column::Avail => match options.header_mode {
                     HeaderMode::HumanReadable | HeaderMode::Output => {
-                        get_message("df-header-avail")
+                        translate!("df-header-avail")
                     }
-                    _ => get_message("df-header-available"),
+                    _ => translate!("df-header-available"),
                 },
                 Column::Pcent => match options.header_mode {
-                    HeaderMode::PosixPortability => get_message("df-header-capacity"),
-                    _ => get_message("df-header-use-percent"),
+                    HeaderMode::PosixPortability => translate!("df-header-capacity"),
+                    _ => translate!("df-header-use-percent"),
                 },
-                Column::Target => get_message("df-header-mounted-on"),
-                Column::Itotal => get_message("df-header-inodes"),
-                Column::Iused => get_message("df-header-iused"),
-                Column::Iavail => get_message("df-header-iavail"),
-                Column::Ipcent => get_message("df-header-iuse-percent"),
-                Column::File => get_message("df-header-file"),
-                Column::Fstype => get_message("df-header-type"),
+                Column::Target => translate!("df-header-mounted-on"),
+                Column::Itotal => translate!("df-header-inodes"),
+                Column::Iused => translate!("df-header-iused"),
+                Column::Iavail => translate!("df-header-iavail"),
+                Column::Ipcent => translate!("df-header-iuse-percent"),
+                Column::File => translate!("df-header-file"),
+                Column::Fstype => translate!("df-header-type"),
                 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-                Column::Capacity => get_message("df-header-capacity"),
+                Column::Capacity => translate!("df-header-capacity"),
             };
 
             headers.push(header);
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ impl Table {
         //
         // This accumulator is computed in case we need to display the
         // total counts in the last row of the table.
-        let mut total = Row::new(&get_message("df-total"));
+        let mut total = Row::new(&translate!("df-total"));
 
         for filesystem in filesystems {
             // If the filesystem is not empty, or if the options require
diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
index 5403cd1b40f..077d4e59e21 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/dircolors.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["colors", "parser"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "dircolors"
diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
index 9ee80140add..b76d49f67ce 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) clrtoeol dircolors eightbit endcode fnmatch leftcode multihardlink rightcode setenv sgid suid colorterm disp
 
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::fmt::Write as _;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -17,7 +16,8 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::colors::{FILE_ATTRIBUTE_CODES, FILE_COLORS, FILE_TYPES, TERMS};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{format_usage, parser::parse_glob};
 
 mod options {
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("dircolors-error-shell-and-output-exclusive"),
+            translate!("dircolors-error-shell-and-output-exclusive"),
         ));
     }
 
     if matches.get_flag(options::PRINT_DATABASE) && matches.get_flag(options::PRINT_LS_COLORS) {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("dircolors-error-print-database-and-ls-colors-exclusive"),
+            translate!("dircolors-error-print-database-and-ls-colors-exclusive"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -148,10 +148,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if !files.is_empty() {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "dircolors-error-extra-operand-print-database",
-                    HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), files[0].quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("dircolors-error-extra-operand-print-database", "operand" => files[0].quote()),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -174,7 +171,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             OutputFmt::Unknown => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message("dircolors-error-no-shell-environment"),
+                    translate!("dircolors-error-no-shell-environment"),
                 ));
             }
             fmt => out_format = fmt,
@@ -200,10 +197,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     } else if files.len() > 1 {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "dircolors-error-extra-operand",
-                HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), files[1].quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("dircolors-error-extra-operand", "operand" => files[1].quote()),
         ));
     } else if files[0].eq("-") {
         let fin = BufReader::new(std::io::stdin());
@@ -214,10 +208,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if path.is_dir() {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "dircolors-error-expected-file-got-directory",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("dircolors-error-expected-file-got-directory", "path" => path.quote()),
             ));
         }
         match File::open(path) {
@@ -247,9 +238,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("dircolors-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("dircolors-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("dircolors-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("dircolors-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("dircolors-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("dircolors-usage")))
         .args_override_self(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
@@ -258,7 +249,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('b')
                 .visible_alias("bourne-shell")
                 .overrides_with(options::C_SHELL)
-                .help(get_message("dircolors-help-bourne-shell"))
+                .help(translate!("dircolors-help-bourne-shell"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -267,20 +258,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('c')
                 .visible_alias("c-shell")
                 .overrides_with(options::BOURNE_SHELL)
-                .help(get_message("dircolors-help-c-shell"))
+                .help(translate!("dircolors-help-c-shell"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRINT_DATABASE)
                 .long("print-database")
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("dircolors-help-print-database"))
+                .help(translate!("dircolors-help-print-database"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRINT_LS_COLORS)
                 .long("print-ls-colors")
-                .help(get_message("dircolors-help-print-ls-colors"))
+                .help(translate!("dircolors-help-print-ls-colors"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -380,13 +371,9 @@ where
 
         let (key, val) = line.split_two();
         if val.is_empty() {
-            return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "dircolors-error-invalid-line-missing-token",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("file".to_string(), fp.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                    ("line".to_string(), num.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ));
+            return Err(
+                translate!("dircolors-error-invalid-line-missing-token", "file" => fp.maybe_quote(), "line" => num),
+            );
         }
 
         let lower = key.to_lowercase();
@@ -468,10 +455,7 @@ fn append_entry(
                 result.push_str(&disp);
                 Ok(())
             } else {
-                Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "dircolors-error-unrecognized-keyword",
-                    HashMap::from([("keyword".to_string(), key.to_string())]),
-                ))
+                Err(translate!("dircolors-error-unrecognized-keyword", "keyword" => key))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/dirname/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dirname/Cargo.toml
index 7e505a37b9f..85fc99a1c1f 100644
--- a/src/uu/dirname/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dirname/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/dirname.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "dirname"
diff --git a/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs b/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs
index a7ae457b6c3..6d7a4a5a51e 100644
--- a/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const ZERO: &str = "zero";
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mod options {
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(get_message("dirname-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("dirname-after-help"))
         .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     let line_ending = LineEnding::from_zero_flag(matches.get_flag(options::ZERO));
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .collect();
 
     if dirnames.is_empty() {
-        return Err(UUsageError::new(1, get_message("dirname-missing-operand")));
+        return Err(UUsageError::new(1, translate!("dirname-missing-operand")));
     }
 
     for path in &dirnames {
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("dirname-about"))
+        .about(translate!("dirname-about"))
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("dirname-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("dirname-usage")))
         .args_override_self(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO)
                 .long(options::ZERO)
                 .short('z')
-                .help(get_message("dirname-zero-help"))
+                .help(translate!("dirname-zero-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
index a9f4786f94a..7a396403e81 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ glob = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format", "fsext", "parser", "time"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
index 758d57600a0..0fa49cb1486 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
+++ b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, builder::PossibleValue};
 use glob::Pattern;
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::Metadata;
 use std::fs::{self, DirEntry, File};
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ use uucore::display::{Quotable, print_verbatim};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::fsext::{MetadataTimeField, metadata_get_time};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::parser::parse_glob;
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
@@ -263,12 +264,9 @@ fn du(
         let read = match fs::read_dir(&my_stat.path) {
             Ok(read) => read,
             Err(e) => {
-                print_tx.send(Err(e.map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "du-error-cannot-read-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), my_stat.path.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
-                })))?;
+                print_tx.send(Err(e.map_err_context(
+                    || translate!("du-error-cannot-read-directory", "path" => my_stat.path.quote()),
+                )))?;
                 return Ok(my_stat);
             }
         };
@@ -290,13 +288,7 @@ fn du(
                                     if options.verbose {
                                         println!(
                                             "{}",
-                                            get_message_with_args(
-                                                "du-verbose-ignored",
-                                                HashMap::from([(
-                                                    "path".to_string(),
-                                                    this_stat.path.quote().to_string()
-                                                )])
-                                            )
+                                            translate!("du-verbose-ignored", "path" => this_stat.path.quote())
                                         );
                                     }
                                     // Go to the next file
@@ -355,15 +347,9 @@ fn du(
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        Err(e) => print_tx.send(Err(e.map_err_context(|| {
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "du-error-cannot-access",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "path".to_string(),
-                                    entry.path().quote().to_string(),
-                                )]),
-                            )
-                        })))?,
+                        Err(e) => print_tx.send(Err(e.map_err_context(
+                            || translate!("du-error-cannot-access", "path" => entry.path().quote()),
+                        )))?,
                     }
                 }
                 Err(error) => print_tx.send(Err(error.into()))?,
@@ -376,19 +362,16 @@ fn du(
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum DuError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("du-error-invalid-max-depth", HashMap::from([("depth".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("du-error-invalid-max-depth", "depth" => _0.quote()))]
     InvalidMaxDepthArg(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("du-error-summarize-depth-conflict", HashMap::from([("depth".to_string(), _0.maybe_quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("du-error-summarize-depth-conflict", "depth" => _0.maybe_quote()))]
     SummarizeDepthConflict(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("du-error-invalid-time-style", HashMap::from([
-        ("style".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string()),
-        ("help".to_string(), uucore::execution_phrase().to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("du-error-invalid-time-style", "style" => _0.quote(), "help" => uucore::execution_phrase()))]
     InvalidTimeStyleArg(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("du-error-invalid-glob", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), _0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("du-error-invalid-glob", "error" => _0))]
     InvalidGlob(String),
 }
 
@@ -431,10 +414,7 @@ fn build_exclude_patterns(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Vec<Pattern>> {
         if matches.get_flag(options::VERBOSE) {
             println!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "du-verbose-adding-to-exclude-list",
-                    HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), f.clone())])
-                )
+                translate!("du-verbose-adding-to-exclude-list", "pattern" => f.clone())
             );
         }
         match parse_glob::from_str(&f) {
@@ -551,20 +531,18 @@ fn read_files_from(file_name: &str) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, std::io::Error> {
         // First, check if the file_name is a directory
         let path = PathBuf::from(file_name);
         if path.is_dir() {
-            return Err(std::io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                "du-error-read-error-is-directory",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file_name.to_string())]),
-            )));
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                translate!("du-error-read-error-is-directory", "file" => file_name),
+            ));
         }
 
         // Attempt to open the file and handle the error if it does not exist
         match File::open(file_name) {
             Ok(file) => Box::new(BufReader::new(file)),
             Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
-                return Err(std::io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                    "du-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file_name.to_string())]),
-                )));
+                return Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                    translate!("du-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "file" => file_name),
+                ));
             }
             Err(e) => return Err(e),
         }
@@ -579,13 +557,7 @@ fn read_files_from(file_name: &str) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, std::io::Error> {
             let line_number = i + 1;
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "du-error-invalid-zero-length-file-name",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("file".to_string(), file_name.to_string()),
-                        ("line".to_string(), line_number.to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("du-error-invalid-zero-length-file-name", "file" => file_name, "line" => line_number)
             );
             set_exit_code(1);
         } else {
@@ -617,17 +589,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let files = if let Some(file_from) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::FILES0_FROM) {
         if file_from == "-" && matches.get_one::<String>(options::FILE).is_some() {
-            return Err(std::io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                "du-error-extra-operand-with-files0-from",
-                HashMap::from([(
-                    "file".to_string(),
-                    matches
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                translate!("du-error-extra-operand-with-files0-from",
+                    "file" => matches
                         .get_one::<String>(options::FILE)
                         .unwrap()
                         .quote()
-                        .to_string(),
-                )]),
-            ))
+                ),
+            )
             .into());
         }
 
@@ -667,16 +636,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         let block_size_str = matches.get_one::<String>(options::BLOCK_SIZE);
         let block_size = read_block_size(block_size_str.map(AsRef::as_ref))?;
         if block_size == 0 {
-            return Err(std::io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                "du-error-invalid-block-size-argument",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("option".to_string(), options::BLOCK_SIZE.to_string()),
-                    (
-                        "value".to_string(),
-                        block_size_str.map_or("???BUG", |v| v).quote().to_string(),
-                    ),
-                ]),
-            ))
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other(translate!("du-error-invalid-block-size-argument", "option" => options::BLOCK_SIZE, "value" => block_size_str.map_or("???BUG", |v| v).quote()))
             .into());
         }
         SizeFormat::BlockSize(block_size)
@@ -723,7 +683,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         time,
         time_format,
         line_ending: LineEnding::from_zero_flag(matches.get_flag(options::NULL)),
-        total_text: get_message("du-total"),
+        total_text: translate!("du-total"),
     };
 
     if stat_printer.inodes
@@ -731,7 +691,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     {
         show_warning!(
             "{}",
-            get_message("du-warning-apparent-size-ineffective-with-inodes")
+            translate!("du-warning-apparent-size-ineffective-with-inodes")
         );
     }
 
@@ -749,13 +709,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                     if traversal_options.verbose {
                         println!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "du-verbose-ignored",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "path".to_string(),
-                                    path_string.quote().to_string()
-                                )])
-                            )
+                            translate!("du-verbose-ignored", "path" => path_string.quote())
                         );
                     }
                     continue 'loop_file;
@@ -780,13 +734,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             print_tx
                 .send(Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "du-error-cannot-access-no-such-file",
-                        HashMap::from([(
-                            "path".to_string(),
-                            path.to_string_lossy().quote().to_string(),
-                        )]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("du-error-cannot-access-no-such-file", "path" => path.to_string_lossy().quote()),
                 )))
                 .map_err(|e| USimpleError::new(1, e.to_string()))?;
         }
@@ -796,7 +744,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     printing_thread
         .join()
-        .map_err(|_| USimpleError::new(1, get_message("du-error-printing-thread-panicked")))??;
+        .map_err(|_| USimpleError::new(1, translate!("du-error-printing-thread-panicked")))??;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -825,28 +773,28 @@ fn parse_depth(max_depth_str: Option<&str>, summarize: bool) -> UResult<Option<u
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("du-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("du-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("du-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("du-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("du-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("du-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-print-help"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-print-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ALL)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::ALL)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-all"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::APPARENT_SIZE)
                 .long(options::APPARENT_SIZE)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-apparent-size"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-apparent-size"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -854,20 +802,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('B')
                 .long(options::BLOCK_SIZE)
                 .value_name("SIZE")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-block-size")),
+                .help(translate!("du-help-block-size")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)
                 .short('b')
                 .long("bytes")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-bytes"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-bytes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TOTAL)
                 .long("total")
                 .short('c')
-                .help(get_message("du-help-total"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-total"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -875,39 +823,39 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .long("max-depth")
                 .value_name("N")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-max-depth")),
+                .help(translate!("du-help-max-depth")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HUMAN_READABLE)
                 .long("human-readable")
                 .short('h')
-                .help(get_message("du-help-human-readable"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-human-readable"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INODES)
                 .long(options::INODES)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-inodes"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-inodes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BLOCK_SIZE_1K)
                 .short('k')
-                .help(get_message("du-help-block-size-1k"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-block-size-1k"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COUNT_LINKS)
                 .short('l')
                 .long("count-links")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-count-links"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-count-links"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DEREFERENCE)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -915,55 +863,55 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('D')
                 .visible_short_alias('H')
                 .long(options::DEREFERENCE_ARGS)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-dereference-args"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-dereference-args"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
                 .short('P')
                 .long(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-no-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-no-dereference"))
                 .overrides_with(options::DEREFERENCE)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BLOCK_SIZE_1M)
                 .short('m')
-                .help(get_message("du-help-block-size-1m"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-block-size-1m"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NULL)
                 .short('0')
                 .long("null")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-null"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-null"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SEPARATE_DIRS)
                 .short('S')
                 .long("separate-dirs")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-separate-dirs"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-separate-dirs"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SUMMARIZE)
                 .short('s')
                 .long("summarize")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-summarize"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-summarize"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SI)
                 .long(options::SI)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-si"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-si"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .short('x')
                 .long(options::ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-one-file-system"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-one-file-system"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -973,20 +921,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("SIZE")
                 .num_args(1)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-threshold")),
+                .help(translate!("du-help-threshold")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long("verbose")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::EXCLUDE)
                 .long(options::EXCLUDE)
                 .value_name("PATTERN")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-exclude"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-exclude"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -995,7 +943,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long("exclude-from")
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-exclude-from"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-exclude-from"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1003,7 +951,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long("files0-from")
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
-                .help(get_message("du-help-files0-from"))
+                .help(translate!("du-help-files0-from"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1017,13 +965,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     PossibleValue::new("ctime").alias("status"),
                     PossibleValue::new("creation").alias("birth"),
                 ]))
-                .help(get_message("du-help-time")),
+                .help(translate!("du-help-time")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TIME_STYLE)
                 .long(options::TIME_STYLE)
                 .value_name("STYLE")
-                .help(get_message("du-help-time-style")),
+                .help(translate!("du-help-time-style")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
@@ -1073,27 +1021,15 @@ fn format_error_message(error: &ParseSizeError, s: &str, option: &str) -> String
     // NOTE:
     // GNU's du echos affected flag, -B or --block-size (-t or --threshold), depending user's selection
     match error {
-        ParseSizeError::InvalidSuffix(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "du-error-invalid-suffix",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
-        ParseSizeError::ParseFailure(_) | ParseSizeError::PhysicalMem(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "du-error-invalid-argument",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
-        ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "du-error-argument-too-large",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
+        ParseSizeError::InvalidSuffix(_) => {
+            translate!("du-error-invalid-suffix", "option" => option, "value" => s.quote())
+        }
+        ParseSizeError::ParseFailure(_) | ParseSizeError::PhysicalMem(_) => {
+            translate!("du-error-invalid-argument", "option" => option, "value" => s.quote())
+        }
+        ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(_) => {
+            translate!("du-error-argument-too-large", "option" => option, "value" => s.quote())
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/echo/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/echo/Cargo.toml
index 80d56368749..30ce94bbe52 100644
--- a/src/uu/echo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/echo/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/echo.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "echo"
diff --git a/src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs b/src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs
index ae0849b2ad3..6c61ec7d8d8 100644
--- a/src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs
+++ b/src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use uucore::error::UResult;
 use uucore::format::{FormatChar, OctalParsing, parse_escape_only};
 use uucore::{format_usage, os_str_as_bytes};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const STRING: &str = "STRING";
@@ -190,26 +190,26 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .allow_hyphen_values(true)
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("echo-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("echo-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("echo-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("echo-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("echo-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("echo-usage")))
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_NEWLINE)
                 .short('n')
-                .help(get_message("echo-help-no-newline"))
+                .help(translate!("echo-help-no-newline"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ENABLE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE)
                 .short('e')
-                .help(get_message("echo-help-enable-escapes"))
+                .help(translate!("echo-help-enable-escapes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::DISABLE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DISABLE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE)
                 .short('E')
-                .help(get_message("echo-help-disable-escapes"))
+                .help(translate!("echo-help-disable-escapes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::ENABLE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/env/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/env/Cargo.toml
index c943ef4851a..80fe1f41266 100644
--- a/src/uu/env/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/env/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 rust-ini = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["signals"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["signal"] }
diff --git a/src/uu/env/src/env.rs b/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
index c1a1043ef83..9e42b1694bd 100644
--- a/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
+++ b/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ use nix::sys::signal::{SigHandler::SigIgn, Signal, signal};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use nix::unistd::execvp;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::ffi::CString;
@@ -36,32 +35,32 @@ use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{ExitCode, UError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::signals::signal_by_name_or_value;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_warning};
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
 pub enum EnvError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-missing-closing-quote", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string()), ("quote".to_string(), .1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-missing-closing-quote", "position" => .0, "quote" => .1))]
     EnvMissingClosingQuote(usize, char),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-invalid-backslash-at-end", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string()), ("context".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-invalid-backslash-at-end", "position" => .0, "context" => .1.clone()))]
     EnvInvalidBackslashAtEndOfStringInMinusS(usize, String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-backslash-c-not-allowed", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-backslash-c-not-allowed", "position" => .0))]
     EnvBackslashCNotAllowedInDoubleQuotes(usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-invalid-sequence", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string()), ("char".to_string(), .1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-invalid-sequence", "position" => .0, "char" => .1))]
     EnvInvalidSequenceBackslashXInMinusS(usize, char),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-missing-closing-brace", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-missing-closing-brace", "position" => .0))]
     EnvParsingOfVariableMissingClosingBrace(usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-missing-variable", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-missing-variable", "position" => .0))]
     EnvParsingOfMissingVariable(usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-missing-closing-brace-after-value", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-missing-closing-brace-after-value", "position" => .0))]
     EnvParsingOfVariableMissingClosingBraceAfterValue(usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-unexpected-number", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string()), ("char".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-unexpected-number", "position" => .0, "char" => .1.clone()))]
     EnvParsingOfVariableUnexpectedNumber(usize, String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("env-error-expected-brace-or-colon", HashMap::from([("position".to_string(), .0.to_string()), ("char".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("env-error-expected-brace-or-colon", "position" => .0, "char" => .1.clone()))]
     EnvParsingOfVariableExceptedBraceOrColon(usize, String),
     #[error("")]
     EnvReachedEnd,
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ fn parse_program_opt<'a>(opts: &mut Options<'a>, opt: &'a OsStr) -> UResult<()>
     if opts.line_ending == LineEnding::Nul {
         Err(UUsageError::new(
             125,
-            get_message("env-error-cannot-specify-null-with-command"),
+            translate!("env-error-cannot-specify-null-with-command"),
         ))
     } else {
         opts.program.push(opt);
@@ -144,10 +143,7 @@ fn parse_signal_value(signal_name: &str) -> UResult<usize> {
     let optional_signal_value = signal_by_name_or_value(&signal_name_upcase);
     let error = USimpleError::new(
         125,
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "env-error-invalid-signal",
-            HashMap::from([("signal".to_string(), signal_name.quote().to_string())]),
-        ),
+        translate!("env-error-invalid-signal", "signal" => signal_name.quote()),
     );
     match optional_signal_value {
         Some(sig_val) => {
@@ -182,10 +178,7 @@ fn parse_signal_opt<'a>(opts: &mut Options<'a>, opt: &'a OsStr) -> UResult<()> {
         let Some(sig_str) = sig.to_str() else {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "env-error-invalid-signal",
-                    HashMap::from([("signal".to_string(), sig.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("env-error-invalid-signal", "signal" => sig.quote()),
             ));
         };
         let sig_val = parse_signal_value(sig_str)?;
@@ -212,13 +205,7 @@ fn load_config_file(opts: &mut Options) -> UResult<()> {
         let conf = conf.map_err(|e| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "env-error-config-file",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("file".to_string(), file.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                ),
+                translate!("env-error-config-file", "file" => file.maybe_quote(), "error" => e),
             )
         })?;
 
@@ -238,16 +225,16 @@ fn load_config_file(opts: &mut Options) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(crate_name!())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("env-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("env-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("env-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("env-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("env-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("env-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_ENVIRONMENT)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_ENVIRONMENT)
-                .help(get_message("env-help-ignore-environment"))
+                .help(translate!("env-help-ignore-environment"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -258,13 +245,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::DirPath)
-                .help(get_message("env-help-chdir")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-chdir")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NULL)
                 .short('0')
                 .long(options::NULL)
-                .help(get_message("env-help-null"))
+                .help(translate!("env-help-null"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -275,7 +262,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .help(get_message("env-help-file")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-file")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::UNSET)
@@ -284,14 +271,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("NAME")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("env-help-unset")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-unset")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DEBUG)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::DEBUG)
                 .action(ArgAction::Count)
-                .help(get_message("env-help-debug")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-debug")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SPLIT_STRING) // split string handling is implemented directly, not using CLAP. But this entry here is needed for the help information output.
@@ -300,7 +287,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("S")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("env-help-split-string")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-split-string")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ARGV0)
@@ -310,7 +297,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("a")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("env-help-argv0")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-argv0")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("vars")
@@ -323,7 +310,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("SIG")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("env-help-ignore-signal")),
+                .help(translate!("env-help-ignore-signal")),
         )
 }
 
@@ -339,60 +326,27 @@ pub fn parse_args_from_str(text: &NativeIntStr) -> UResult<Vec<NativeIntString>>
         EnvError::EnvMissingClosingQuote(_, _) => USimpleError::new(125, e.to_string()),
         EnvError::EnvParsingOfVariableMissingClosingBrace(pos) => USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-variable-name-issue",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("position".to_string(), pos.to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-variable-name-issue", "position" => pos, "error" => e),
         ),
         EnvError::EnvParsingOfMissingVariable(pos) => USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-variable-name-issue",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("position".to_string(), pos.to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-variable-name-issue", "position" => pos, "error" => e),
         ),
         EnvError::EnvParsingOfVariableMissingClosingBraceAfterValue(pos) => USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-variable-name-issue",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("position".to_string(), pos.to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-variable-name-issue", "position" => pos, "error" => e),
         ),
         EnvError::EnvParsingOfVariableUnexpectedNumber(pos, _) => USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-variable-name-issue",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("position".to_string(), pos.to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-variable-name-issue", "position" => pos, "error" => e),
         ),
         EnvError::EnvParsingOfVariableExceptedBraceOrColon(pos, _) => USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-variable-name-issue",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("position".to_string(), pos.to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-variable-name-issue", "position" => pos, "error" => e),
         ),
         _ => USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-generic",
-                HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), format!("{e:?}"))]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-generic", "error" => format!("{e:?}")),
         ),
     })
 }
@@ -440,13 +394,10 @@ impl EnvAppData {
     fn make_error_no_such_file_or_dir(&self, prog: &OsStr) -> Box<dyn UError> {
         uucore::show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-no-such-file",
-                HashMap::from([("program".to_string(), prog.quote().to_string())])
-            )
+            translate!("env-error-no-such-file", "program" => prog.quote())
         );
         if !self.had_string_argument {
-            uucore::show_error!("{}", get_message("env-error-use-s-shebang"));
+            uucore::show_error!("{}", translate!("env-error-use-s-shebang"));
         }
         ExitCode::new(127)
     }
@@ -518,12 +469,10 @@ impl EnvAppData {
                         && arg_str.starts_with("-u")
                         && !arg_str.starts_with("--")
                     {
+                        let name = &arg_str[arg_str.find('=').unwrap()..];
                         return Err(USimpleError::new(
                             125,
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "env-error-cannot-unset",
-                                HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), arg_str[2..].to_string())]),
-                            ),
+                            translate!("env-error-cannot-unset", "name" => name),
                         ));
                     }
 
@@ -555,7 +504,7 @@ impl EnvAppData {
                             let s = s.trim_end();
                             uucore::show_error!("{s}");
                         }
-                        uucore::show_error!("{}", get_message("env-error-use-s-shebang"));
+                        uucore::show_error!("{}", translate!("env-error-use-s-shebang"));
                         ExitCode::new(125)
                     }
                 }
@@ -639,7 +588,7 @@ impl EnvAppData {
             #[cfg(not(unix))]
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message("env-error-argv0-not-supported"),
+                translate!("env-error-argv0-not-supported"),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -684,9 +633,9 @@ impl EnvAppData {
                 Err(nix::errno::Errno::EACCES) => {
                     uucore::show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
+                        translate!(
                             "env-error-permission-denied",
-                            HashMap::from([("program".to_string(), prog.quote().to_string())])
+                            "program" => prog.quote()
                         )
                     );
                     Err(126.into())
@@ -694,9 +643,9 @@ impl EnvAppData {
                 Err(_) => {
                     uucore::show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
+                        translate!(
                             "env-error-unknown",
-                            HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), "execvp failed".to_string())])
+                            "error" => "execvp failed"
                         )
                     );
                     Err(126.into())
@@ -722,20 +671,14 @@ impl EnvAppData {
                     io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => {
                         uucore::show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "env-error-permission-denied",
-                                HashMap::from([("program".to_string(), prog.quote().to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("env-error-permission-denied", "program" => prog.quote())
                         );
                         Err(126.into())
                     }
                     _ => {
                         uucore::show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "env-error-unknown",
-                                HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), format!("{err:?}"))])
-                            )
+                            translate!("env-error-unknown", "error" => format!("{err:?}"))
                         );
                         Err(126.into())
                     }
@@ -824,10 +767,7 @@ fn apply_unset_env_vars(opts: &Options<'_>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn UError>> {
         {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 125,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "env-error-cannot-unset-invalid",
-                    HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), name.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("env-error-cannot-unset-invalid", "name" => name.quote()),
             ));
         }
         unsafe {
@@ -842,7 +782,7 @@ fn apply_change_directory(opts: &Options<'_>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn UError>> {
     if opts.program.is_empty() && opts.running_directory.is_some() {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             125,
-            get_message("env-error-must-specify-command-with-chdir"),
+            translate!("env-error-must-specify-command-with-chdir"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -852,13 +792,7 @@ fn apply_change_directory(opts: &Options<'_>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn UError>> {
             Err(error) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     125,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "env-error-cannot-change-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("directory".to_string(), d.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("error".to_string(), error.to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("env-error-cannot-change-directory", "directory" => d.quote(), "error" => error),
                 ));
             }
         };
@@ -894,10 +828,7 @@ fn apply_specified_env_vars(opts: &Options<'_>) {
         if name.is_empty() {
             show_warning!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "env-warning-no-name-specified",
-                    HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), val.quote().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("env-warning-no-name-specified", "value" => val.quote())
             );
             continue;
         }
@@ -926,13 +857,7 @@ fn ignore_signal(sig: Signal) -> UResult<()> {
     if let Err(err) = result {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             125,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "env-error-failed-set-signal-action",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("signal".to_string(), (sig as i32).to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), err.desc().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("env-error-failed-set-signal-action", "signal" => (sig as i32), "error" => err.desc()),
         ));
     }
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/uu/expand/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/expand/Cargo.toml
index cd96b0278f7..7fc33454783 100644
--- a/src/uu/expand/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/expand/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "expand"
diff --git a/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs b/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
index 21ec08c2d2f..8d768522d4f 100644
--- a/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
+++ b/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) ctype cwidth iflag nbytes nspaces nums tspaces uflag Preprocess
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Read, Write, stdin, stdout};
@@ -17,10 +16,9 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, set_exit_code};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 pub mod options {
     pub static TABS: &str = "tabs";
     pub static INITIAL: &str = "initial";
@@ -62,17 +60,17 @@ fn is_digit_or_comma(c: char) -> bool {
 /// Errors that can occur when parsing a `--tabs` argument.
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum ParseError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expand-error-invalid-character", HashMap::from([("char".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expand-error-invalid-character", "char" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidCharacter(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expand-error-specifier-not-at-start", HashMap::from([("specifier".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string()), ("number".to_string(), .1.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expand-error-specifier-not-at-start", "specifier" => .0.quote(), "number" => .1.quote()))]
     SpecifierNotAtStartOfNumber(String, String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expand-error-specifier-only-allowed-with-last", HashMap::from([("specifier".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expand-error-specifier-only-allowed-with-last", "specifier" => .0.quote()))]
     SpecifierOnlyAllowedWithLastValue(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expand-error-tab-size-cannot-be-zero"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expand-error-tab-size-cannot-be-zero"))]
     TabSizeCannotBeZero,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expand-error-tab-size-too-large", HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expand-error-tab-size-too-large", "size" => .0.quote()))]
     TabSizeTooLarge(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expand-error-tab-sizes-must-be-ascending"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expand-error-tab-sizes-must-be-ascending"))]
     TabSizesMustBeAscending,
 }
 
@@ -253,16 +251,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("expand-about"))
+        .about(translate!("expand-about"))
         .after_help(LONG_HELP)
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("expand-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("expand-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INITIAL)
                 .long(options::INITIAL)
                 .short('i')
-                .help(get_message("expand-help-initial"))
+                .help(translate!("expand-help-initial"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -271,13 +269,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('t')
                 .value_name("N, LIST")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .help(get_message("expand-help-tabs")),
+                .help(translate!("expand-help-tabs")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_UTF8)
                 .long(options::NO_UTF8)
                 .short('U')
-                .help(get_message("expand-help-no-utf8"))
+                .help(translate!("expand-help-no-utf8"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -447,10 +445,7 @@ fn expand(options: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
         if Path::new(file).is_dir() {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "expand-error-is-directory",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("expand-error-is-directory", "file" => file)
             );
             set_exit_code(1);
             continue;
@@ -462,7 +457,7 @@ fn expand(options: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
                     Err(_) => buf.is_empty(),
                 } {
                     expand_line(&mut buf, &mut output, ts, options)
-                        .map_err_context(|| get_message("expand-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
+                        .map_err_context(|| translate!("expand-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
                 }
             }
             Err(e) => {
diff --git a/src/uu/expr/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/expr/Cargo.toml
index 54b831bc487..bdea6669836 100644
--- a/src/uu/expr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/expr/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ num-traits = { workspace = true }
 onig = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["i18n-collator"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "expr"
diff --git a/src/uu/expr/src/expr.rs b/src/uu/expr/src/expr.rs
index 4db419efaf3..ba980357cf0 100644
--- a/src/uu/expr/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/expr/src/expr.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Write;
 use syntax_tree::{AstNode, is_truthy};
 use thiserror::Error;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 use uucore::os_string_to_vec;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{
     display::Quotable,
     error::{UError, UResult},
@@ -29,35 +28,35 @@ pub type ExprResult<T> = Result<T, ExprError>;
 
 #[derive(Error, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ExprError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expr-error-unexpected-argument", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-unexpected-argument", "arg" => _0.quote()))]
     UnexpectedArgument(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expr-error-missing-argument", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-missing-argument", "arg" => _0.quote()))]
     MissingArgument(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-non-integer-argument"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-non-integer-argument"))]
     NonIntegerArgument,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-missing-operand"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-missing-operand"))]
     MissingOperand,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-division-by-zero"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-division-by-zero"))]
     DivisionByZero,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-invalid-regex-expression"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-invalid-regex-expression"))]
     InvalidRegexExpression,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expr-error-expected-closing-brace-after", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-expected-closing-brace-after", "arg" => _0.quote()))]
     ExpectedClosingBraceAfter(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expr-error-expected-closing-brace-instead-of", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-expected-closing-brace-instead-of", "arg" => _0.quote()))]
     ExpectedClosingBraceInsteadOf(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-unmatched-opening-parenthesis"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-unmatched-opening-parenthesis"))]
     UnmatchedOpeningParenthesis,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-unmatched-closing-parenthesis"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-unmatched-closing-parenthesis"))]
     UnmatchedClosingParenthesis,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-unmatched-opening-brace"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-unmatched-opening-brace"))]
     UnmatchedOpeningBrace,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-invalid-bracket-content"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-invalid-bracket-content"))]
     InvalidBracketContent,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-trailing-backslash"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-trailing-backslash"))]
     TrailingBackslash,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("expr-error-too-big-range-quantifier-index"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-too-big-range-quantifier-index"))]
     TooBigRangeQuantifierIndex,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("expr-error-match-utf8", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("expr-error-match-utf8", "arg" => _0.quote()))]
     UnsupportedNonUtf8Match(String),
 }
 
@@ -74,22 +73,22 @@ impl UError for ExprError {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("expr-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("expr-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("expr-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("expr-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("expr-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("expr-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .disable_version_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERSION)
                 .long(options::VERSION)
-                .help(get_message("expr-help-version"))
+                .help(translate!("expr-help-version"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Version),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("expr-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("expr-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/factor/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/factor/Cargo.toml
index 2fb879df44f..16b56a6ec43 100644
--- a/src/uu/factor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/factor/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ num-traits = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 num-bigint = { workspace = true }
 num-prime = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "factor"
diff --git a/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs b/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs
index 2734f95797d..776a98536ac 100644
--- a/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs
+++ b/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore funcs
 
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::io::{self, Write, stdin, stdout};
 
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ use num_bigint::BigUint;
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, set_exit_code};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error, show_warning};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 mod options {
     pub static EXPONENTS: &str = "exponents";
     pub static HELP: &str = "help";
@@ -46,12 +45,12 @@ fn print_factors_str(
     if let Some(_remaining) = remaining {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("factor-error-factorization-incomplete"),
+            translate!("factor-error-factorization-incomplete"),
         ));
     }
 
     write_result(w, &x, factorization, print_exponents)
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("factor-error-write-error"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("factor-error-write-error"))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -105,13 +104,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     set_exit_code(1);
-                    show_error!(
-                        "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "factor-error-reading-input",
-                            HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())])
-                        )
-                    );
+                    show_error!("{}", translate!("factor-error-reading-input", "error" => e));
                     return Ok(());
                 }
             }
@@ -128,8 +121,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("factor-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("factor-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("factor-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("factor-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
@@ -138,13 +131,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::EXPONENTS)
                 .short('h')
                 .long(options::EXPONENTS)
-                .help(get_message("factor-help-exponents"))
+                .help(translate!("factor-help-exponents"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("factor-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("factor-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml
index 4fcbb9f4ca3..55a46e98e8f 100644
--- a/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/false/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/false.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "false"
diff --git a/src/uu/false/src/false.rs b/src/uu/false/src/false.rs
index 37bae233ae9..92128f5f1ce 100644
--- a/src/uu/false/src/false.rs
+++ b/src/uu/false/src/false.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::{ffi::OsString, io::Write};
 use uucore::error::{UResult, set_exit_code};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("false-about"))
+        .about(translate!("false-about"))
         // We provide our own help and version options, to ensure maximum compatibility with GNU.
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .disable_version_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new("help")
                 .long("help")
-                .help(get_message("false-help-text"))
+                .help(translate!("false-help-text"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("version")
                 .long("version")
-                .help(get_message("false-version-text"))
+                .help(translate!("false-version-text"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Version),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/fmt/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/fmt/Cargo.toml
index 9dc8fccb734..78fa1cdeacb 100644
--- a/src/uu/fmt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/fmt/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "fmt"
diff --git a/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs b/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
index cde147fc97a..f6e5550559c 100644
--- a/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
@@ -10,35 +10,34 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter, Read, Stdout, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use uucore::format_usage;
 
 use linebreak::break_lines;
 use parasplit::ParagraphStream;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 mod linebreak;
 mod parasplit;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum FmtError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("fmt-error-invalid-goal", HashMap::from([("goal".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-invalid-goal", "goal" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidGoal(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("fmt-error-goal-greater-than-width"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-goal-greater-than-width"))]
     GoalGreaterThanWidth,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("fmt-error-invalid-width", HashMap::from([("width".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-invalid-width", "width" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidWidth(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("fmt-error-width-out-of-range", HashMap::from([("width".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-width-out-of-range", "width" => .0))]
     WidthOutOfRange(usize),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("fmt-error-invalid-tabwidth", HashMap::from([("tabwidth".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-invalid-tabwidth", "tabwidth" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidTabWidth(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("fmt-error-first-option-width", HashMap::from([("option".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-first-option-width", "option" => .0))]
     FirstOptionWidth(char),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("fmt-error-read"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-read"))]
     ReadError,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("fmt-error-invalid-width-malformed", HashMap::from([("width".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("fmt-error-invalid-width-malformed", "width" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidWidthMalformed(String),
 }
 
@@ -212,19 +211,13 @@ fn process_file(
     let mut fp = BufReader::new(match file_name {
         "-" => Box::new(stdin()) as Box<dyn Read + 'static>,
         _ => {
-            let f = File::open(file_name).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "fmt-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file_name.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let f = File::open(file_name).map_err_context(
+                || translate!("fmt-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "file" => file_name.quote()),
+            )?;
             if f.metadata()
-                .map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "fmt-error-cannot-get-metadata",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file_name.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
-                })?
+                .map_err_context(
+                    || translate!("fmt-error-cannot-get-metadata", "file" => file_name.quote()),
+                )?
                 .is_dir()
             {
                 return Err(FmtError::ReadError.into());
@@ -240,20 +233,20 @@ fn process_file(
             Err(s) => {
                 ostream
                     .write_all(s.as_bytes())
-                    .map_err_context(|| get_message("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
+                    .map_err_context(|| translate!("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
                 ostream
                     .write_all(b"\n")
-                    .map_err_context(|| get_message("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
+                    .map_err_context(|| translate!("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
             }
             Ok(para) => break_lines(&para, fmt_opts, ostream)
-                .map_err_context(|| get_message("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?,
+                .map_err_context(|| translate!("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?,
         }
     }
 
     // flush the output after each file
     ostream
         .flush()
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("fmt-error-failed-to-write-output"))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -359,78 +352,78 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("fmt-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("fmt-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("fmt-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("fmt-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CROWN_MARGIN)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::CROWN_MARGIN)
-                .help(get_message("fmt-crown-margin-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-crown-margin-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TAGGED_PARAGRAPH)
                 .short('t')
                 .long("tagged-paragraph")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-tagged-paragraph-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-tagged-paragraph-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRESERVE_HEADERS)
                 .short('m')
                 .long("preserve-headers")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-preserve-headers-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-preserve-headers-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SPLIT_ONLY)
                 .short('s')
                 .long("split-only")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-split-only-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-split-only-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::UNIFORM_SPACING)
                 .short('u')
                 .long("uniform-spacing")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-uniform-spacing-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-uniform-spacing-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PREFIX)
                 .short('p')
                 .long("prefix")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-prefix-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-prefix-help"))
                 .value_name("PREFIX"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SKIP_PREFIX)
                 .short('P')
                 .long("skip-prefix")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-skip-prefix-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-skip-prefix-help"))
                 .value_name("PSKIP"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::EXACT_PREFIX)
                 .short('x')
                 .long("exact-prefix")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-exact-prefix-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-exact-prefix-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::EXACT_SKIP_PREFIX)
                 .short('X')
                 .long("exact-skip-prefix")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-exact-skip-prefix-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-exact-skip-prefix-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
                 .long("width")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-width-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-width-help"))
                 // We must accept invalid values if they are overridden later. This is not supported by clap, so accept all strings instead.
                 .value_name("WIDTH"),
         )
@@ -438,7 +431,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::GOAL)
                 .short('g')
                 .long("goal")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-goal-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-goal-help"))
                 // We must accept invalid values if they are overridden later. This is not supported by clap, so accept all strings instead.
                 .value_name("GOAL"),
         )
@@ -446,14 +439,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::QUICK)
                 .short('q')
                 .long("quick")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-quick-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-quick-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TAB_WIDTH)
                 .short('T')
                 .long("tab-width")
-                .help(get_message("fmt-tab-width-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fmt-tab-width-help"))
                 .value_name("TABWIDTH"),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/fold/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/fold/Cargo.toml
index ab6adaba16c..8e26936e15f 100644
--- a/src/uu/fold/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/fold/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/fold.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "fold"
diff --git a/src/uu/fold/src/fold.rs b/src/uu/fold/src/fold.rs
index 78d1fb49e05..318e3875b47 100644
--- a/src/uu/fold/src/fold.rs
+++ b/src/uu/fold/src/fold.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDOs) ncount routput
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 const TAB_WIDTH: usize = 8;
 const NL: u8 = b'\n';
@@ -45,13 +44,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         Some(inp_width) => inp_width.parse::<usize>().map_err(|e| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "fold-error-illegal-width",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("width".to_string(), inp_width.quote().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                ),
+                translate!("fold-error-illegal-width", "width" => inp_width.quote(), "error" => e),
             )
         })?,
         None => 80,
@@ -68,28 +61,28 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("fold-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("fold-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("fold-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("fold-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)
                 .long(options::BYTES)
                 .short('b')
-                .help(get_message("fold-bytes-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fold-bytes-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SPACES)
                 .long(options::SPACES)
                 .short('s')
-                .help(get_message("fold-spaces-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fold-spaces-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WIDTH)
                 .long(options::WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
-                .help(get_message("fold-width-help"))
+                .help(translate!("fold-width-help"))
                 .value_name("WIDTH")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true),
         )
@@ -149,7 +142,7 @@ fn fold_file_bytewise<T: Read>(mut file: BufReader<T>, spaces: bool, width: usiz
     loop {
         if file
             .read_until(NL, &mut line)
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("fold-error-readline"))?
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("fold-error-readline"))?
             == 0
         {
             break;
@@ -250,7 +243,7 @@ fn fold_file<T: Read>(mut file: BufReader<T>, spaces: bool, width: usize) -> URe
     loop {
         if file
             .read_until(NL, &mut line)
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("fold-error-readline"))?
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("fold-error-readline"))?
             == 0
         {
             break;
diff --git a/src/uu/groups/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/groups/Cargo.toml
index d3cd62d4900..f86b5652f4b 100644
--- a/src/uu/groups/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/groups/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/groups.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "process"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "groups"
diff --git a/src/uu/groups/src/groups.rs b/src/uu/groups/src/groups.rs
index 02a98400259..498c72802d4 100644
--- a/src/uu/groups/src/groups.rs
+++ b/src/uu/groups/src/groups.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use uucore::{
 };
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const USERS: &str = "USERNAME";
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ mod options {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum GroupsError {
-    #[error("{message}", message = get_message("groups-error-fetch"))]
+    #[error("{message}", message = translate!("groups-error-fetch"))]
     GetGroupsFailed,
 
-    #[error("{message} {gid}", message = get_message("groups-error-notfound"), gid = .0)]
+    #[error("{message} {gid}", message = translate!("groups-error-notfound"), gid = .0)]
     GroupNotFound(u32),
 
-    #[error("{user}: {message}", user = .0.quote(), message = get_message("groups-error-user"))]
+    #[error("{user}: {message}", user = .0.quote(), message = translate!("groups-error-user"))]
     UserNotFound(String),
 }
 
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("groups-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("groups-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("groups-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("groups-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::USERS)
diff --git a/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml
index 8a0bf9d646d..dbc7ceb9e1e 100644
--- a/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/hashsum.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["checksum", "sum"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "hashsum"
diff --git a/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs b/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
index f4f8f2646ff..a6fc13e23d6 100644
--- a/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ use uucore::checksum::escape_filename;
 use uucore::checksum::perform_checksum_validation;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
 use uucore::sum::{Digest, Sha3_224, Sha3_256, Sha3_384, Sha3_512, Shake128, Shake256};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 const NAME: &str = "hashsum";
 
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ mod options {
 pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("hashsum-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("hashsum-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("hashsum-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("hashsum-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
                 .help({
                     #[cfg(windows)]
                     {
-                        get_message("hashsum-help-binary-windows")
+                        translate!("hashsum-help-binary-windows")
                     }
                     #[cfg(not(windows))]
                     {
-                        get_message("hashsum-help-binary-other")
+                        translate!("hashsum-help-binary-other")
                     }
                 })
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
@@ -335,14 +335,14 @@ pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::CHECK)
                 .short('c')
                 .long("check")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-check"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-check"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .conflicts_with("tag"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TAG)
                 .long("tag")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-tag"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-tag"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .conflicts_with("text"),
         )
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@ pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
                 .help({
                     #[cfg(windows)]
                     {
-                        get_message("hashsum-help-text-windows")
+                        translate!("hashsum-help-text-windows")
                     }
                     #[cfg(not(windows))]
                     {
-                        get_message("hashsum-help-text-other")
+                        translate!("hashsum-help-text-other")
                     }
                 })
                 .conflicts_with("binary")
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::QUIET)
                 .short('q')
                 .long(options::QUIET)
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::STATUS, options::WARN]),
         )
@@ -375,27 +375,27 @@ pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::STATUS)
                 .short('s')
                 .long("status")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-status"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-status"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::QUIET, options::WARN]),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::STRICT)
                 .long("strict")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-strict"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-strict"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("ignore-missing")
                 .long("ignore-missing")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-ignore-missing"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-ignore-missing"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WARN)
                 .short('w')
                 .long("warn")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-warn"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-warn"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::QUIET, options::STATUS]),
         )
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ pub fn uu_app_common() -> Command {
             Arg::new("zero")
                 .short('z')
                 .long("zero")
-                .help(get_message("hashsum-help-zero"))
+                .help(translate!("hashsum-help-zero"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ fn uu_app_opt_length(command: Command) -> Command {
             .long(options::LENGTH)
             .value_parser(value_parser!(usize))
             .short('l')
-            .help(get_message("hashsum-help-length"))
+            .help(translate!("hashsum-help-length"))
             .overrides_with(options::LENGTH)
             .action(ArgAction::Set),
     )
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ fn uu_app_b3sum_opts(command: Command) -> Command {
     command.arg(
         Arg::new("no-names")
             .long("no-names")
-            .help(get_message("hashsum-help-no-names"))
+            .help(translate!("hashsum-help-no-names"))
             .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
     )
 }
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ fn uu_app_opt_bits(command: Command) -> Command {
     command.arg(
         Arg::new("bits")
             .long("bits")
-            .help(get_message("hashsum-help-bits"))
+            .help(translate!("hashsum-help-bits"))
             .value_name("BITS")
             // XXX: should we actually use validators?  they're not particularly efficient
             .value_parser(parse_bit_num),
@@ -464,21 +464,21 @@ fn uu_app_opt_bits(command: Command) -> Command {
 pub fn uu_app_custom() -> Command {
     let mut command = uu_app_b3sum_opts(uu_app_opt_bits(uu_app_common()));
     let algorithms = &[
-        ("md5", get_message("hashsum-help-md5")),
-        ("sha1", get_message("hashsum-help-sha1")),
-        ("sha224", get_message("hashsum-help-sha224")),
-        ("sha256", get_message("hashsum-help-sha256")),
-        ("sha384", get_message("hashsum-help-sha384")),
-        ("sha512", get_message("hashsum-help-sha512")),
-        ("sha3", get_message("hashsum-help-sha3")),
-        ("sha3-224", get_message("hashsum-help-sha3-224")),
-        ("sha3-256", get_message("hashsum-help-sha3-256")),
-        ("sha3-384", get_message("hashsum-help-sha3-384")),
-        ("sha3-512", get_message("hashsum-help-sha3-512")),
-        ("shake128", get_message("hashsum-help-shake128")),
-        ("shake256", get_message("hashsum-help-shake256")),
-        ("b2sum", get_message("hashsum-help-b2sum")),
-        ("b3sum", get_message("hashsum-help-b3sum")),
+        ("md5", translate!("hashsum-help-md5")),
+        ("sha1", translate!("hashsum-help-sha1")),
+        ("sha224", translate!("hashsum-help-sha224")),
+        ("sha256", translate!("hashsum-help-sha256")),
+        ("sha384", translate!("hashsum-help-sha384")),
+        ("sha512", translate!("hashsum-help-sha512")),
+        ("sha3", translate!("hashsum-help-sha3")),
+        ("sha3-224", translate!("hashsum-help-sha3-224")),
+        ("sha3-256", translate!("hashsum-help-sha3-256")),
+        ("sha3-384", translate!("hashsum-help-sha3-384")),
+        ("sha3-512", translate!("hashsum-help-sha3-512")),
+        ("shake128", translate!("hashsum-help-shake128")),
+        ("shake256", translate!("hashsum-help-shake256")),
+        ("b2sum", translate!("hashsum-help-b2sum")),
+        ("b3sum", translate!("hashsum-help-b3sum")),
     ];
 
     for (name, desc) in algorithms {
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ where
             options.binary,
             options.output_bits,
         )
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("hashsum-error-failed-to-read-input"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("hashsum-error-failed-to-read-input"))?;
         let (escaped_filename, prefix) = escape_filename(filename);
         if options.tag {
             if options.algoname == "blake2b" {
diff --git a/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
index a812bac3160..9ee84db3da9 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "lines",
   "fs",
 ] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "head"
diff --git a/src/uu/head/src/head.rs b/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
index 6ad3156c57f..b7e4334c48e 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
+++ b/src/uu/head/src/head.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
 const BUF_SIZE: usize = 65536;
@@ -33,28 +34,26 @@ mod options {
 
 mod parse;
 mod take;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use take::copy_all_but_n_bytes;
 use take::copy_all_but_n_lines;
 use take::take_lines;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum HeadError {
     /// Wrapper around `io::Error`
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("head-error-reading-file", HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), name.clone()), ("err".to_string(), err.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("head-error-reading-file", "name" => name.clone(), "err" => err))]
     Io { name: String, err: io::Error },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("head-error-parse-error", HashMap::from([("err".to_string(), 0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("head-error-parse-error", "err" => 0))]
     ParseError(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("head-error-bad-encoding"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("head-error-bad-encoding"))]
     BadEncoding,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("head-error-num-too-large"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("head-error-num-too-large"))]
     NumTooLarge(#[from] TryFromIntError),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("head-error-clap", HashMap::from([("err".to_string(), 0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("head-error-clap", "err" => 0))]
     Clap(#[from] clap::Error),
 
     #[error("{0}")]
@@ -72,15 +71,15 @@ type HeadResult<T> = Result<T, HeadError>;
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("head-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("head-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("head-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("head-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES_NAME)
                 .short('c')
                 .long("bytes")
                 .value_name("[-]NUM")
-                .help(get_message("head-help-bytes"))
+                .help(translate!("head-help-bytes"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::BYTES_NAME, options::LINES_NAME])
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true),
         )
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('n')
                 .long("lines")
                 .value_name("[-]NUM")
-                .help(get_message("head-help-lines"))
+                .help(translate!("head-help-lines"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::LINES_NAME, options::BYTES_NAME])
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true),
         )
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('q')
                 .long("quiet")
                 .visible_alias("silent")
-                .help(get_message("head-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("head-help-quiet"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::VERBOSE_NAME, options::QUIET_NAME])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE_NAME)
                 .short('v')
                 .long("verbose")
-                .help(get_message("head-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("head-help-verbose"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::QUIET_NAME, options::VERBOSE_NAME])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_NAME)
                 .short('z')
                 .long("zero-terminated")
-                .help(get_message("head-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("head-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .overrides_with(options::ZERO_NAME)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -149,24 +148,16 @@ impl Default for Mode {
 impl Mode {
     fn from(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<Self, String> {
         if let Some(v) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::BYTES_NAME) {
-            let (n, all_but_last) = parse::parse_num(v).map_err(|err| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "head-error-invalid-bytes",
-                    HashMap::from([("err".to_string(), err.to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let (n, all_but_last) = parse::parse_num(v)
+                .map_err(|err| translate!("head-error-invalid-bytes", "err" => err))?;
             if all_but_last {
                 Ok(Self::AllButLastBytes(n))
             } else {
                 Ok(Self::FirstBytes(n))
             }
         } else if let Some(v) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::LINES_NAME) {
-            let (n, all_but_last) = parse::parse_num(v).map_err(|err| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "head-error-invalid-lines",
-                    HashMap::from([("err".to_string(), err.to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let (n, all_but_last) = parse::parse_num(v)
+                .map_err(|err| translate!("head-error-invalid-lines", "err" => err))?;
             if all_but_last {
                 Ok(Self::AllButLastLines(n))
             } else {
@@ -187,10 +178,9 @@ fn arg_iterate<'a>(
         if let Some(s) = second.to_str() {
             match parse::parse_obsolete(s) {
                 Some(Ok(iter)) => Ok(Box::new(vec![first].into_iter().chain(iter).chain(args))),
-                Some(Err(parse::ParseError)) => Err(HeadError::ParseError(get_message_with_args(
-                    "head-error-bad-argument-format",
-                    HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-                ))),
+                Some(Err(parse::ParseError)) => Err(HeadError::ParseError(
+                    translate!("head-error-bad-argument-format", "arg" => s.quote()),
+                )),
                 None => Ok(Box::new(vec![first, second].into_iter().chain(args))),
             }
         } else {
@@ -236,10 +226,7 @@ impl HeadOptions {
 fn wrap_in_stdout_error(err: io::Error) -> io::Error {
     io::Error::new(
         err.kind(),
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "head-error-writing-stdout",
-            HashMap::from([("err".to_string(), err.to_string())]),
-        ),
+        translate!("head-error-writing-stdout", "err" => err),
     )
 }
 
@@ -480,7 +467,7 @@ fn uu_head(options: &HeadOptions) -> UResult<()> {
                     if !first {
                         println!();
                     }
-                    println!("{}", get_message("head-header-stdin"));
+                    println!("{}", translate!("head-header-stdin"));
                 }
                 let stdin = io::stdin();
 
@@ -523,10 +510,9 @@ fn uu_head(options: &HeadOptions) -> UResult<()> {
                 let mut file = match File::open(name) {
                     Ok(f) => f,
                     Err(err) => {
-                        show!(err.map_err_context(|| get_message_with_args(
-                            "head-error-cannot-open",
-                            HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), name.quote().to_string())])
-                        )));
+                        show!(err.map_err_context(
+                            || translate!("head-error-cannot-open", "name" => name.quote())
+                        ));
                         continue;
                     }
                 };
diff --git a/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml
index 3599f0847bf..2a0bdc449d3 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hostid/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/hostid.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "hostid"
diff --git a/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs b/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
index aa29bd8fa84..f5054389b53 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use clap::Command;
 use libc::{c_long, gethostid};
 use uucore::{error::UResult, format_usage};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("hostid-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("hostid-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("hostid-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("hostid-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml
index 40b62ef51a0..4077143bc1c 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/hostname.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 hostname = { workspace = true, features = ["set"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["wide"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "freebsd", target_os = "openbsd"))'.dependencies]
 dns-lookup = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs b/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs
index 530f4450082..30522d637e0 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "freebsd", target_os = "openbsd"))]
 use dns_lookup::lookup_host;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use uucore::{
     error::{FromIo, UResult},
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
-    let _handle = wsa::start().map_err_context(|| get_message("hostname-error-winsock"))?;
+    let _handle = wsa::start().map_err_context(|| translate!("hostname-error-winsock"))?;
 
     match matches.get_one::<OsString>(OPT_HOST) {
         None => display_hostname(&matches),
         Some(host) => {
-            hostname::set(host).map_err_context(|| get_message("hostname-error-set-hostname"))
+            hostname::set(host).map_err_context(|| translate!("hostname-error-set-hostname"))
         }
     }
 }
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("hostname-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("hostname-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("hostname-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("hostname-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DOMAIN)
                 .short('d')
                 .long("domain")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_DOMAIN, OPT_IP_ADDRESS, OPT_FQDN, OPT_SHORT])
-                .help(get_message("hostname-help-domain"))
+                .help(translate!("hostname-help-domain"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('i')
                 .long("ip-address")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_DOMAIN, OPT_IP_ADDRESS, OPT_FQDN, OPT_SHORT])
-                .help(get_message("hostname-help-ip-address"))
+                .help(translate!("hostname-help-ip-address"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('f')
                 .long("fqdn")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_DOMAIN, OPT_IP_ADDRESS, OPT_FQDN, OPT_SHORT])
-                .help(get_message("hostname-help-fqdn"))
+                .help(translate!("hostname-help-fqdn"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('s')
                 .long("short")
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_DOMAIN, OPT_IP_ADDRESS, OPT_FQDN, OPT_SHORT])
-                .help(get_message("hostname-help-short"))
+                .help(translate!("hostname-help-short"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml
index 449b9cf925e..9b947d956b6 100644
--- a/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/id/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/id.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "process"] }
 selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "id"
diff --git a/src/uu/id/src/id.rs b/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
index da2f3a7c541..41e92645044 100644
--- a/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
+++ b/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::entries::{self, Group, Locate, Passwd};
@@ -43,7 +42,8 @@ use uucore::error::{USimpleError, set_exit_code};
 pub use uucore::libc;
 use uucore::libc::{getlogin, uid_t};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::process::{getegid, geteuid, getgid, getuid};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ macro_rules! cstr2cow {
 
 fn get_context_help_text() -> String {
     #[cfg(not(feature = "selinux"))]
-    return get_message("id-context-help-disabled");
+    return translate!("id-context-help-disabled");
     #[cfg(feature = "selinux")]
-    return get_message("id-context-help-enabled");
+    return translate!("id-context-help-enabled");
 }
 
 mod options {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct State {
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(get_message("id-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("id-after-help"))
         .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     let users: Vec<String> = matches
@@ -159,20 +159,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if (state.nflag || state.rflag) && default_format && !state.cflag {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("id-error-names-real-ids-require-flags"),
+            translate!("id-error-names-real-ids-require-flags"),
         ));
     }
     if state.zflag && default_format && !state.cflag {
         // NOTE: GNU test suite "id/zero.sh" needs this stderr output:
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("id-error-zero-not-permitted-default"),
+            translate!("id-error-zero-not-permitted-default"),
         ));
     }
     if state.user_specified && state.cflag {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("id-error-cannot-print-context-with-user"),
+            translate!("id-error-cannot-print-context-with-user"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 // print error because `cflag` was explicitly requested
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message("id-error-cannot-get-context"),
+                    translate!("id-error-cannot-get-context"),
                 ));
             }
             Ok(())
         } else {
             Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("id-error-context-selinux-only"),
+                translate!("id-error-context-selinux-only"),
             ))
         };
     }
@@ -209,9 +209,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 Err(_) => {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "id-error-no-such-user",
-                            HashMap::from([("user".to_string(), users[i].quote().to_string())])
+                        translate!("id-error-no-such-user",
+                                                     "user" => users[i].quote()
                         )
                     );
                     set_exit_code(1);
@@ -268,10 +267,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                     entries::gid2grp(gid).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "id-error-cannot-find-group-name",
-                                HashMap::from([("gid".to_string(), gid.to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("id-error-cannot-find-group-name", "gid" => gid)
                         );
                         set_exit_code(1);
                         gid.to_string()
@@ -289,10 +285,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                     entries::uid2usr(uid).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "id-error-cannot-find-user-name",
-                                HashMap::from([("uid".to_string(), uid.to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("id-error-cannot-find-user-name", "uid" => uid)
                         );
                         set_exit_code(1);
                         uid.to_string()
@@ -320,10 +313,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                             entries::gid2grp(id).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "id-error-cannot-find-group-name",
-                                        HashMap::from([("gid".to_string(), id.to_string())])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("id-error-cannot-find-group-name", "gid" => id)
                                 );
                                 set_exit_code(1);
                                 id.to_string()
@@ -359,8 +349,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("id-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("id-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("id-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("id-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
@@ -374,7 +364,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     options::OPT_GROUPS,
                     options::OPT_ZERO,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("id-help-audit"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-audit"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -382,7 +372,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('u')
                 .long(options::OPT_EFFECTIVE_USER)
                 .conflicts_with(options::OPT_GROUP)
-                .help(get_message("id-help-user"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-user"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -390,7 +380,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('g')
                 .long(options::OPT_GROUP)
                 .conflicts_with(options::OPT_EFFECTIVE_USER)
-                .help(get_message("id-help-group"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-group"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -405,26 +395,26 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     options::OPT_PASSWORD,
                     options::OPT_AUDIT,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("id-help-groups"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-groups"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OPT_HUMAN_READABLE)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("id-help-human-readable"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-human-readable"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OPT_NAME)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::OPT_NAME)
-                .help(get_message("id-help-name"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-name"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OPT_PASSWORD)
                 .short('P')
-                .help(get_message("id-help-password"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-password"))
                 .conflicts_with(options::OPT_HUMAN_READABLE)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -432,14 +422,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::OPT_REAL_ID)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::OPT_REAL_ID)
-                .help(get_message("id-help-real"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-real"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OPT_ZERO)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::OPT_ZERO)
-                .help(get_message("id-help-zero"))
+                .help(translate!("id-help-zero"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -462,9 +452,9 @@ fn pretty(possible_pw: Option<Passwd>) {
     if let Some(p) = possible_pw {
         print!(
             "{}\t{}\n{}\t",
-            get_message("id-output-uid"),
+            translate!("id-output-uid"),
             p.name,
-            get_message("id-output-groups")
+            translate!("id-output-groups")
         );
         println!(
             "{}",
@@ -479,34 +469,34 @@ fn pretty(possible_pw: Option<Passwd>) {
         let rid = getuid();
         if let Ok(p) = Passwd::locate(rid) {
             if let Some(user_name) = login {
-                println!("{}\t{user_name}", get_message("id-output-login"));
+                println!("{}\t{user_name}", translate!("id-output-login"));
             }
-            println!("{}\t{}", get_message("id-output-uid"), p.name);
+            println!("{}\t{}", translate!("id-output-uid"), p.name);
         } else {
-            println!("{}\t{rid}", get_message("id-output-uid"));
+            println!("{}\t{rid}", translate!("id-output-uid"));
         }
 
         let eid = getegid();
         if eid == rid {
             if let Ok(p) = Passwd::locate(eid) {
-                println!("{}\t{}", get_message("id-output-euid"), p.name);
+                println!("{}\t{}", translate!("id-output-euid"), p.name);
             } else {
-                println!("{}\t{eid}", get_message("id-output-euid"));
+                println!("{}\t{eid}", translate!("id-output-euid"));
             }
         }
 
         let rid = getgid();
         if rid != eid {
             if let Ok(g) = Group::locate(rid) {
-                println!("{}\t{}", get_message("id-output-euid"), g.name);
+                println!("{}\t{}", translate!("id-output-euid"), g.name);
             } else {
-                println!("{}\t{rid}", get_message("id-output-euid"));
+                println!("{}\t{rid}", translate!("id-output-euid"));
             }
         }
 
         println!(
             "{}\t{}",
-            get_message("id-output-groups"),
+            translate!("id-output-groups"),
             entries::get_groups_gnu(None)
                 .unwrap()
                 .iter()
@@ -564,7 +554,7 @@ fn auditid() {
     let mut auditinfo: MaybeUninit<audit::c_auditinfo_addr_t> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
     let address = auditinfo.as_mut_ptr();
     if unsafe { audit::getaudit(address) } < 0 {
-        println!("{}", get_message("id-error-audit-retrieve"));
+        println!("{}", translate!("id-error-audit-retrieve"));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -589,10 +579,7 @@ fn id_print(state: &State, groups: &[u32]) {
         entries::uid2usr(uid).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "id-error-cannot-find-user-name",
-                    HashMap::from([("uid".to_string(), uid.to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("id-error-cannot-find-user-name", "uid" => uid)
             );
             set_exit_code(1);
             uid.to_string()
@@ -603,10 +590,7 @@ fn id_print(state: &State, groups: &[u32]) {
         entries::gid2grp(gid).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "id-error-cannot-find-group-name",
-                    HashMap::from([("gid".to_string(), gid.to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("id-error-cannot-find-group-name", "gid" => gid)
             );
             set_exit_code(1);
             gid.to_string()
@@ -618,10 +602,7 @@ fn id_print(state: &State, groups: &[u32]) {
             entries::uid2usr(euid).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "id-error-cannot-find-user-name",
-                        HashMap::from([("uid".to_string(), euid.to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("id-error-cannot-find-user-name", "uid" => euid)
                 );
                 set_exit_code(1);
                 euid.to_string()
@@ -635,10 +616,7 @@ fn id_print(state: &State, groups: &[u32]) {
             entries::gid2grp(egid).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "id-error-cannot-find-group-name",
-                        HashMap::from([("gid".to_string(), egid.to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("id-error-cannot-find-group-name", "gid" => egid)
                 );
                 set_exit_code(1);
                 egid.to_string()
@@ -654,10 +632,7 @@ fn id_print(state: &State, groups: &[u32]) {
                 entries::gid2grp(gr).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "id-error-cannot-find-group-name",
-                            HashMap::from([("gid".to_string(), gr.to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("id-error-cannot-find-group-name", "gid" => gr)
                     );
                     set_exit_code(1);
                     gr.to_string()
diff --git a/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
index 120ab7ddad1..4f434485ef0 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "entries",
   "process",
 ] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 selinux = ["uucore/selinux"]
diff --git a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
index 3855a10f0cc..8d69991cf5e 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
+++ b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ mod mode;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
 use file_diff::diff;
 use filetime::{FileTime, set_file_times};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::fs::{self, metadata};
@@ -28,13 +27,13 @@ use uucore::perms::{Verbosity, VerbosityLevel, wrap_chown};
 use uucore::process::{getegid, geteuid};
 #[cfg(feature = "selinux")]
 use uucore::selinux::{contexts_differ, set_selinux_security_context};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show, show_error, show_if_err};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::fs::{FileTypeExt, MetadataExt};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 const DEFAULT_MODE: u32 = 0o755;
 const DEFAULT_STRIP_PROGRAM: &str = "strip";
@@ -61,55 +60,55 @@ pub struct Behavior {
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum InstallError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-dir-needs-arg", HashMap::from([("util_name".to_string(), uucore::util_name().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-dir-needs-arg", "util_name" => uucore::util_name()))]
     DirNeedsArg,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-create-dir-failed", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-create-dir-failed", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     CreateDirFailed(PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-chmod-failed", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-chmod-failed", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     ChmodFailed(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-chown-failed", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string()), ("error".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-chown-failed", "path" => .0.quote(), "error" => .1.clone()))]
     ChownFailed(PathBuf, String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-invalid-target", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-invalid-target", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidTarget(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-target-not-dir", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-target-not-dir", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     TargetDirIsntDir(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-backup-failed", HashMap::from([("from".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string()), ("to".to_string(), .1.to_string_lossy().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-backup-failed", "from" => .0.to_string_lossy(), "to" => .1.to_string_lossy()))]
     BackupFailed(PathBuf, PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-install-failed", HashMap::from([("from".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string()), ("to".to_string(), .1.to_string_lossy().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-install-failed", "from" => .0.to_string_lossy(), "to" => .1.to_string_lossy()))]
     InstallFailed(PathBuf, PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-strip-failed", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-strip-failed", "error" => .0.clone()))]
     StripProgramFailed(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("install-error-metadata-failed"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-metadata-failed"))]
     MetadataFailed(#[source] std::io::Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-invalid-user", HashMap::from([("user".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-invalid-user", "user" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidUser(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-invalid-group", HashMap::from([("group".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-invalid-group", "group" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidGroup(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-omitting-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-omitting-directory", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     OmittingDirectory(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-not-a-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-not-a-directory", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     NotADirectory(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-override-directory-failed", HashMap::from([("dir".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string()), ("file".to_string(), .1.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-override-directory-failed", "dir" => .0.quote(), "file" => .1.quote()))]
     OverrideDirectoryFailed(PathBuf, PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-same-file", HashMap::from([("file1".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string()), ("file2".to_string(), .1.to_string_lossy().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-same-file", "file1" => .0.to_string_lossy(), "file2" => .1.to_string_lossy()))]
     SameFile(PathBuf, PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("install-error-extra-operand", HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string()), ("usage".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("install-error-extra-operand", "operand" => .0.quote(), "usage" => .1.clone()))]
     ExtraOperand(String, String),
 
     #[cfg(feature = "selinux")]
@@ -184,8 +183,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("install-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("install-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("install-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("install-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup())
@@ -193,48 +192,48 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_IGNORED)
                 .short('c')
-                .help(get_message("install-help-ignored"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-ignored"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_COMPARE)
                 .short('C')
                 .long(OPT_COMPARE)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-compare"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-compare"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(OPT_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CREATE_LEADING)
                 .short('D')
-                .help(get_message("install-help-create-leading"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-create-leading"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_GROUP)
                 .short('g')
                 .long(OPT_GROUP)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-group"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-group"))
                 .value_name("GROUP"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_MODE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(OPT_MODE)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-mode"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-mode"))
                 .value_name("MODE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_OWNER)
                 .short('o')
                 .long(OPT_OWNER)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-owner"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-owner"))
                 .value_name("OWNER")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::Username),
         )
@@ -242,20 +241,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_PRESERVE_TIMESTAMPS)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(OPT_PRESERVE_TIMESTAMPS)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-preserve-timestamps"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-preserve-timestamps"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_STRIP)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(OPT_STRIP)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-strip"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-strip"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_STRIP_PROGRAM)
                 .long(OPT_STRIP_PROGRAM)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-strip-program"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-strip-program"))
                 .value_name("PROGRAM")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::CommandName),
         )
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(OPT_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-target-directory"))
                 .value_name("DIRECTORY")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::DirPath),
         )
@@ -272,28 +271,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('T')
                 .long(OPT_NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-no-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-no-target-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(OPT_VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PRESERVE_CONTEXT)
                 .short('P')
                 .long(OPT_PRESERVE_CONTEXT)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-preserve-context"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-preserve-context"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CONTEXT)
                 .short('Z')
                 .long(OPT_CONTEXT)
-                .help(get_message("install-help-context"))
+                .help(translate!("install-help-context"))
                 .value_name("CONTEXT")
                 .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(String))
                 .num_args(0..=1),
@@ -328,10 +327,7 @@ fn behavior(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Behavior> {
         Some(mode::parse(x, considering_dir, get_umask()).map_err(|err| {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "install-error-invalid-mode",
-                    HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), err)])
-                )
+                translate!("install-error-invalid-mode", "error" => err)
             );
             1
         })?)
@@ -343,7 +339,7 @@ fn behavior(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Behavior> {
     let target_dir = matches.get_one::<String>(OPT_TARGET_DIRECTORY).cloned();
     let no_target_dir = matches.get_flag(OPT_NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY);
     if target_dir.is_some() && no_target_dir {
-        show_error!("{}", get_message("install-error-mutually-exclusive-target"));
+        show_error!("{}", translate!("install-error-mutually-exclusive-target"));
         return Err(1.into());
     }
 
@@ -353,14 +349,14 @@ fn behavior(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Behavior> {
     if preserve_timestamps && compare {
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message("install-error-mutually-exclusive-compare-preserve")
+            translate!("install-error-mutually-exclusive-compare-preserve")
         );
         return Err(1.into());
     }
     if compare && strip {
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message("install-error-mutually-exclusive-compare-strip")
+            translate!("install-error-mutually-exclusive-compare-strip")
         );
         return Err(1.into());
     }
@@ -370,7 +366,7 @@ fn behavior(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Behavior> {
         let mode = specified_mode.unwrap();
         let non_permission_bits = 0o7000; // setuid, setgid, sticky bits
         if mode & non_permission_bits != 0 {
-            show_error!("{}", get_message("install-warning-compare-ignored"));
+            show_error!("{}", translate!("install-warning-compare-ignored"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -466,13 +462,7 @@ fn directory(paths: &[String], b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
                 if b.verbose {
                     println!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "install-verbose-creating-directory",
-                            HashMap::from([(
-                                "path".to_string(),
-                                path_to_create.quote().to_string()
-                            )])
-                        )
+                        translate!("install-verbose-creating-directory", "path" => path_to_create.quote())
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -529,13 +519,13 @@ fn standard(mut paths: Vec<String>, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
     if paths.is_empty() {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("install-error-missing-file-operand"),
+            translate!("install-error-missing-file-operand"),
         ));
     }
     if b.no_target_dir && paths.len() > 2 {
         return Err(InstallError::ExtraOperand(
             paths[2].clone(),
-            format_usage(&get_message("install-usage")),
+            format_usage(&translate!("install-usage")),
         )
         .into());
     }
@@ -550,10 +540,7 @@ fn standard(mut paths: Vec<String>, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
         if paths.is_empty() {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "install-error-missing-destination-operand",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), last_path.to_str().unwrap().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("install-error-missing-destination-operand", "path" => last_path.to_str().unwrap()),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -591,13 +578,7 @@ fn standard(mut paths: Vec<String>, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
                             // Don't display when the directory already exists
                             println!(
                                 "{}",
-                                get_message_with_args(
-                                    "install-verbose-creating-directory-step",
-                                    HashMap::from([(
-                                        "path".to_string(),
-                                        result.quote().to_string()
-                                    )])
-                                )
+                                translate!("install-verbose-creating-directory-step", "path" => result.quote())
                             );
                         }
                     }
@@ -746,10 +727,7 @@ fn perform_backup(to: &Path, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<Option<PathBuf>> {
         if b.verbose {
             println!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "install-verbose-removed",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), to.quote().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("install-verbose-removed", "path" => to.quote())
             );
         }
         let backup_path = backup_control::get_backup_path(b.backup_mode, to, &b.suffix);
@@ -812,13 +790,7 @@ fn copy_file(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> UResult<()> {
         if e.kind() != std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "install-error-failed-to-remove",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("path".to_string(), to.display().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), format!("{e:?}"))
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("install-error-failed-to-remove", "path" => to.display(), "error" => format!("{e:?}"))
             );
         }
     }
@@ -872,10 +844,9 @@ fn strip_file(to: &Path, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
             if !status.success() {
                 // Follow GNU's behavior: if strip fails, removes the target
                 let _ = fs::remove_file(to);
-                return Err(InstallError::StripProgramFailed(get_message_with_args(
-                    "install-error-strip-abnormal",
-                    HashMap::from([("code".to_string(), status.code().unwrap().to_string())]),
-                ))
+                return Err(InstallError::StripProgramFailed(
+                    translate!("install-error-strip-abnormal", "code" => status.code().unwrap()),
+                )
                 .into());
             }
         }
@@ -982,21 +953,12 @@ fn copy(from: &Path, to: &Path, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
     if b.verbose {
         print!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "install-verbose-copy",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("from".to_string(), from.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("to".to_string(), to.quote().to_string())
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("install-verbose-copy", "from" => from.quote(), "to" => to.quote())
         );
         match backup_path {
             Some(path) => println!(
                 " {}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "install-verbose-backup",
-                    HashMap::from([("backup".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("install-verbose-backup", "backup" => path.quote())
             ),
             None => println!(),
         }
diff --git a/src/uu/install/src/mode.rs b/src/uu/install/src/mode.rs
index 54bf25c31c3..9a2fda317d0 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/src/mode.rs
+++ b/src/uu/install/src/mode.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 use uucore::mode;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Takes a user-supplied string and tries to parse to u16 mode bitmask.
 pub fn parse(mode_string: &str, considering_dir: bool, umask: u32) -> Result<u32, String> {
@@ -29,13 +28,7 @@ pub fn chmod(path: &Path, mode: u32) -> Result<(), ()> {
     fs::set_permissions(path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(mode)).map_err(|err| {
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "install-error-chmod-failed-detailed",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("path".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), err.to_string())
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("install-error-chmod-failed-detailed", "path" => path.maybe_quote(), "error" => err)
         );
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/join/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/join/Cargo.toml
index 1c7349c2c14..cc93d5e18b1 100644
--- a/src/uu/join/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/join/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "join"
diff --git a/src/uu/join/src/join.rs b/src/uu/join/src/join.rs
index b86a96a3e66..3dec9bef12c 100644
--- a/src/uu/join/src/join.rs
+++ b/src/uu/join/src/join.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use memchr::{Memchr3, memchr_iter, memmem::Finder};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Split, Stdin, Write, stdin, stdout};
@@ -21,12 +20,11 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum JoinError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("join-error-io", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("join-error-io", "error" => .0))]
     IOError(#[from] std::io::Error),
 
     #[error("{0}")]
@@ -362,10 +360,7 @@ impl Spec {
                 }
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "join-error-invalid-field-specifier",
-                        HashMap::from([("spec".to_string(), format.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("join-error-invalid-field-specifier", "spec" => format.quote()),
                 ));
             }
             Some('1') => FileNum::File1,
@@ -373,10 +368,7 @@ impl Spec {
             _ => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "join-error-invalid-file-number",
-                        HashMap::from([("spec".to_string(), format.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("join-error-invalid-file-number", "spec" => format.quote()),
                 ));
             }
         };
@@ -387,10 +379,7 @@ impl Spec {
 
         Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "join-error-invalid-field-specifier",
-                HashMap::from([("spec".to_string(), format.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("join-error-invalid-field-specifier", "spec" => format.quote()),
         ))
     }
 }
@@ -649,17 +638,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                 && (input.check_order == CheckOrder::Enabled
                     || (self.has_unpaired && !self.has_failed))
             {
-                let err_msg = get_message_with_args(
-                    "join-error-not-sorted",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("file".to_string(), self.file_name.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                        ("line_num".to_string(), self.line_num.to_string()),
-                        (
-                            "content".to_string(),
-                            String::from_utf8_lossy(&line.string).to_string(),
-                        ),
-                    ]),
-                );
+                let err_msg = translate!("join-error-not-sorted", "file" => self.file_name.maybe_quote(), "line_num" => self.line_num, "content" => String::from_utf8_lossy(&line.string));
                 // This is fatal if the check is enabled.
                 if input.check_order == CheckOrder::Enabled {
                     return Err(JoinError::UnorderedInput(err_msg));
@@ -735,11 +714,11 @@ fn parse_separator(value_os: &OsString) -> UResult<SepSetting> {
 
     let Some(value) = value_os.to_str() else {
         #[cfg(unix)]
-        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, get_message("join-error-non-utf8-tab")));
+        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("join-error-non-utf8-tab")));
         #[cfg(not(unix))]
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("join-error-unprintable-separators"),
+            translate!("join-error-unprintable-separators"),
         ));
     };
 
@@ -750,10 +729,7 @@ fn parse_separator(value_os: &OsString) -> UResult<SepSetting> {
         Some('0') if c == '\\' => Ok(SepSetting::Byte(0)),
         _ => Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "join-error-multi-character-tab",
-                HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), value.to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("join-error-multi-character-tab", "value" => value),
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -855,7 +831,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if file1 == "-" && file2 == "-" {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("join-error-both-files-stdin"),
+            translate!("join-error-both-files-stdin"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -878,8 +854,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("join-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("join-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("join-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("join-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new("a")
@@ -888,7 +864,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_parser(["1", "2"])
                 .value_name("FILENUM")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-a")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-a")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("v")
@@ -897,75 +873,75 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_parser(["1", "2"])
                 .value_name("FILENUM")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-v")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-v")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("e")
                 .short('e')
                 .value_name("EMPTY")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-e")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-e")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("i")
                 .short('i')
                 .long("ignore-case")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-i"))
+                .help(translate!("join-help-i"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("j")
                 .short('j')
                 .value_name("FIELD")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-j")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-j")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("o")
                 .short('o')
                 .value_name("FORMAT")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-o")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-o")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("t")
                 .short('t')
                 .value_name("CHAR")
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
-                .help(get_message("join-help-t")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-t")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("1")
                 .short('1')
                 .value_name("FIELD")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-1")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-1")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("2")
                 .short('2')
                 .value_name("FIELD")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-2")),
+                .help(translate!("join-help-2")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("check-order")
                 .long("check-order")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-check-order"))
+                .help(translate!("join-help-check-order"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("nocheck-order")
                 .long("nocheck-order")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-nocheck-order"))
+                .help(translate!("join-help-nocheck-order"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("header")
                 .long("header")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-header"))
+                .help(translate!("join-help-header"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("z")
                 .short('z')
                 .long("zero-terminated")
-                .help(get_message("join-help-z"))
+                .help(translate!("join-help-z"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1099,7 +1075,7 @@ fn exec<Sep: Separator>(file1: &str, file2: &str, settings: Settings, sep: Sep)
         eprintln!(
             "{}: {}",
             uucore::execution_phrase(),
-            get_message("join-error-input-not-sorted")
+            translate!("join-error-input-not-sorted")
         );
         set_exit_code(1);
     }
@@ -1115,13 +1091,7 @@ fn get_field_number(keys: Option<usize>, key: Option<usize>) -> UResult<usize> {
                 // Show zero-based field numbers as one-based.
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "join-error-incompatible-fields",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("field1".to_string(), (keys + 1).to_string()),
-                            ("field2".to_string(), (key + 1).to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("join-error-incompatible-fields", "field1" => (keys + 1), "field2" => (key + 1)),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -1140,10 +1110,7 @@ fn parse_field_number(value: &str) -> UResult<usize> {
         Err(e) if e.kind() == &IntErrorKind::PosOverflow => Ok(usize::MAX),
         _ => Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "join-error-invalid-field-number",
-                HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), value.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("join-error-invalid-field-number", "value" => value.quote()),
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -1154,10 +1121,7 @@ fn parse_file_number(value: &str) -> UResult<FileNum> {
         "2" => Ok(FileNum::File2),
         value => Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "join-error-invalid-file-number-simple",
-                HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), value.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("join-error-invalid-file-number-simple", "value" => value.quote()),
         )),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/kill/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/kill/Cargo.toml
index 65385e28915..1813084af06 100644
--- a/src/uu/kill/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/kill/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/kill.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["signal"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["signals"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "kill"
diff --git a/src/uu/kill/src/kill.rs b/src/uu/kill/src/kill.rs
index 4529f35d81e..148489b2d63 100644
--- a/src/uu/kill/src/kill.rs
+++ b/src/uu/kill/src/kill.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use nix::sys::signal::{self, Signal};
 use nix::unistd::Pid;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::signals::{ALL_SIGNALS, signal_by_name_or_value, signal_name_by_value};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
             let pids = parse_pids(&pids_or_signals)?;
             if pids.is_empty() {
-                Err(USimpleError::new(
-                    1,
-                    get_message("kill-error-no-process-id"),
-                ))
+                Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("kill-error-no-process-id")))
             } else {
                 kill(sig, &pids);
                 Ok(())
@@ -102,15 +99,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("kill-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("kill-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("kill-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("kill-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .allow_negative_numbers(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LIST)
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::LIST)
-                .help(get_message("kill-help-list"))
+                .help(translate!("kill-help-list"))
                 .conflicts_with(options::TABLE)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('t')
                 .short_alias('L')
                 .long(options::TABLE)
-                .help(get_message("kill-help-table"))
+                .help(translate!("kill-help-table"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short_alias('n') // For bash compatibility, like in GNU coreutils
                 .long(options::SIGNAL)
                 .value_name("signal")
-                .help(get_message("kill-help-signal"))
+                .help(translate!("kill-help-signal"))
                 .conflicts_with_all([options::LIST, options::TABLE]),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -191,13 +188,7 @@ fn print_signal(signal_name_or_value: &str) -> UResult<()> {
     }
     Err(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "kill-error-invalid-signal",
-            HashMap::from([(
-                "signal".to_string(),
-                signal_name_or_value.quote().to_string(),
-            )]),
-        ),
+        translate!("kill-error-invalid-signal", "signal" => signal_name_or_value.quote()),
     ))
 }
 
@@ -225,10 +216,7 @@ fn parse_signal_value(signal_name: &str) -> UResult<usize> {
         Some(x) => Ok(x),
         None => Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "kill-error-invalid-signal",
-                HashMap::from([("signal".to_string(), signal_name.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("kill-error-invalid-signal", "signal" => signal_name.quote()),
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -239,13 +227,7 @@ fn parse_pids(pids: &[String]) -> UResult<Vec<i32>> {
             x.parse::<i32>().map_err(|e| {
                 USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "kill-error-parse-argument",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("argument".to_string(), x.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("kill-error-parse-argument", "argument" => x.quote(), "error" => e),
                 )
             })
         })
@@ -255,12 +237,10 @@ fn parse_pids(pids: &[String]) -> UResult<Vec<i32>> {
 fn kill(sig: Option<Signal>, pids: &[i32]) {
     for &pid in pids {
         if let Err(e) = signal::kill(Pid::from_raw(pid), sig) {
-            show!(Error::from_raw_os_error(e as i32).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "kill-error-sending-signal",
-                    HashMap::from([("pid".to_string(), pid.to_string())]),
-                )
-            }));
+            show!(
+                Error::from_raw_os_error(e as i32)
+                    .map_err_context(|| { translate!("kill-error-sending-signal", "pid" => pid) })
+            );
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/link/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/link/Cargo.toml
index 41366f5d5a8..6c23e965b28 100644
--- a/src/uu/link/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/link/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/link.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "link"
diff --git a/src/uu/link/src/link.rs b/src/uu/link/src/link.rs
index 1ba00bd1eb3..20528a700f5 100644
--- a/src/uu/link/src/link.rs
+++ b/src/uu/link/src/link.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::hard_link;
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static FILES: &str = "FILES";
@@ -29,22 +28,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let old = Path::new(files[0]);
     let new = Path::new(files[1]);
 
-    hard_link(old, new).map_err_context(|| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "link-error-cannot-create-link",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("new".to_string(), new.quote().to_string()),
-                ("old".to_string(), old.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        )
-    })
+    hard_link(old, new).map_err_context(
+        || translate!("link-error-cannot-create-link", "new" => new.quote(), "old" => old.quote()),
+    )
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("link-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("link-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("link-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("link-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILES)
diff --git a/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
index 47a492a43b1..6cae47f788f 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/ln.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["backup-control", "fs"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "ln"
diff --git a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
index 0fc2c64305e..df53b16b85d 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult};
 use uucore::fs::{make_path_relative_to, paths_refer_to_same_file};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, prompt_yes, show_error};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
 use std::os::unix::fs::symlink;
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use std::os::windows::fs::{symlink_dir, symlink_file};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::backup_control::{self, BackupMode};
 use uucore::fs::{MissingHandling, ResolveMode, canonicalize};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 pub struct Settings {
     overwrite: OverwriteMode,
@@ -49,19 +48,19 @@ pub enum OverwriteMode {
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum LnError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ln-error-target-is-not-directory", HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ln-error-target-is-not-directory", "target" => _0.quote()))]
     TargetIsNotADirectory(PathBuf),
 
     #[error("")]
     SomeLinksFailed,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ln-error-same-file", HashMap::from([("file1".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string()), ("file2".to_string(), _1.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ln-error-same-file", "file1" => _0.quote(), "file2" => _1.quote()))]
     SameFile(PathBuf, PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ln-error-missing-destination", HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ln-error-missing-destination", "operand" => _0.quote()))]
     MissingDestination(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ln-error-extra-operand", HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), format!("{_0:?}").trim_matches('"').to_string()), ("program".to_string(), _1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ln-error-extra-operand", "operand" => format!("{_0:?}").trim_matches('"'), "program" => _1.clone()))]
     ExtraOperand(OsString, String),
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ static ARG_FILES: &str = "files";
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let after_help = format!(
         "{}\n\n{}",
-        get_message("ln-after-help"),
+        translate!("ln-after-help"),
         backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
     );
 
@@ -142,8 +141,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("ln-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("ln-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("ln-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("ln-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup())
         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup_no_args())
@@ -157,28 +156,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FORCE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FORCE)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-force"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-force"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INTERACTIVE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::INTERACTIVE)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-interactive"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-interactive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::NO_DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-no-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-no-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LOGICAL)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::LOGICAL)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-logical"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-logical"))
                 .overrides_with(options::PHYSICAL)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -187,14 +186,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::PHYSICAL)
                 .short('P')
                 .long(options::PHYSICAL)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-physical"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-physical"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SYMBOLIC)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SYMBOLIC)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-symbolic"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-symbolic"))
                 // override added for https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/2359
                 .overrides_with(options::SYMBOLIC)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-target-directory"))
                 .value_name("DIRECTORY")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::DirPath)
                 .conflicts_with(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY),
@@ -213,14 +212,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('T')
                 .long(options::NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-no-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-no-target-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RELATIVE)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::RELATIVE)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-relative"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-relative"))
                 .requires(options::SYMBOLIC)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("ln-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("ln-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -295,13 +294,7 @@ fn link_files_in_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, settings: &Settings)
                 if let Err(e) = fs::remove_file(target_dir) {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "ln-error-could-not-update",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("target".to_string(), target_dir.quote().to_string()),
-                                ("error".to_string(), e.to_string())
-                            ])
-                        )
+                        translate!("ln-error-could-not-update", "target" => target_dir.quote(), "error" => e)
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -313,13 +306,7 @@ fn link_files_in_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, settings: &Settings)
                 if let Err(e) = fs::remove_dir(target_dir) {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "ln-error-could-not-update",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("target".to_string(), target_dir.quote().to_string()),
-                                ("error".to_string(), e.to_string())
-                            ])
-                        )
+                        translate!("ln-error-could-not-update", "target" => target_dir.quote(), "error" => e)
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -339,10 +326,7 @@ fn link_files_in_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, settings: &Settings)
                 None => {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "ln-error-cannot-stat",
-                            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), srcpath.quote().to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("ln-error-cannot-stat", "path" => srcpath.quote())
                     );
                     all_successful = false;
                     continue;
@@ -354,13 +338,7 @@ fn link_files_in_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, settings: &Settings)
             // If the target file was already created in this ln call, do not overwrite
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "ln-error-will-not-overwrite",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("target".to_string(), targetpath.display().to_string()),
-                        ("source".to_string(), srcpath.display().to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("ln-error-will-not-overwrite", "target" => targetpath.display(), "source" => srcpath.display())
             );
             all_successful = false;
         } else if let Err(e) = link(srcpath, &targetpath, settings) {
@@ -413,23 +391,13 @@ fn link(src: &Path, dst: &Path, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
             }
         }
         if let Some(ref p) = backup_path {
-            fs::rename(dst, p).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "ln-cannot-backup",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), dst.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            fs::rename(dst, p)
+                .map_err_context(|| translate!("ln-cannot-backup", "file" => dst.quote()))?;
         }
         match settings.overwrite {
             OverwriteMode::NoClobber => {}
             OverwriteMode::Interactive => {
-                if !prompt_yes!(
-                    "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "ln-prompt-replace",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), dst.quote().to_string())])
-                    )
-                ) {
+                if !prompt_yes!("{}", translate!("ln-prompt-replace", "file" => dst.quote())) {
                     return Err(LnError::SomeLinksFailed.into());
                 }
 
@@ -453,36 +421,20 @@ fn link(src: &Path, dst: &Path, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
             // if we want to have an hard link,
             // source is a symlink and -L is passed
             // we want to resolve the symlink to create the hardlink
-            fs::canonicalize(&source).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "ln-failed-to-access",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), source.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?
+            fs::canonicalize(&source)
+                .map_err_context(|| translate!("ln-failed-to-access", "file" => source.quote()))?
         } else {
             source.to_path_buf()
         };
         fs::hard_link(p, dst).map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "ln-failed-to-create-hard-link",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("dest".to_string(), dst.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            )
+            translate!("ln-failed-to-create-hard-link", "source" => source.quote(), "dest" => dst.quote())
         })?;
     }
 
     if settings.verbose {
         print!("{} -> {}", dst.quote(), source.quote());
         match backup_path {
-            Some(path) => println!(
-                " ({})",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "ln-backup",
-                    HashMap::from([("backup".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())])
-                )
-            ),
+            Some(path) => println!(" ({})", translate!("ln-backup", "backup" => path.quote())),
             None => println!(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/logname/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/logname/Cargo.toml
index e723595b3b4..67e0b5be9b9 100644
--- a/src/uu/logname/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/logname/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/logname.rs"
 libc = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "logname"
diff --git a/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs b/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs
index bf61a4c5f34..77d8fe15c6b 100644
--- a/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use clap::Command;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{error::UResult, show_error};
 
 fn get_userlogin() -> Option<String> {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     match get_userlogin() {
         Some(userlogin) => println!("{userlogin}"),
-        None => show_error!("{}", get_message("logname-error-no-login-name")),
+        None => show_error!("{}", translate!("logname-error-no-login-name")),
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
         .override_usage(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("logname-about"))
+        .about(translate!("logname-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
index 706615d72c6..fe5ee5b0f97 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "version-cmp",
 ] }
 uutils_term_grid = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "ls"
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 4bc20e4f571..2f682e7a159 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) somegroup nlink tabsize dired subdired dtype colorterm stringly nohash strtime
 
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::iter;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::fs::{FileTypeExt, MetadataExt};
@@ -20,10 +21,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
-use std::{
-    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
-    io::IsTerminal,
-};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, io::IsTerminal};
 
 use ansi_width::ansi_width;
 use clap::{
@@ -58,7 +56,8 @@ use uucore::libc::{S_IXGRP, S_IXOTH, S_IXUSR};
 ))]
 use uucore::libc::{dev_t, major, minor};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::quoting_style::{QuotingStyle, locale_aware_escape_dir_name, locale_aware_escape_name};
 use uucore::{
     display::Quotable,
@@ -171,39 +170,39 @@ const DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_BLOCK_SIZE: u64 = 1;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum LsError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ls-error-invalid-line-width", HashMap::from([("width".to_string(), format!("'{_0}'"))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ls-error-invalid-line-width", "width" => format!("'{_0}'")))]
     InvalidLineWidth(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ls-error-general-io", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), _0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ls-error-general-io", "error" => _0))]
     IOError(#[from] std::io::Error),
 
     #[error("{}", match .1.kind() {
-        ErrorKind::NotFound => get_message_with_args("ls-error-cannot-access-no-such-file", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string())])),
+        ErrorKind::NotFound => translate!("ls-error-cannot-access-no-such-file", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy()),
         ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => match .1.raw_os_error().unwrap_or(1) {
-            1 => get_message_with_args("ls-error-cannot-access-operation-not-permitted", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string())])),
+            1 => translate!("ls-error-cannot-access-operation-not-permitted", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy()),
             _ => if .0.is_dir() {
-                get_message_with_args("ls-error-cannot-open-directory-permission-denied", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string())]))
+                translate!("ls-error-cannot-open-directory-permission-denied", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy())
             } else {
-                get_message_with_args("ls-error-cannot-open-file-permission-denied", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string())]))
+                translate!("ls-error-cannot-open-file-permission-denied", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy())
             },
         },
         _ => match .1.raw_os_error().unwrap_or(1) {
-            9 => get_message_with_args("ls-error-cannot-open-directory-bad-descriptor", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string())])),
-            _ => get_message_with_args("ls-error-unknown-io-error", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string()), ("error".to_string(), format!("{:?}", .1))])),
+            9 => translate!("ls-error-cannot-open-directory-bad-descriptor", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy()),
+            _ => translate!("ls-error-unknown-io-error", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy(), "error" => format!("{:?}", .1)),
         },
     })]
     IOErrorContext(PathBuf, std::io::Error, bool),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ls-error-invalid-block-size", HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), format!("'{_0}'"))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ls-error-invalid-block-size", "size" => format!("'{_0}'")))]
     BlockSizeParseError(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("ls-error-dired-and-zero-incompatible"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ls-error-dired-and-zero-incompatible"))]
     DiredAndZeroAreIncompatible,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ls-error-not-listing-already-listed", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.to_string_lossy().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ls-error-not-listing-already-listed", "path" => .0.to_string_lossy()))]
     AlreadyListedError(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ls-error-invalid-time-style", HashMap::from([("style".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string()), ("values".to_string(), format!("{:?}", .1))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ls-error-invalid-time-style", "style" => .0.quote(), "values" => format!("{:?}", .1)))]
     TimeStyleParseError(String, Vec<String>),
 }
 
@@ -599,16 +598,7 @@ fn extract_quoting_style(options: &clap::ArgMatches, show_control: bool) -> Quot
                 Some(qs) => return qs,
                 None => eprintln!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "ls-invalid-quoting-style",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            (
-                                "program".to_string(),
-                                std::env::args().next().unwrap_or_else(|| "ls".to_string())
-                            ),
-                            ("style".to_string(), style.clone())
-                        ])
-                    )
+                    translate!("ls-invalid-quoting-style", "program" => std::env::args().next().unwrap_or_else(|| "ls".to_string()), "style" => style.clone())
                 ),
             }
         }
@@ -682,10 +672,7 @@ fn parse_width(width_match: Option<&String>) -> Result<u16, LsError> {
             None => {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "ls-invalid-columns-width",
-                        HashMap::from([("width".to_string(), columns.quote().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("ls-invalid-columns-width", "width" => columns.quote())
                 );
                 DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH
             }
@@ -905,10 +892,7 @@ impl Config {
                 }
                 Err(_) => show_warning!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "ls-invalid-ignore-pattern",
-                        HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), pattern.quote().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("ls-invalid-ignore-pattern", "pattern" => pattern.quote())
                 ),
             }
         }
@@ -925,10 +909,7 @@ impl Config {
                     }
                     Err(_) => show_warning!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "ls-invalid-hide-pattern",
-                            HashMap::from([("pattern".to_string(), pattern.quote().to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("ls-invalid-hide-pattern", "pattern" => pattern.quote())
                     ),
                 }
             }
@@ -1125,22 +1106,22 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("ls-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("ls-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("ls-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("ls-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-print-help"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-print-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         // Format arguments
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FORMAT)
                 .long(options::FORMAT)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-set-display-format"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-set-display-format"))
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     "long",
                     "verbose",
@@ -1165,7 +1146,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::COLUMNS)
                 .short('C')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-display-files-columns"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-display-files-columns"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::FORMAT,
                     options::format::COLUMNS,
@@ -1179,7 +1160,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::format::LONG)
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::format::LONG)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-display-detailed-info"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-display-detailed-info"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::FORMAT,
                     options::format::COLUMNS,
@@ -1192,7 +1173,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::ACROSS)
                 .short('x')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-list-entries-rows"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-list-entries-rows"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::FORMAT,
                     options::format::COLUMNS,
@@ -1208,12 +1189,12 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::format::TAB_SIZE)
                 .env("TABSIZE")
                 .value_name("COLS")
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-assume-tab-stops")),
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-assume-tab-stops")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::COMMAS)
                 .short('m')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-list-entries-commas"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-list-entries-commas"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::FORMAT,
                     options::format::COLUMNS,
@@ -1227,21 +1208,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ZERO)
                 .long(options::ZERO)
                 .overrides_with(options::ZERO)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-list-entries-nul"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-list-entries-nul"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DIRED)
                 .long(options::DIRED)
                 .short('D')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-generate-dired-output"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-generate-dired-output"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::HYPERLINK),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HYPERLINK)
                 .long(options::HYPERLINK)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-hyperlink-filenames"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-hyperlink-filenames"))
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("always").alias("yes").alias("force"),
                     PossibleValue::new("auto").alias("tty").alias("if-tty"),
@@ -1263,33 +1244,33 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::ONE_LINE)
                 .short('1')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-list-one-file-per-line"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-list-one-file-per-line"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::LONG_NO_GROUP)
                 .short('o')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-long-format-no-group"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-long-format-no-group"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::LONG_NO_OWNER)
                 .short('g')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-long-no-owner"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-long-no-owner"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::LONG_NUMERIC_UID_GID)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::format::LONG_NUMERIC_UID_GID)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-long-numeric-uid-gid"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-long-numeric-uid-gid"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // Quoting style
         .arg(
             Arg::new(QUOTING_STYLE)
                 .long(QUOTING_STYLE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-set-quoting-style"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-set-quoting-style"))
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("literal"),
                     PossibleValue::new("shell"),
@@ -1311,7 +1292,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('N')
                 .long(options::quoting::LITERAL)
                 .alias("l")
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-literal-quoting-style"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-literal-quoting-style"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     QUOTING_STYLE,
                     options::quoting::LITERAL,
@@ -1324,7 +1305,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::quoting::ESCAPE)
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::quoting::ESCAPE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-escape-quoting-style"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-escape-quoting-style"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     QUOTING_STYLE,
                     options::quoting::LITERAL,
@@ -1337,7 +1318,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::quoting::C)
                 .short('Q')
                 .long(options::quoting::C)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-c-quoting-style"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-c-quoting-style"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     QUOTING_STYLE,
                     options::quoting::LITERAL,
@@ -1351,14 +1332,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::HIDE_CONTROL_CHARS)
                 .short('q')
                 .long(options::HIDE_CONTROL_CHARS)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-replace-control-chars"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-replace-control-chars"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::HIDE_CONTROL_CHARS, options::SHOW_CONTROL_CHARS])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SHOW_CONTROL_CHARS)
                 .long(options::SHOW_CONTROL_CHARS)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-show-control-chars"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-show-control-chars"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::HIDE_CONTROL_CHARS, options::SHOW_CONTROL_CHARS])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -1366,7 +1347,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TIME)
                 .long(options::TIME)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-show-time-field"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-show-time-field"))
                 .value_name("field")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("atime").alias("access").alias("use"),
@@ -1381,14 +1362,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::time::CHANGE)
                 .short('c')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-time-change"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-time-change"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::TIME, options::time::ACCESS, options::time::CHANGE])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::time::ACCESS)
                 .short('u')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-time-access"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-time-access"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::TIME, options::time::ACCESS, options::time::CHANGE])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -1398,7 +1379,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::HIDE)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_name("PATTERN")
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-hide-pattern")),
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-hide-pattern")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE)
@@ -1406,20 +1387,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::IGNORE)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_name("PATTERN")
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-ignore-pattern")),
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-ignore-pattern")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_BACKUPS)
                 .short('B')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_BACKUPS)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-ignore-backups"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-ignore-backups"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // Sort arguments
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SORT)
                 .long(options::SORT)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-sort-by-field"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-sort-by-field"))
                 .value_name("field")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     "name",
@@ -1443,7 +1424,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sort::SIZE)
                 .short('S')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-sort-by-size"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-sort-by-size"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::SORT,
                     options::sort::SIZE,
@@ -1457,7 +1438,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sort::TIME)
                 .short('t')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-sort-by-time"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-sort-by-time"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::SORT,
                     options::sort::SIZE,
@@ -1471,7 +1452,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sort::VERSION)
                 .short('v')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-sort-by-version"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-sort-by-version"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::SORT,
                     options::sort::SIZE,
@@ -1485,7 +1466,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sort::EXTENSION)
                 .short('X')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-sort-by-extension"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-sort-by-extension"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::SORT,
                     options::sort::SIZE,
@@ -1499,7 +1480,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sort::NONE)
                 .short('U')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-sort-none"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-sort-none"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::SORT,
                     options::sort::SIZE,
@@ -1515,7 +1496,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::dereference::ALL)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::dereference::ALL)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-dereference-all"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-dereference-all"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::dereference::ALL,
                     options::dereference::DIR_ARGS,
@@ -1526,7 +1507,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::dereference::DIR_ARGS)
                 .long(options::dereference::DIR_ARGS)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-dereference-dir-args"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-dereference-dir-args"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::dereference::ALL,
                     options::dereference::DIR_ARGS,
@@ -1538,7 +1519,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::dereference::ARGS)
                 .short('H')
                 .long(options::dereference::ARGS)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-dereference-args"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-dereference-args"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::dereference::ALL,
                     options::dereference::DIR_ARGS,
@@ -1551,13 +1532,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::NO_GROUP)
                 .long(options::NO_GROUP)
                 .short('G')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-no-group"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-no-group"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::AUTHOR)
                 .long(options::AUTHOR)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-author"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-author"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // Other Flags
@@ -1567,7 +1548,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::files::ALL)
                 // Overrides -A (as the order matters)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::files::ALL, options::files::ALMOST_ALL])
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-all-files"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-all-files"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1576,21 +1557,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::files::ALMOST_ALL)
                 // Overrides -a (as the order matters)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::files::ALL, options::files::ALMOST_ALL])
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-almost-all"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-almost-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DIRECTORY)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::size::HUMAN_READABLE)
                 .short('h')
                 .long(options::size::HUMAN_READABLE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-human-readable"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-human-readable"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::size::BLOCK_SIZE, options::size::SI])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -1598,13 +1579,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::size::KIBIBYTES)
                 .short('k')
                 .long(options::size::KIBIBYTES)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-kibibytes"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-kibibytes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::size::SI)
                 .long(options::size::SI)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-si"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-si"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::size::BLOCK_SIZE, options::size::HUMAN_READABLE])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -1613,48 +1594,48 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::size::BLOCK_SIZE)
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .value_name("BLOCK_SIZE")
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-block-size"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-block-size"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::size::SI, options::size::HUMAN_READABLE]),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INODE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::INODE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-print-inode"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-print-inode"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::REVERSE)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::REVERSE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-reverse-sort"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-reverse-sort"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RECURSIVE)
                 .short('R')
                 .long(options::RECURSIVE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WIDTH)
                 .long(options::WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-terminal-width"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-terminal-width"))
                 .value_name("COLS"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::size::ALLOCATION_SIZE)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::size::ALLOCATION_SIZE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-allocation-size"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-allocation-size"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLOR)
                 .long(options::COLOR)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-color-output"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-color-output"))
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("always").alias("yes").alias("force"),
                     PossibleValue::new("auto").alias("tty").alias("if-tty"),
@@ -1666,7 +1647,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INDICATOR_STYLE)
                 .long(options::INDICATOR_STYLE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-indicator-style"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-indicator-style"))
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     "none",
                     "slash",
@@ -1689,7 +1670,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::indicator_style::CLASSIFY)
                 .short('F')
                 .long(options::indicator_style::CLASSIFY)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-classify"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-classify"))
                 .value_name("when")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("always").alias("yes").alias("force"),
@@ -1709,7 +1690,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::indicator_style::FILE_TYPE)
                 .long(options::indicator_style::FILE_TYPE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-file-type"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-file-type"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::indicator_style::FILE_TYPE,
                     options::indicator_style::SLASH,
@@ -1721,7 +1702,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::indicator_style::SLASH)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-slash-directories"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-slash-directories"))
                 .overrides_with_all([
                     options::indicator_style::FILE_TYPE,
                     options::indicator_style::SLASH,
@@ -1734,7 +1715,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             //This still needs support for posix-*
             Arg::new(options::TIME_STYLE)
                 .long(options::TIME_STYLE)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-time-style"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-time-style"))
                 .value_name("TIME_STYLE")
                 .env("TIME_STYLE")
                 .value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())
@@ -1744,20 +1725,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FULL_TIME)
                 .long(options::FULL_TIME)
                 .overrides_with(options::FULL_TIME)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-full-time"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-full-time"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CONTEXT)
                 .short('Z')
                 .long(options::CONTEXT)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-context"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-context"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::GROUP_DIRECTORIES_FIRST)
                 .long(options::GROUP_DIRECTORIES_FIRST)
-                .help(get_message("ls-help-group-directories-first"))
+                .help(translate!("ls-help-group-directories-first"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // Positional arguments
@@ -1767,7 +1748,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
-        .after_help(get_message("ls-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("ls-after-help"))
 }
 
 /// Represents a Path along with it's associated data.
@@ -2382,10 +2363,7 @@ fn return_total(
     }
     Ok(format!(
         "{}{}",
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "ls-total",
-            HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), display_size(total_size, config))])
-        ),
+        translate!("ls-total", "size" => display_size(total_size, config)),
         config.line_ending
     ))
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/mkdir/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mkdir/Cargo.toml
index 77b664738c5..7d81094cb06 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkdir/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mkdir/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/mkdir.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "mode", "fsxattr"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 selinux = ["uucore/selinux"]
diff --git a/src/uu/mkdir/src/mkdir.rs b/src/uu/mkdir/src/mkdir.rs
index 89fc634949e..d21e2ee426f 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkdir/src/mkdir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mkdir/src/mkdir.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::parser::ValuesRef;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 use uucore::error::FromIo;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 use uucore::mode;
 use uucore::{display::Quotable, fs::dir_strip_dot_for_creation};
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     // opts.optflag("Z", "context", "set SELinux security context" +
     // " of each created directory to CTX"),
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(get_message("mkdir-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("mkdir-after-help"))
         .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     let dirs = matches
@@ -151,20 +151,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("mkdir-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("mkdir-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("mkdir-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("mkdir-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MODE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(options::MODE)
-                .help(get_message("mkdir-help-mode")),
+                .help(translate!("mkdir-help-mode")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PARENTS)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(options::PARENTS)
-                .help(get_message("mkdir-help-parents"))
+                .help(translate!("mkdir-help-parents"))
                 .overrides_with(options::PARENTS)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -172,20 +172,20 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("mkdir-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("mkdir-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SELINUX)
                 .short('Z')
-                .help(get_message("mkdir-help-selinux"))
+                .help(translate!("mkdir-help-selinux"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CONTEXT)
                 .long(options::CONTEXT)
                 .value_name("CTX")
-                .help(get_message("mkdir-help-context")),
+                .help(translate!("mkdir-help-context")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DIRS)
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ pub fn mkdir(path: &Path, config: &Config) -> UResult<()> {
     if path.as_os_str().is_empty() {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("mkdir-error-empty-directory-name"),
+            translate!("mkdir-error-empty-directory-name"),
         ));
     }
     // Special case to match GNU's behavior:
@@ -243,12 +243,9 @@ fn chmod(path: &Path, mode: u32) -> UResult<()> {
     use std::fs::{Permissions, set_permissions};
     use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
     let mode = Permissions::from_mode(mode);
-    set_permissions(path, mode).map_err_context(|| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "mkdir-error-cannot-set-permissions",
-            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-    })
+    set_permissions(path, mode).map_err_context(
+        || translate!("mkdir-error-cannot-set-permissions", "path" => path.quote()),
+    )
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -265,10 +262,7 @@ fn create_dir(path: &Path, is_parent: bool, config: &Config) -> UResult<()> {
     if path_exists && !config.recursive {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "mkdir-error-file-exists",
-                HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.to_string_lossy().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("mkdir-error-file-exists", "path" => path.to_string_lossy()),
         ));
     }
     if path == Path::new("") {
@@ -279,7 +273,7 @@ fn create_dir(path: &Path, is_parent: bool, config: &Config) -> UResult<()> {
         match path.parent() {
             Some(p) => create_dir(p, true, config)?,
             None => {
-                USimpleError::new(1, get_message("mkdir-error-failed-to-create-tree"));
+                USimpleError::new(1, translate!("mkdir-error-failed-to-create-tree"));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -289,13 +283,7 @@ fn create_dir(path: &Path, is_parent: bool, config: &Config) -> UResult<()> {
             if config.verbose {
                 println!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mkdir-verbose-created-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("util_name".to_string(), uucore::util_name().to_string()),
-                            ("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())
-                        ])
-                    )
+                    translate!("mkdir-verbose-created-directory", "util_name" => uucore::util_name(), "path" => path.quote())
                 );
             }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml
index bb87cc80e64..5edbfa6bde1 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/mkfifo.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "mode"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 selinux = ["uucore/selinux"]
diff --git a/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs b/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
index 3e6ea11bac6..b10bd5a3b95 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, value_parser};
 use libc::mkfifo;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
 mod options {
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             Err(e) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mkfifo-error-invalid-mode",
-                        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("mkfifo-error-invalid-mode", "error" => e),
                 ));
             }
         },
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         None => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("mkfifo-error-missing-operand"),
+                translate!("mkfifo-error-missing-operand"),
             ));
         }
     };
@@ -61,10 +58,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if err == -1 {
             show!(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "mkfifo-error-cannot-create-fifo",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), f.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("mkfifo-error-cannot-create-fifo", "path" => f.quote()),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -72,13 +66,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if let Err(e) = fs::set_permissions(&f, fs::Permissions::from_mode(mode as u32)) {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "mkfifo-error-cannot-set-permissions",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("path".to_string(), f.quote().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                ),
+                translate!("mkfifo-error-cannot-set-permissions", "path" => f.quote(), "error" => e),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -107,20 +95,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("mkfifo-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("mkfifo-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("mkfifo-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("mkfifo-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MODE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(options::MODE)
-                .help(get_message("mkfifo-help-mode"))
+                .help(translate!("mkfifo-help-mode"))
                 .value_name("MODE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SELINUX)
                 .short('Z')
-                .help(get_message("mkfifo-help-selinux"))
+                .help(translate!("mkfifo-help-selinux"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -130,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(String))
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .require_equals(true)
-                .help(get_message("mkfifo-help-context")),
+                .help(translate!("mkfifo-help-context")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FIFO)
diff --git a/src/uu/mknod/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mknod/Cargo.toml
index 49f539eb870..50e7e2fce3c 100644
--- a/src/uu/mknod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mknod/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ path = "src/mknod.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["mode"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 selinux = ["uucore/selinux"]
diff --git a/src/uu/mknod/src/mknod.rs b/src/uu/mknod/src/mknod.rs
index ea690860c4b..ac2b998f988 100644
--- a/src/uu/mknod/src/mknod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mknod/src/mknod.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, value_parser};
 use libc::{S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO, S_IRGRP, S_IROTH, S_IRUSR, S_IWGRP, S_IWOTH, S_IWUSR};
 use libc::{dev_t, mode_t};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 const MODE_RW_UGO: mode_t = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH;
 
@@ -130,14 +129,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         (FileType::Fifo, _, _) => {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("mknod-error-fifo-no-major-minor"),
+                translate!("mknod-error-fifo-no-major-minor"),
             ));
         }
         (_, Some(&major), Some(&minor)) => makedev(major, minor),
         _ => {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("mknod-error-special-require-major-minor"),
+                translate!("mknod-error-special-require-major-minor"),
             ));
         }
     };
@@ -157,47 +156,47 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("mknod-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("mknod-after-help"))
-        .about(get_message("mknod-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("mknod-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("mknod-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("mknod-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MODE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long("mode")
                 .value_name("MODE")
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-mode")),
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-mode")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("name")
                 .value_name("NAME")
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-name"))
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-name"))
                 .required(true)
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::AnyPath),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TYPE)
                 .value_name("TYPE")
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-type"))
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-type"))
                 .required(true)
                 .value_parser(parse_type),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MAJOR)
                 .value_name(options::MAJOR)
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-major"))
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-major"))
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(u64)),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MINOR)
                 .value_name(options::MINOR)
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-minor"))
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-minor"))
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(u64)),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SELINUX)
                 .short('Z')
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-selinux"))
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-selinux"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(String))
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .require_equals(true)
-                .help(get_message("mknod-help-context")),
+                .help(translate!("mknod-help-context")),
         )
 }
 
@@ -215,15 +214,10 @@ fn get_mode(str_mode: Option<&String>) -> Result<mode_t, String> {
     match str_mode {
         None => Ok(MODE_RW_UGO),
         Some(str_mode) => uucore::mode::parse_mode(str_mode)
-            .map_err(|e| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "mknod-error-invalid-mode",
-                    HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                )
-            })
+            .map_err(|e| translate!("mknod-error-invalid-mode", "error" => e))
             .and_then(|mode| {
                 if mode > 0o777 {
-                    Err(get_message("mknod-error-mode-permission-bits-only"))
+                    Err(translate!("mknod-error-mode-permission-bits-only"))
                 } else {
                     Ok(mode)
                 }
@@ -236,14 +230,11 @@ fn parse_type(tpe: &str) -> Result<FileType, String> {
     // 'mknod /dev/rst0 character 18 0'.
     tpe.chars()
         .next()
-        .ok_or_else(|| get_message("mknod-error-missing-device-type"))
+        .ok_or_else(|| translate!("mknod-error-missing-device-type"))
         .and_then(|first_char| match first_char {
             'b' => Ok(FileType::Block),
             'c' | 'u' => Ok(FileType::Character),
             'p' => Ok(FileType::Fifo),
-            _ => Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "mknod-error-invalid-device-type",
-                HashMap::from([("type".to_string(), tpe.quote().to_string())]),
-            )),
+            _ => Err(translate!("mknod-error-invalid-device-type", "type" => tpe.quote())),
         })
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/mktemp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mktemp/Cargo.toml
index 2b3f798e1bc..651db9e21b0 100644
--- a/src/uu/mktemp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mktemp/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ rand = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "mktemp"
diff --git a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
index 10e8a8f3172..90d0e0f7851 100644
--- a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, builder::ValueParser};
 use uucore::display::{Quotable, println_verbatim};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
@@ -46,28 +45,28 @@ const TMPDIR_ENV_VAR: &str = "TMP";
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum MkTempError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-persist-file", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-persist-file", "path" => .0.quote()))]
     PersistError(PathBuf),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-must-end-in-x", HashMap::from([("template".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-must-end-in-x", "template" => .0.quote()))]
     MustEndInX(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-too-few-xs", HashMap::from([("template".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-too-few-xs", "template" => .0.quote()))]
     TooFewXs(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-prefix-contains-separator", HashMap::from([("template".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-prefix-contains-separator", "template" => .0.quote()))]
     PrefixContainsDirSeparator(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-suffix-contains-separator", HashMap::from([("suffix".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-suffix-contains-separator", "suffix" => .0.quote()))]
     SuffixContainsDirSeparator(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-invalid-template", HashMap::from([("template".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-invalid-template", "template" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidTemplate(String),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("mktemp-error-too-many-templates"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-too-many-templates"))]
     TooManyTemplates,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mktemp-error-not-found", HashMap::from([("template_type".to_string(), .0.clone()), ("template".to_string(), .1.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mktemp-error-not-found", "template_type" => .0.clone(), "template" => .1.quote()))]
     NotFound(String, String),
 }
 
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             {
                 return Err(UUsageError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message("mktemp-error-too-many-templates"),
+                    translate!("mktemp-error-too-many-templates"),
                 ));
             }
             return Err(e.into());
@@ -338,46 +337,46 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     } else {
         res
     };
-    println_verbatim(res?).map_err_context(|| get_message("mktemp-error-failed-print"))
+    println_verbatim(res?).map_err_context(|| translate!("mktemp-error-failed-print"))
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("mktemp-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("mktemp-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("mktemp-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("mktemp-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(OPT_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DRY_RUN)
                 .short('u')
                 .long(OPT_DRY_RUN)
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-dry-run"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-dry-run"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_QUIET)
                 .short('q')
                 .long("quiet")
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_SUFFIX)
                 .long(OPT_SUFFIX)
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-suffix"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-suffix"))
                 .value_name("SUFFIX"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_P)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-p"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-p"))
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::path_buf())
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_TMPDIR)
                 .long(OPT_TMPDIR)
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-tmpdir"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-tmpdir"))
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 // Allows use of default argument just by setting --tmpdir. Else,
                 // use provided input to generate tmpdir
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_T)
                 .short('t')
-                .help(get_message("mktemp-help-t"))
+                .help(translate!("mktemp-help-t"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(Arg::new(ARG_TEMPLATE).num_args(..=1))
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@ fn make_temp_dir(dir: &Path, prefix: &str, rand: usize, suffix: &str) -> UResult
             let filename = format!("{prefix}{}{suffix}", "X".repeat(rand));
             let path = Path::new(dir).join(filename);
             let s = path.display().to_string();
-            Err(MkTempError::NotFound(get_message("mktemp-template-type-directory"), s).into())
+            Err(MkTempError::NotFound(translate!("mktemp-template-type-directory"), s).into())
         }
         Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
     }
@@ -492,7 +491,7 @@ fn make_temp_file(dir: &Path, prefix: &str, rand: usize, suffix: &str) -> UResul
             let filename = format!("{prefix}{}{suffix}", "X".repeat(rand));
             let path = Path::new(dir).join(filename);
             let s = path.display().to_string();
-            Err(MkTempError::NotFound(get_message("mktemp-template-type-file"), s).into())
+            Err(MkTempError::NotFound(translate!("mktemp-template-type-file"), s).into())
         }
         Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/more/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/more/Cargo.toml
index e991b376266..cd65f7412fc 100644
--- a/src/uu/more/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/more/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/more.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 crossterm = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "fuchsia")))'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/more/src/more.rs b/src/uu/more/src/more.rs
index 7bda8603071..4bd2e80df69 100644
--- a/src/uu/more/src/more.rs
+++ b/src/uu/more/src/more.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use std::{
-    collections::HashMap,
     fs::File,
     io::{BufRead, BufReader, Stdin, Stdout, Write, stdin, stdout},
     panic::set_hook,
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::{display::Quotable, show};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum MoreError {
@@ -44,9 +43,9 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for MoreError {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
+                    translate!(
                         "more-error-is-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())])
+                        "path" => path.quote()
                     )
                 )
             }
@@ -54,9 +53,9 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for MoreError {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
+                    translate!(
                         "more-error-cannot-open-no-such-file",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())])
+                        "path" => path.quote()
                     )
                 )
             }
@@ -64,17 +63,15 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for MoreError {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "more-error-cannot-open-io-error",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("error".to_string(), error.to_string())
-                        ])
+                    translate!(
+                    "more-error-cannot-open-io-error",
+                    "path" => path.quote(),
+                    "error" => error
                     )
                 )
             }
             MoreError::BadUsage => {
-                write!(f, "{}", get_message("more-error-bad-usage"))
+                write!(f, "{}", translate!("more-error-bad-usage"))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -212,8 +209,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("more-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("more-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("more-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("more-usage")))
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
@@ -221,49 +218,49 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::SILENT)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-silent")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-silent")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LOGICAL)
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::LOGICAL)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-logical")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-logical")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::EXIT_ON_EOF)
                 .short('e')
                 .long(options::EXIT_ON_EOF)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-exit-on-eof")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-exit-on-eof")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_PAUSE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::NO_PAUSE)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-no-pause")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-no-pause")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRINT_OVER)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(options::PRINT_OVER)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-print-over")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-print-over")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CLEAN_PRINT)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::CLEAN_PRINT)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-clean-print")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-clean-print")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SQUEEZE)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SQUEEZE)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-squeeze")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-squeeze")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PLAIN)
@@ -271,7 +268,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::PLAIN)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .hide(true)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-plain")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-plain")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LINES)
@@ -280,14 +277,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_name("number")
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(u16).range(0..))
-                .help(get_message("more-help-lines")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-lines")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NUMBER)
                 .long(options::NUMBER)
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(u16).range(0..))
-                .help(get_message("more-help-number")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-number")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FROM_LINE)
@@ -296,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_name("number")
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(usize))
-                .help(get_message("more-help-from-line")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-from-line")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PATTERN)
@@ -305,13 +302,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .required(false)
                 .value_name("pattern")
-                .help(get_message("more-help-pattern")),
+                .help(translate!("more-help-pattern")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILES)
                 .required(false)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .help(get_message("more-help-files"))
+                .help(translate!("more-help-files"))
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
 }
@@ -514,11 +511,11 @@ impl<'a> Pager<'a> {
                 self.stdout,
                 "\r{}{} ({}){}",
                 Attribute::Reverse,
-                get_message_with_args(
+                translate!(
                     "more-error-cannot-seek-to-line",
-                    HashMap::from([("line".to_string(), (self.upper_mark + 1).to_string())])
+                    "line" => (self.upper_mark + 1)
                 ),
-                get_message("more-press-return"),
+                translate!("more-press-return"),
                 Attribute::Reset,
             )?;
             self.stdout.flush()?;
@@ -579,8 +576,8 @@ impl<'a> Pager<'a> {
                     self.stdout,
                     "\r{}{} ({}){}",
                     Attribute::Reverse,
-                    get_message("more-error-pattern-not-found"),
-                    get_message("more-press-return"),
+                    translate!("more-error-pattern-not-found"),
+                    translate!("more-press-return"),
                     Attribute::Reset,
                 )?;
                 self.stdout.flush()?;
@@ -872,12 +869,12 @@ impl<'a> Pager<'a> {
         let banner = match (self.silent, wrong_key) {
             (true, Some(key)) => format!(
                 "{status}[{}]",
-                get_message_with_args(
+                translate!(
                     "more-error-unknown-key",
-                    HashMap::from([("key".to_string(), key.to_string())])
+                    "key" => key,
                 )
             ),
-            (true, None) => format!("{status}{}", get_message("more-help-message")),
+            (true, None) => format!("{status}{}", translate!("more-help-message")),
             (false, Some(_)) => format!("{status}{BELL}"),
             (false, None) => status,
         };
@@ -1075,7 +1072,7 @@ mod tests {
             .build();
         pager.draw_status_bar(None);
         let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&pager.stdout);
-        assert!(stdout.contains(&get_message("more-help-message")));
+        assert!(stdout.contains(&translate!("more-help-message")));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -1148,9 +1145,9 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(pager.handle_from_line().is_ok());
         assert_eq!(pager.upper_mark, 0);
         let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&pager.stdout);
-        assert!(stdout.contains(&get_message_with_args(
+        assert!(stdout.contains(&translate!(
             "more-error-cannot-seek-to-line",
-            HashMap::from([("line".to_string(), "100".to_string())])
+            "line" => "100"
         )));
     }
 
@@ -1172,7 +1169,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut pager = TestPagerBuilder::new(content).pattern("qux").build();
         assert!(pager.handle_pattern_search().is_ok());
         let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&pager.stdout);
-        assert!(stdout.contains(&get_message("more-error-pattern-not-found")));
+        assert!(stdout.contains(&translate!("more-error-pattern-not-found")));
         assert_eq!(pager.pattern, None);
         assert_eq!(pager.upper_mark, 0);
     }
@@ -1182,9 +1179,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut pager = TestPagerBuilder::default().silent().build();
         pager.draw_status_bar(Some('x'));
         let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&pager.stdout);
-        assert!(stdout.contains(&get_message_with_args(
+        assert!(stdout.contains(&translate!(
             "more-error-unknown-key",
-            HashMap::from([("key".to_string(), "x".to_string())])
+            "key" => "x"
         )));
 
         pager = TestPagerBuilder::default().build();
diff --git a/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml
index 1cb30bf1473..9958626090b 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mv/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "fsxattr",
   "update-control",
 ] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/error.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/error.rs
index e365c3666ce..721cc799cc9 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/error.rs
@@ -2,30 +2,29 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum MvError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-no-such-file", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-no-such-file", "path" => .0.clone()))]
     NoSuchFile(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-cannot-stat-not-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-cannot-stat-not-directory", "path" => .0.clone()))]
     CannotStatNotADirectory(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-same-file", HashMap::from([("source".to_string(), .0.clone()), ("target".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-same-file", "source" => .0.clone(), "target" => .1.clone()))]
     SameFile(String, String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-self-target-subdirectory", HashMap::from([("source".to_string(), .0.clone()), ("target".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-self-target-subdirectory", "source" => .0.clone(), "target" => .1.clone()))]
     SelfTargetSubdirectory(String, String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-directory-to-non-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-directory-to-non-directory", "path" => .0.clone()))]
     DirectoryToNonDirectory(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-non-directory-to-directory", HashMap::from([("source".to_string(), .0.clone()), ("target".to_string(), .1.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-non-directory-to-directory", "source" => .0.clone(), "target" => .1.clone()))]
     NonDirectoryToDirectory(String, String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-not-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-not-directory", "path" => .0.clone()))]
     NotADirectory(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-target-not-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-target-not-directory", "path" => .0.clone()))]
     TargetNotADirectory(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("mv-error-failed-access-not-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("mv-error-failed-access-not-directory", "path" => .0.clone()))]
     FailedToAccessNotADirectory(String),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
index f91211d34b8..7b557fd8222 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, error::ErrorKind};
 use indicatif::{MultiProgress, ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "redox"))))]
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ use uucore::fs::{
 };
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "redox"))))]
 use uucore::fsxattr;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::update_control;
 
 // These are exposed for projects (e.g. nushell) that want to create an `Options` value, which
@@ -52,7 +55,6 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, prompt_yes, show};
 use fs_extra::dir::get_size as dir_get_size;
 
 use crate::error::MvError;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 /// Options contains all the possible behaviors and flags for mv.
 ///
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("mv-error-backup-with-no-clobber"),
+            translate!("mv-error-backup-with-no-clobber"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -206,11 +208,11 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("mv-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("mv-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("mv-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("mv-usage")))
         .after_help(format!(
             "{}\n\n{}",
-            get_message("mv-after-help"),
+            translate!("mv-after-help"),
             backup_control::BACKUP_CONTROL_LONG_HELP
         ))
         .infer_long_args(true)
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_FORCE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(OPT_FORCE)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-force"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-force"))
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_INTERACTIVE, OPT_NO_CLOBBER])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_INTERACTIVE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(OPT_INTERACTIVE)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-interactive"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-interactive"))
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_FORCE, OPT_NO_CLOBBER])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -234,14 +236,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_NO_CLOBBER)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(OPT_NO_CLOBBER)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-no-clobber"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-no-clobber"))
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_FORCE, OPT_INTERACTIVE])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_STRIP_TRAILING_SLASHES)
                 .long(OPT_STRIP_TRAILING_SLASHES)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-strip-trailing-slashes"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-strip-trailing-slashes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(backup_control::arguments::backup())
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(OPT_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-target-directory"))
                 .value_name("DIRECTORY")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::DirPath)
                 .conflicts_with(OPT_NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
@@ -263,21 +265,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
                 .short('T')
                 .long(OPT_NO_TARGET_DIRECTORY)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-no-target-directory"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-no-target-directory"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(OPT_VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PROGRESS)
                 .short('g')
                 .long(OPT_PROGRESS)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-progress"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-progress"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DEBUG)
                 .long(OPT_DEBUG)
-                .help(get_message("mv-help-debug"))
+                .help(translate!("mv-help-debug"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
 }
@@ -327,13 +329,7 @@ fn handle_two_paths(source: &Path, target: &Path, opts: &Options) -> UResult<()>
     if opts.backup == BackupMode::Simple && source_is_target_backup(source, target, &opts.suffix) {
         return Err(io::Error::new(
             io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "mv-error-backup-might-destroy-source",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("target".to_string(), target.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            translate!("mv-error-backup-might-destroy-source", "target" => target.quote(), "source" => source.quote()),
         )
         .into());
     }
@@ -377,13 +373,7 @@ fn handle_two_paths(source: &Path, target: &Path, opts: &Options) -> UResult<()>
                     hardlink_params.1,
                 )
                 .map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mv-error-cannot-move",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("source".to_string(), source.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("target".to_string(), target.quote().to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("mv-error-cannot-move", "source" => source.quote(), "target" => target.quote())
                 })
             } else {
                 Err(MvError::DirectoryToNonDirectory(target.quote().to_string()).into())
@@ -397,10 +387,7 @@ fn handle_two_paths(source: &Path, target: &Path, opts: &Options) -> UResult<()>
             OverwriteMode::Interactive => {
                 if !prompt_yes!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mv-prompt-overwrite",
-                        HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), target.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("mv-prompt-overwrite", "target" => target.quote())
                 ) {
                     return Err(io::Error::other("").into());
                 }
@@ -518,10 +505,7 @@ fn handle_multiple_paths(paths: &[PathBuf], opts: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
     if opts.no_target_dir {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "mv-error-extra-operand",
-                HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), paths[2].quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("mv-error-extra-operand", "operand" => paths.last().unwrap().quote()),
         ));
     }
     let target_dir = paths.last().unwrap();
@@ -591,7 +575,7 @@ fn move_files_into_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, options: &Options)
                     ProgressBar::new(files.len().try_into().unwrap()).with_style(
                         ProgressStyle::with_template(&format!(
                             "{} {{msg}} {{wide_bar}} {{pos}}/{{len}}",
-                            get_message("mv-progress-moving")
+                            translate!("mv-progress-moving")
                         ))
                         .unwrap(),
                     ),
@@ -627,13 +611,7 @@ fn move_files_into_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, options: &Options)
             // If the target file was already created in this mv call, do not overwrite
             show!(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "mv-error-will-not-overwrite-just-created",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("target".to_string(), targetpath.display().to_string()),
-                        ("source".to_string(), sourcepath.display().to_string())
-                    ])
-                ),
+                translate!("mv-error-will-not-overwrite-just-created", "target" => targetpath.display(), "source" => sourcepath.display()),
             ));
             continue;
         }
@@ -661,13 +639,7 @@ fn move_files_into_dir(files: &[PathBuf], target_dir: &Path, options: &Options)
             Err(e) if e.to_string().is_empty() => set_exit_code(1),
             Err(e) => {
                 let e = e.map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mv-error-cannot-move",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("source".to_string(), sourcepath.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("target".to_string(), targetpath.quote().to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("mv-error-cannot-move", "source" => sourcepath.quote(), "target" => targetpath.quote())
                 });
                 match multi_progress {
                     Some(ref pb) => pb.suspend(|| show!(e)),
@@ -699,13 +671,7 @@ fn rename(
     if to.exists() {
         if opts.update == UpdateMode::None {
             if opts.debug {
-                println!(
-                    "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mv-debug-skipped",
-                        HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), to.quote().to_string())])
-                    )
-                );
+                println!("{}", translate!("mv-debug-skipped", "target" => to.quote()));
             }
             return Ok(());
         }
@@ -717,33 +683,21 @@ fn rename(
         }
 
         if opts.update == UpdateMode::NoneFail {
-            let err_msg = get_message_with_args(
-                "mv-error-not-replacing",
-                HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), to.quote().to_string())]),
-            );
+            let err_msg = translate!("mv-error-not-replacing", "target" => to.quote());
             return Err(io::Error::other(err_msg));
         }
 
         match opts.overwrite {
             OverwriteMode::NoClobber => {
                 if opts.debug {
-                    println!(
-                        "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "mv-debug-skipped",
-                            HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), to.quote().to_string())])
-                        )
-                    );
+                    println!("{}", translate!("mv-debug-skipped", "target" => to.quote()));
                 }
                 return Ok(());
             }
             OverwriteMode::Interactive => {
                 if !prompt_yes!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "mv-prompt-overwrite",
-                        HashMap::from([("target".to_string(), to.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("mv-prompt-overwrite", "target" => to.quote())
                 ) {
                     return Err(io::Error::other(""));
                 }
@@ -765,9 +719,7 @@ fn rename(
             if is_empty_dir(to) {
                 fs::remove_dir(to)?;
             } else {
-                return Err(io::Error::other(get_message(
-                    "mv-error-directory-not-empty",
-                )));
+                return Err(io::Error::other(translate!("mv-error-directory-not-empty")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -783,21 +735,10 @@ fn rename(
 
     if opts.verbose {
         let message = match backup_path {
-            Some(path) => get_message_with_args(
-                "mv-verbose-renamed-with-backup",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("from".to_string(), from.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("to".to_string(), to.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("backup".to_string(), path.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
-            None => get_message_with_args(
-                "mv-verbose-renamed",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("from".to_string(), from.quote().to_string()),
-                    ("to".to_string(), to.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            ),
+            Some(path) => {
+                translate!("mv-verbose-renamed-with-backup", "from" => from.quote(), "to" => to.quote(), "backup" => path.quote())
+            }
+            None => translate!("mv-verbose-renamed", "from" => from.quote(), "to" => to.quote()),
         };
 
         match multi_progress {
@@ -920,7 +861,7 @@ fn rename_symlink_fallback(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     } else {
         Err(io::Error::new(
             io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
-            get_message("mv-error-dangling-symlink"),
+            translate!("mv-error-dangling-symlink"),
         ))
     }
 }
@@ -930,7 +871,7 @@ fn rename_symlink_fallback(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     let path_symlink_points_to = fs::read_link(from)?;
     Err(io::Error::new(
         io::ErrorKind::Other,
-        get_message("mv-error-no-symlink-support"),
+        translate!("mv-error-no-symlink-support"),
     ))
 }
 
@@ -1114,14 +1055,7 @@ fn rename_file_fallback(
     // Remove existing target file if it exists
     if to.is_symlink() {
         fs::remove_file(to).map_err(|err| {
-            let inter_device_msg = get_message_with_args(
-                "mv-error-inter-device-move-failed",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("from".to_string(), from.display().to_string()),
-                    ("to".to_string(), to.display().to_string()),
-                    ("err".to_string(), err.to_string()),
-                ]),
-            );
+            let inter_device_msg = translate!("mv-error-inter-device-move-failed", "from" => from.display(), "to" => to.display(), "err" => err);
             io::Error::new(err.kind(), inter_device_msg)
         })?;
     } else if to.exists() {
@@ -1151,11 +1085,11 @@ fn rename_file_fallback(
     fs::copy(from, to)
         .and_then(|_| fsxattr::copy_xattrs(&from, &to))
         .and_then(|_| fs::remove_file(from))
-        .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(err.kind(), get_message("mv-error-permission-denied")))?;
+        .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(err.kind(), translate!("mv-error-permission-denied")))?;
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "redox", not(unix)))]
     fs::copy(from, to)
         .and_then(|_| fs::remove_file(from))
-        .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(err.kind(), get_message("mv-error-permission-denied")))?;
+        .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(err.kind(), translate!("mv-error-permission-denied")))?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/nice/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/nice/Cargo.toml
index 991f277a181..f58c7f3d7cf 100644
--- a/src/uu/nice/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/nice/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nice"
diff --git a/src/uu/nice/src/nice.rs b/src/uu/nice/src/nice.rs
index 1d95547bfe1..7763327972e 100644
--- a/src/uu/nice/src/nice.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nice/src/nice.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use libc::{PRIO_PROCESS, c_char, c_int, execvp};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::{CString, OsString};
 use std::io::{Error, Write};
 use std::ptr;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{
     error::{UClapError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError, set_exit_code},
     format_usage, show_error,
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             if !matches.contains_id(options::COMMAND) {
                 return Err(UUsageError::new(
                     125,
-                    get_message("nice-error-command-required-with-adjustment"),
+                    translate!("nice-error-command-required-with-adjustment"),
                 ));
             }
             match nstr.parse::<i32>() {
@@ -128,13 +127,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 Err(e) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         125,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "nice-error-invalid-number",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("value".to_string(), nstr.clone()),
-                                ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                            ]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("nice-error-invalid-number", "value" => nstr.clone(), "error" => e),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -154,13 +147,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     // exit code when failing to write the advisory is 125, but Rust
     // will produce an exit code of 101 when it panics.
     if unsafe { libc::setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, niceness) } == -1 {
-        let warning_msg = get_message_with_args(
-            "nice-warning-setpriority",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("util_name".to_string(), uucore::util_name().to_string()),
-                ("error".to_string(), Error::last_os_error().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        );
+        let warning_msg = translate!("nice-warning-setpriority", "util_name" => uucore::util_name(), "error" => Error::last_os_error());
 
         if write!(std::io::stderr(), "{warning_msg}").is_err() {
             set_exit_code(125);
@@ -193,8 +180,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("nice-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("nice-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("nice-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("nice-usage")))
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
@@ -202,7 +189,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ADJUSTMENT)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::ADJUSTMENT)
-                .help(get_message("nice-help-adjustment"))
+                .help(translate!("nice-help-adjustment"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .overrides_with(options::ADJUSTMENT)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true),
diff --git a/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml
index b3d6f492de7..04b2dceba79 100644
--- a/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/nl/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/nl.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nl"
diff --git a/src/uu/nl/src/helper.rs b/src/uu/nl/src/helper.rs
index aec6765f327..5841819a406 100644
--- a/src/uu/nl/src/helper.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nl/src/helper.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) conv
 
 use crate::options;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 // parse_options loads the options into the settings, returning an array of
 // error messages.
@@ -61,18 +60,12 @@ pub fn parse_options(settings: &mut crate::Settings, opts: &clap::ArgMatches) ->
     match opts.get_one::<usize>(options::NUMBER_WIDTH) {
         None => {}
         Some(num) if *num > 0 => settings.number_width = *num,
-        Some(_) => errs.push(get_message_with_args(
-            "nl-error-invalid-line-width",
-            HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), "0".to_string())]),
-        )),
+        Some(_) => errs.push(translate!("nl-error-invalid-line-width", "value" => "0")),
     }
     match opts.get_one::<u64>(options::JOIN_BLANK_LINES) {
         None => {}
         Some(num) if *num > 0 => settings.join_blank_lines = *num,
-        Some(_) => errs.push(get_message_with_args(
-            "nl-error-invalid-blank-lines",
-            HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), "0".to_string())]),
-        )),
+        Some(_) => errs.push(translate!("nl-error-invalid-blank-lines", "value" => "0")),
     }
     if let Some(num) = opts.get_one::<i64>(options::LINE_INCREMENT) {
         settings.line_increment = *num;
diff --git a/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs b/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs
index d796a174813..1e5eb3d7285 100644
--- a/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nl/src/nl.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, stdin};
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, set_exit_code};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
 mod helper;
@@ -90,12 +90,9 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for NumberingStyle {
             "n" => Ok(Self::None),
             _ if s.starts_with('p') => match regex::Regex::new(&s[1..]) {
                 Ok(re) => Ok(Self::Regex(Box::new(re))),
-                Err(_) => Err(get_message("nl-error-invalid-regex")),
+                Err(_) => Err(translate!("nl-error-invalid-regex")),
             },
-            _ => Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "nl-error-invalid-numbering-style",
-                HashMap::from([("style".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-            )),
+            _ => Err(translate!("nl-error-invalid-numbering-style", "style" => s)),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -191,7 +188,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             1,
             format!(
                 "{}\n{}",
-                get_message("nl-error-invalid-arguments"),
+                translate!("nl-error-invalid-arguments"),
                 parse_errors.join("\n")
             ),
         ));
@@ -214,10 +211,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             if path.is_dir() {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "nl-error-is-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.display().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("nl-error-is-directory", "path" => path.display())
                 );
                 set_exit_code(1);
             } else {
@@ -233,16 +227,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("nl-about"))
+        .about(translate!("nl-about"))
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("nl-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("nl-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("nl-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("nl-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -255,35 +249,35 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::BODY_NUMBERING)
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::BODY_NUMBERING)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-body-numbering"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-body-numbering"))
                 .value_name("STYLE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SECTION_DELIMITER)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::SECTION_DELIMITER)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-section-delimiter"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-section-delimiter"))
                 .value_name("CC"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FOOTER_NUMBERING)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FOOTER_NUMBERING)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-footer-numbering"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-footer-numbering"))
                 .value_name("STYLE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HEADER_NUMBERING)
                 .short('h')
                 .long(options::HEADER_NUMBERING)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-header-numbering"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-header-numbering"))
                 .value_name("STYLE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LINE_INCREMENT)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::LINE_INCREMENT)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-line-increment"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-line-increment"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER")
                 .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(i64)),
         )
@@ -291,7 +285,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::JOIN_BLANK_LINES)
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::JOIN_BLANK_LINES)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-join-blank-lines"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-join-blank-lines"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER")
                 .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(u64)),
         )
@@ -299,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::NUMBER_FORMAT)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::NUMBER_FORMAT)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-number-format"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-number-format"))
                 .value_name("FORMAT")
                 .value_parser(["ln", "rn", "rz"]),
         )
@@ -307,21 +301,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::NO_RENUMBER)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(options::NO_RENUMBER)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-no-renumber"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-no-renumber"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetFalse),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NUMBER_SEPARATOR)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::NUMBER_SEPARATOR)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-number-separator"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-number-separator"))
                 .value_name("STRING"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::STARTING_LINE_NUMBER)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::STARTING_LINE_NUMBER)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-starting-line-number"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-starting-line-number"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER")
                 .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(i64)),
         )
@@ -329,7 +323,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::NUMBER_WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::NUMBER_WIDTH)
-                .help(get_message("nl-help-number-width"))
+                .help(translate!("nl-help-number-width"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER")
                 .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(usize)),
         )
@@ -340,7 +334,7 @@ fn nl<T: Read>(reader: &mut BufReader<T>, stats: &mut Stats, settings: &Settings
     let mut current_numbering_style = &settings.body_numbering;
 
     for line in reader.lines() {
-        let line = line.map_err_context(|| get_message("nl-error-could-not-read-line"))?;
+        let line = line.map_err_context(|| translate!("nl-error-could-not-read-line"))?;
 
         if line.is_empty() {
             stats.consecutive_empty_lines += 1;
@@ -382,7 +376,7 @@ fn nl<T: Read>(reader: &mut BufReader<T>, stats: &mut Stats, settings: &Settings
                 let Some(line_number) = stats.line_number else {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message("nl-error-line-number-overflow"),
+                        translate!("nl-error-line-number-overflow"),
                     ));
                 };
                 println!(
diff --git a/src/uu/nohup/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/nohup/Cargo.toml
index 9cb1b3be686..50eb258a9f8 100644
--- a/src/uu/nohup/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/nohup/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nohup"
diff --git a/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs b/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs
index fc893892365..4aa1a47f348 100644
--- a/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use libc::{SIG_IGN, SIGHUP};
 use libc::{c_char, dup2, execvp, signal};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
@@ -18,10 +17,9 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UClapError, UError, UResult, set_exit_code};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 static NOHUP_OUT: &str = "nohup.out";
 // exit codes that match the GNU implementation
 static EXIT_CANCELED: i32 = 125;
@@ -35,21 +33,16 @@ mod options {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum NohupError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("nohup-error-cannot-detach"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("nohup-error-cannot-detach"))]
     CannotDetach,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("nohup-error-cannot-replace", HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), (*_0).to_string()), ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("nohup-error-cannot-replace", "name" => (*_0), "err" => _1))]
     CannotReplace(&'static str, #[source] Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("nohup-error-open-failed", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), NOHUP_OUT.quote().to_string()), ("err".to_string(), _1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("nohup-error-open-failed", "path" => NOHUP_OUT.quote(), "err" => _1))]
     OpenFailed(i32, #[source] Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("nohup-error-open-failed-both", HashMap::from([
-        ("first_path".to_string(), NOHUP_OUT.quote().to_string()),
-        ("first_err".to_string(), _1.to_string()),
-        ("second_path".to_string(), _2.quote().to_string()),
-        ("second_err".to_string(), _3.to_string())
-    ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("nohup-error-open-failed-both", "first_path" => NOHUP_OUT.quote(), "first_err" => _1, "second_path" => _2.quote(), "second_err" => _3))]
     OpenFailed2(i32, #[source] Error, String, Error),
 }
 
@@ -93,9 +86,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("nohup-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("nohup-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("nohup-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("nohup-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("nohup-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("nohup-usage")))
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CMD)
                 .hide(true)
@@ -145,10 +138,7 @@ fn find_stdout() -> UResult<File> {
         Ok(t) => {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "nohup-ignoring-input-appending-output",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), NOHUP_OUT.quote().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("nohup-ignoring-input-appending-output", "path" => NOHUP_OUT.quote())
             );
             Ok(t)
         }
@@ -164,10 +154,7 @@ fn find_stdout() -> UResult<File> {
                 Ok(t) => {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "nohup-ignoring-input-appending-output",
-                            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), homeout_str.quote().to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("nohup-ignoring-input-appending-output", "path" => homeout_str.quote())
                     );
                     Ok(t)
                 }
diff --git a/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml
index 904fb23dfa4..641fc413e1c 100644
--- a/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/nproc.rs"
 libc = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nproc"
diff --git a/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs b/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs
index 29970b9a9fc..f7be033bd95 100644
--- a/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) NPROCESSORS nprocs numstr sysconf
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::{env, thread};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 pub const _SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF: libc::c_int = 83;
@@ -35,13 +34,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             Err(e) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "nproc-error-invalid-number",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("value".to_string(), numstr.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("nproc-error-invalid-number", "value" => numstr.quote(), "error" => e),
                 ));
             }
         },
@@ -99,20 +92,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("nproc-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("nproc-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("nproc-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("nproc-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_ALL)
                 .long(OPT_ALL)
-                .help(get_message("nproc-help-all"))
+                .help(translate!("nproc-help-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_IGNORE)
                 .long(OPT_IGNORE)
                 .value_name("N")
-                .help(get_message("nproc-help-ignore")),
+                .help(translate!("nproc-help-ignore")),
         )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml
index e762a7c494c..5cfd2dc4697 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/numfmt.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "ranges"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "numfmt"
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
index 27bd14bc26c..816b2fda534 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore powf
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use crate::options::{NumfmtOptions, RoundMethod, TransformOptions};
 use crate::units::{DisplayableSuffix, IEC_BASES, RawSuffix, Result, SI_BASES, Suffix, Unit};
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for WhitespaceSplitter<'a> {
 
 fn parse_suffix(s: &str) -> Result<(f64, Option<Suffix>)> {
     if s.is_empty() {
-        return Err(get_message("numfmt-error-invalid-number-empty"));
+        return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-number-empty"));
     }
 
     let with_i = s.ends_with('i');
@@ -84,10 +83,7 @@ fn parse_suffix(s: &str) -> Result<(f64, Option<Suffix>)> {
         Some('Y') => Some((RawSuffix::Y, with_i)),
         Some('0'..='9') if !with_i => None,
         _ => {
-            return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "numfmt-error-invalid-suffix",
-                HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-            ));
+            return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-suffix", "input" => s.quote()));
         }
     };
 
@@ -97,12 +93,9 @@ fn parse_suffix(s: &str) -> Result<(f64, Option<Suffix>)> {
         Some((_, true)) => 2,
     };
 
-    let number = s[..s.len() - suffix_len].parse::<f64>().map_err(|_| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "numfmt-error-invalid-number",
-            HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-    })?;
+    let number = s[..s.len() - suffix_len]
+        .parse::<f64>()
+        .map_err(|_| translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-number", "input" => s.quote()))?;
 
     Ok((number, suffix))
 }
@@ -142,25 +135,14 @@ fn remove_suffix(i: f64, s: Option<Suffix>, u: &Unit) -> Result<f64> {
             RawSuffix::Z => Ok(i * IEC_BASES[7]),
             RawSuffix::Y => Ok(i * IEC_BASES[8]),
         },
-        (Some((raw_suffix, false)), &Unit::Iec(true)) => Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "numfmt-error-missing-i-suffix",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("number".to_string(), i.to_string()),
-                ("suffix".to_string(), format!("{raw_suffix:?}")),
-            ]),
-        )),
-        (Some((raw_suffix, with_i)), &Unit::None) => Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "numfmt-error-rejecting-suffix",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("number".to_string(), i.to_string()),
-                (
-                    "suffix".to_string(),
-                    format!("{raw_suffix:?}{}", if with_i { "i" } else { "" }),
-                ),
-            ]),
-        )),
+        (Some((raw_suffix, false)), &Unit::Iec(true)) => Err(
+            translate!("numfmt-error-missing-i-suffix", "number" => i, "suffix" => format!("{raw_suffix:?}")),
+        ),
+        (Some((raw_suffix, with_i)), &Unit::None) => Err(
+            translate!("numfmt-error-rejecting-suffix", "number" => i, "suffix" => format!("{raw_suffix:?}{}", if with_i { "i" } else { "" })),
+        ),
         (None, _) => Ok(i),
-        (_, _) => Err(get_message("numfmt-error-suffix-unsupported-for-unit")),
+        (_, _) => Err(translate!("numfmt-error-suffix-unsupported-for-unit")),
     }
 }
 
@@ -238,7 +220,7 @@ fn consider_suffix(
     let (bases, with_i) = match *u {
         Unit::Si => (&SI_BASES, false),
         Unit::Iec(with_i) => (&IEC_BASES, with_i),
-        Unit::Auto => return Err(get_message("numfmt-error-unit-auto-not-supported-with-to")),
+        Unit::Auto => return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-unit-auto-not-supported-with-to")),
         Unit::None => return Ok((n, None)),
     };
 
@@ -252,7 +234,7 @@ fn consider_suffix(
         _ if abs_n < bases[7] => 6,
         _ if abs_n < bases[8] => 7,
         _ if abs_n < bases[9] => 8,
-        _ => return Err(get_message("numfmt-error-number-too-big")),
+        _ => return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-number-too-big")),
     };
 
     let v = if precision > 0 {
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
index 6370f4e9997..f8dddd8c69f 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use crate::format::format_and_print;
 use crate::options::*;
 use crate::units::{Result, Unit};
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, parser::ValueSource};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::{BufRead, Error, Write};
 use std::result::Result as StdResult;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use units::{IEC_BASES, SI_BASES};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::ranges::Range;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show, show_error};
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fn parse_unit(s: &str) -> Result<Unit> {
         "iec" => Ok(Unit::Iec(false)),
         "iec-i" => Ok(Unit::Iec(true)),
         "none" => Ok(Unit::None),
-        _ => Err(get_message("numfmt-error-unsupported-unit")),
+        _ => Err(translate!("numfmt-error-unsupported-unit")),
     }
 }
 
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ fn parse_unit_size(s: &str) -> Result<usize> {
         }
     }
 
-    Err(get_message_with_args(
-        "numfmt-error-invalid-unit-size",
-        HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-    ))
+    Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-unit-size", "size" => s.quote()))
 }
 
 /// Parses a suffix of a unit size and returns the corresponding multiplier. For example,
@@ -174,12 +171,7 @@ fn parse_options(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<NumfmtOptions> {
                 0 => Err(s),
                 _ => Ok(n),
             })
-            .map_err(|s| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-invalid-padding",
-                    HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            }),
+            .map_err(|s| translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-padding", "value" => s.quote())),
         None => Ok(0),
     }?;
 
@@ -193,12 +185,7 @@ fn parse_options(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<NumfmtOptions> {
                 0 => Err(value),
                 _ => Ok(n),
             })
-            .map_err(|value| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-invalid-header",
-                    HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), value.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })
+            .map_err(|value| translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-header", "value" => value.quote()))
     } else {
         Ok(0)
     }?;
@@ -220,8 +207,8 @@ fn parse_options(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<NumfmtOptions> {
     };
 
     if format.grouping && to != Unit::None {
-        return Err(get_message(
-            "numfmt-error-grouping-cannot-be-combined-with-to",
+        return Err(translate!(
+            "numfmt-error-grouping-cannot-be-combined-with-to"
         ));
     }
 
@@ -229,8 +216,8 @@ fn parse_options(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<NumfmtOptions> {
         if arg.len() == 1 {
             Ok(Some(arg.to_string()))
         } else {
-            Err(get_message(
-                "numfmt-error-delimiter-must-be-single-character",
+            Err(translate!(
+                "numfmt-error-delimiter-must-be-single-character"
             ))
         }
     })?;
@@ -292,9 +279,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("numfmt-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("numfmt-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("numfmt-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("numfmt-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("numfmt-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("numfmt-usage")))
         .allow_negative_numbers(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
@@ -302,12 +289,12 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .long(DELIMITER)
                 .value_name("X")
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-delimiter")),
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-delimiter")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(FIELD)
                 .long(FIELD)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-field"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-field"))
                 .value_name("FIELDS")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .default_value(FIELD_DEFAULT),
@@ -315,48 +302,48 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(FORMAT)
                 .long(FORMAT)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-format"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-format"))
                 .value_name("FORMAT")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(FROM)
                 .long(FROM)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-from"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-from"))
                 .value_name("UNIT")
                 .default_value(FROM_DEFAULT),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(FROM_UNIT)
                 .long(FROM_UNIT)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-from-unit"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-from-unit"))
                 .value_name("N")
                 .default_value(FROM_UNIT_DEFAULT),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(TO)
                 .long(TO)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-to"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-to"))
                 .value_name("UNIT")
                 .default_value(TO_DEFAULT),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(TO_UNIT)
                 .long(TO_UNIT)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-to-unit"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-to-unit"))
                 .value_name("N")
                 .default_value(TO_UNIT_DEFAULT),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(PADDING)
                 .long(PADDING)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-padding"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-padding"))
                 .value_name("N"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(HEADER)
                 .long(HEADER)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-header"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-header"))
                 .num_args(..=1)
                 .value_name("N")
                 .default_missing_value(HEADER_DEFAULT)
@@ -365,7 +352,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(ROUND)
                 .long(ROUND)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-round"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-round"))
                 .value_name("METHOD")
                 .default_value("from-zero")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
@@ -379,13 +366,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(SUFFIX)
                 .long(SUFFIX)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-suffix"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-suffix"))
                 .value_name("SUFFIX"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(INVALID)
                 .long(INVALID)
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-invalid"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-invalid"))
                 .default_value("abort")
                 .value_parser(["abort", "fail", "warn", "ignore"])
                 .value_name("INVALID"),
@@ -394,7 +381,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .long(ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
-                .help(get_message("numfmt-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("numfmt-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(Arg::new(NUMBER).hide(true).action(ArgAction::Append))
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/options.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/options.rs
index 6f5bd7ff965..48f4a4dae0c 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/options.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::units::Unit;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
 use uucore::ranges::Range;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub const DELIMITER: &str = "delimiter";
 pub const FIELD: &str = "field";
@@ -147,15 +146,9 @@ impl FromStr for FormatOptions {
 
         if iter.peek().is_none() {
             return if options.prefix == s {
-                Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-format-no-percent",
-                    HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                ))
+                Err(translate!("numfmt-error-format-no-percent", "format" => s))
             } else {
-                Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-format-ends-in-percent",
-                    HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                ))
+                Err(translate!("numfmt-error-format-ends-in-percent", "format" => s))
             };
         }
 
@@ -175,10 +168,7 @@ impl FromStr for FormatOptions {
             match iter.peek() {
                 Some(c) if c.is_ascii_digit() => padding.push('-'),
                 _ => {
-                    return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                        "numfmt-error-invalid-format-directive",
-                        HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                    ));
+                    return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-format-directive", "format" => s));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -196,10 +186,9 @@ impl FromStr for FormatOptions {
             if let Ok(p) = padding.parse() {
                 options.padding = Some(p);
             } else {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-invalid-format-width-overflow",
-                    HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                ));
+                return Err(
+                    translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-format-width-overflow", "format" => s),
+                );
             }
         }
 
@@ -207,10 +196,7 @@ impl FromStr for FormatOptions {
             iter.next();
 
             if matches!(iter.peek(), Some(' ' | '+' | '-')) {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-invalid-precision",
-                    HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                ));
+                return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-precision", "format" => s));
             }
 
             while let Some(c) = iter.peek() {
@@ -227,20 +213,14 @@ impl FromStr for FormatOptions {
             } else if let Ok(p) = precision.parse() {
                 options.precision = Some(p);
             } else {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-invalid-precision",
-                    HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                ));
+                return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-precision", "format" => s));
             }
         }
 
         if let Some('f') = iter.peek() {
             iter.next();
         } else {
-            return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "numfmt-error-invalid-format-directive",
-                HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-            ));
+            return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-invalid-format-directive", "format" => s));
         }
 
         // '%' chars in the suffix, if any, must appear in blocks of even length, otherwise
@@ -254,10 +234,7 @@ impl FromStr for FormatOptions {
                 }
                 iter.next();
             } else {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "numfmt-error-format-too-many-percent",
-                    HashMap::from([("format".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                ));
+                return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-format-too-many-percent", "format" => s));
             }
         }
 
@@ -274,10 +251,7 @@ impl FromStr for InvalidModes {
             "fail" => Ok(Self::Fail),
             "warn" => Ok(Self::Warn),
             "ignore" => Ok(Self::Ignore),
-            unknown => Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "numfmt-error-unknown-invalid-mode",
-                HashMap::from([("mode".to_string(), unknown.to_string())]),
-            )),
+            unknown => Err(translate!("numfmt-error-unknown-invalid-mode", "mode" => unknown)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml
index a7c9ba33660..a2cd59a63e4 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ byteorder = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 half = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "od"
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
index dcfd4017680..48b84ef1f90 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ mod prn_float;
 mod prn_int;
 
 use std::cmp;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::io::BufReader;
 
@@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ use clap::ArgAction;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command, parser::ValueSource};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::ParseSizeError;
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error, show_warning};
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ impl OdOptions {
                 _ => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "od-error-invalid-endian",
-                            HashMap::from([("endian".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("od-error-invalid-endian", "endian" => s),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -113,15 +110,8 @@ impl OdOptions {
 
         let mut label: Option<u64> = None;
 
-        let parsed_input = parse_inputs(matches).map_err(|e| {
-            USimpleError::new(
-                1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "od-error-invalid-inputs",
-                    HashMap::from([("msg".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                ),
-            )
-        })?;
+        let parsed_input = parse_inputs(matches)
+            .map_err(|e| USimpleError::new(1, translate!("od-error-invalid-inputs", "msg" => e)))?;
         let input_strings = match parsed_input {
             CommandLineInputs::FileNames(v) => v,
             CommandLineInputs::FileAndOffset((f, s, l)) => {
@@ -159,13 +149,7 @@ impl OdOptions {
         if line_bytes == 0 || line_bytes % min_bytes != 0 {
             show_warning!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "od-error-invalid-width",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("width".to_string(), line_bytes.to_string()),
-                        ("min".to_string(), min_bytes.to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("od-error-invalid-width", "width" => line_bytes, "min" => min_bytes)
             );
             line_bytes = min_bytes;
         }
@@ -203,16 +187,13 @@ impl OdOptions {
                         _ => {
                             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                                 1,
-                                get_message_with_args(
-                                    "od-error-radix-invalid",
-                                    HashMap::from([("radix".to_string(), s.to_string())]),
-                                ),
+                                translate!("od-error-radix-invalid", "radix" => s),
                             ));
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
                     // Return an error instead of panicking when `od -A ''` is executed.
-                    return Err(USimpleError::new(1, get_message("od-error-radix-empty")));
+                    return Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("od-error-radix-empty")));
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -270,9 +251,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("od-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("od-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("od-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("od-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("od-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("od-after-help"))
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .dont_delimit_trailing_values(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
@@ -281,34 +262,34 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help)
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ADDRESS_RADIX)
                 .short('A')
                 .long(options::ADDRESS_RADIX)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-address-radix"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-address-radix"))
                 .value_name("RADIX"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SKIP_BYTES)
                 .short('j')
                 .long(options::SKIP_BYTES)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-skip-bytes"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-skip-bytes"))
                 .value_name("BYTES"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::READ_BYTES)
                 .short('N')
                 .long(options::READ_BYTES)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-read-bytes"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-read-bytes"))
                 .value_name("BYTES"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ENDIAN)
                 .long(options::ENDIAN)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-endian"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-endian"))
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new(["big", "little"]))
                 .value_name("big|little"),
         )
@@ -326,31 +307,31 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new("a")
                 .short('a')
-                .help(get_message("od-help-a"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-a"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("b")
                 .short('b')
-                .help(get_message("od-help-b"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-b"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("c")
                 .short('c')
-                .help(get_message("od-help-c"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-c"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("d")
                 .short('d')
-                .help(get_message("od-help-d"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-d"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("D")
                 .short('D')
-                .help(get_message("od-help-d4"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-d4"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -441,7 +422,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FORMAT)
                 .short('t')
                 .long("format")
-                .help(get_message("od-help-format"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-format"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .num_args(1)
                 .value_name("TYPE"),
@@ -450,14 +431,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::OUTPUT_DUPLICATES)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::OUTPUT_DUPLICATES)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-output-duplicates"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-output-duplicates"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::WIDTH)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-width"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-width"))
                 .default_missing_value("32")
                 .value_name("BYTES")
                 .num_args(..=1),
@@ -465,7 +446,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TRADITIONAL)
                 .long(options::TRADITIONAL)
-                .help(get_message("od-help-traditional"))
+                .help(translate!("od-help-traditional"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -652,26 +633,14 @@ fn format_error_message(error: &ParseSizeError, s: &str, option: &str) -> String
     // NOTE:
     // GNU's od echos affected flag, -N or --read-bytes (-j or --skip-bytes, etc.), depending user's selection
     match error {
-        ParseSizeError::InvalidSuffix(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "od-error-invalid-suffix",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
-        ParseSizeError::ParseFailure(_) | ParseSizeError::PhysicalMem(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "od-error-invalid-argument",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
-        ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "od-error-argument-too-large",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
+        ParseSizeError::InvalidSuffix(_) => {
+            translate!("od-error-invalid-suffix", "option" => option, "value" => s.quote())
+        }
+        ParseSizeError::ParseFailure(_) | ParseSizeError::PhysicalMem(_) => {
+            translate!("od-error-invalid-argument", "option" => option, "value" => s.quote())
+        }
+        ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(_) => {
+            translate!("od-error-argument-too-large", "option" => option, "value" => s.quote())
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs b/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs
index 7805264c2fe..a62adc1ad33 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore formatteriteminfo docopt fvox fvoxw vals acdx
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use crate::formatter_item_info::FormatterItemInfo;
 use crate::prn_char::*;
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ pub fn parse_format_flags(args: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo
         }
     }
     if expect_type_string {
-        return Err(get_message("od-error-missing-format-spec"));
+        return Err(translate!("od-error-missing-format-spec"));
     }
 
     if formats.is_empty() {
@@ -279,13 +278,7 @@ fn parse_type_string(params: &str) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo>, Strin
 
     while let Some(type_char) = ch {
         let type_char = format_type(type_char).ok_or_else(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "od-error-unexpected-char",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("char".to_string(), type_char.to_string()),
-                    ("spec".to_string(), params.quote().to_string()),
-                ]),
-            )
+            translate!("od-error-unexpected-char", "char" => type_char, "spec" => params.quote())
         })?;
 
         let type_cat = format_type_category(type_char);
@@ -320,12 +313,10 @@ fn parse_type_string(params: &str) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo>, Strin
                         }
                         if !decimal_size.is_empty() {
                             byte_size = decimal_size.parse().map_err(|_| {
-                                get_message_with_args(
+                                translate!(
                                     "od-error-invalid-number",
-                                    HashMap::from([
-                                        ("number".to_string(), decimal_size.quote().to_string()),
-                                        ("spec".to_string(), params.quote().to_string()),
-                                    ]),
+                                    "number" => decimal_size.quote(),
+                                    "spec" => params.quote()
                                 )
                             })?;
                         }
@@ -341,13 +332,7 @@ fn parse_type_string(params: &str) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo>, Strin
             }
             if !decimal_size.is_empty() {
                 byte_size = decimal_size.parse().map_err(|_| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "od-error-invalid-number",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("number".to_string(), decimal_size.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("spec".to_string(), params.quote().to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("od-error-invalid-number", "number" => decimal_size.quote(), "spec" => params.quote())
                 })?;
             }
         }
@@ -363,12 +348,10 @@ fn parse_type_string(params: &str) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo>, Strin
             }
         } else {
             od_format_type(type_char, byte_size).ok_or_else(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
+                translate!(
                     "od-error-invalid-size",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("size".to_string(), byte_size.to_string()),
-                        ("spec".to_string(), params.quote().to_string()),
-                    ]),
+                    "size" => byte_size,
+                    "spec" => params.quote()
                 )
             })?
         };
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/parse_inputs.rs b/src/uu/od/src/parse_inputs.rs
index 69ce279b758..b185e5427d9 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/parse_inputs.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/parse_inputs.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 use super::options;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Abstraction for getopts
 pub trait CommandLineOpts {
@@ -124,10 +123,7 @@ pub fn parse_inputs_traditional(input_strings: &[&str]) -> Result<CommandLineInp
                     m,
                     None,
                 ))),
-                _ => Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "od-error-invalid-offset",
-                    HashMap::from([("offset".to_string(), input_strings[1].to_string())]),
-                )),
+                _ => Err(translate!("od-error-invalid-offset", "offset" => input_strings[1])),
             }
         }
         3 => {
@@ -139,20 +135,15 @@ pub fn parse_inputs_traditional(input_strings: &[&str]) -> Result<CommandLineInp
                     n,
                     Some(m),
                 ))),
-                (Err(_), _) => Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "od-error-invalid-offset",
-                    HashMap::from([("offset".to_string(), input_strings[1].to_string())]),
-                )),
-                (_, Err(_)) => Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "od-error-invalid-label",
-                    HashMap::from([("label".to_string(), input_strings[2].to_string())]),
-                )),
+                (Err(_), _) => {
+                    Err(translate!("od-error-invalid-offset", "offset" => input_strings[1]))
+                }
+                (_, Err(_)) => {
+                    Err(translate!("od-error-invalid-label", "label" => input_strings[2]))
+                }
             }
         }
-        _ => Err(get_message_with_args(
-            "od-error-too-many-inputs",
-            HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), input_strings[3].to_string())]),
-        )),
+        _ => Err(translate!("od-error-too-many-inputs", "input" => input_strings[3])),
     }
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +173,7 @@ pub fn parse_offset_operand(s: &str) -> Result<u64, &'static str> {
     }
     match u64::from_str_radix(&s[start..len], radix) {
         Ok(i) => Ok(i * multiply),
-        Err(_) => Err(get_message("od-error-parse-failed").leak()),
+        Err(_) => Err(translate!("od-error-parse-failed").leak()),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/partial_reader.rs b/src/uu/od/src/partial_reader.rs
index 932f238994e..a88294cf347 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/partial_reader.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/partial_reader.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::io;
 use std::io::Read;
 
 use crate::multifile_reader::HasError;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// When a large number of bytes must be skipped, it will be read into a
 /// dynamically allocated buffer. The buffer will be limited to this size.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl<R: Read> Read for PartialReader<R> {
                         // this is an error as we still have more to skip
                         return Err(io::Error::new(
                             io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
-                            get_message("od-error-skip-past-end"),
+                            translate!("od-error-skip-past-end"),
                         ));
                     }
                     n => self.skip -= n as u64,
diff --git a/src/uu/paste/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/paste/Cargo.toml
index 7c48c343458..ca0efa67c28 100644
--- a/src/uu/paste/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/paste/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/paste.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "paste"
diff --git a/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs b/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs
index 856de30efe4..b6b9b59a8a4 100644
--- a/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs
+++ b/src/uu/paste/src/paste.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::cell::{OnceCell, RefCell};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Stdin, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use std::iter::Cycle;
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ use std::slice::Iter;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const DELIMITER: &str = "delimiters";
@@ -42,21 +41,21 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("paste-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("paste-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("paste-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("paste-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SERIAL)
                 .long(options::SERIAL)
                 .short('s')
-                .help(get_message("paste-help-serial"))
+                .help(translate!("paste-help-serial"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DELIMITER)
                 .long(options::DELIMITER)
                 .short('d')
-                .help(get_message("paste-help-delimiter"))
+                .help(translate!("paste-help-delimiter"))
                 .value_name("LIST")
                 .default_value("\t")
                 .hide_default_value(true),
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
-                .help(get_message("paste-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("paste-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
 }
@@ -237,10 +236,7 @@ fn parse_delimiters(delimiters: &str) -> UResult<Box<[Box<[u8]>]>> {
                 None => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "paste-error-delimiter-unescaped-backslash",
-                            HashMap::from([("delimiters".to_string(), delimiters.to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("paste-error-delimiter-unescaped-backslash", "delimiters" => delimiters),
                     ));
                 }
             },
@@ -369,13 +365,7 @@ impl InputSource {
             InputSource::StandardInput(rc) => rc
                 .try_borrow()
                 .map_err(|bo| {
-                    USimpleError::new(
-                        1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "paste-error-stdin-borrow",
-                            HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), bo.to_string())]),
-                        ),
-                    )
+                    USimpleError::new(1, translate!("paste-error-stdin-borrow", "error" => bo))
                 })?
                 .lock()
                 .read_until(byte, buf)?,
diff --git a/src/uu/pathchk/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/pathchk/Cargo.toml
index 4acd16ac3f9..b75bfab51fe 100644
--- a/src/uu/pathchk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/pathchk/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/pathchk.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "pathchk"
diff --git a/src/uu/pathchk/src/pathchk.rs b/src/uu/pathchk/src/pathchk.rs
index f22fa16a7b7..3b7a3c164f4 100644
--- a/src/uu/pathchk/src/pathchk.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pathchk/src/pathchk.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) lstat
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{ErrorKind, Write};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 // operating mode
 enum Mode {
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if paths.is_none() {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("pathchk-error-missing-operand"),
+            translate!("pathchk-error-missing-operand"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -82,25 +81,25 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("pathchk-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("pathchk-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("pathchk-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("pathchk-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::POSIX)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("pathchk-help-posix"))
+                .help(translate!("pathchk-help-posix"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::POSIX_SPECIAL)
                 .short('P')
-                .help(get_message("pathchk-help-posix-special"))
+                .help(translate!("pathchk-help-posix-special"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PORTABILITY)
                 .long(options::PORTABILITY)
-                .help(get_message("pathchk-help-portability"))
+                .help(translate!("pathchk-help-portability"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -130,21 +129,14 @@ fn check_basic(path: &[String]) -> bool {
         writeln!(
             std::io::stderr(),
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "pathchk-error-posix-path-length-exceeded",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("limit".to_string(), POSIX_PATH_MAX.to_string()),
-                    ("length".to_string(), total_len.to_string()),
-                    ("path".to_string(), joined_path),
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("pathchk-error-posix-path-length-exceeded", "limit" => POSIX_PATH_MAX, "length" => total_len, "path" => joined_path)
         );
         return false;
     } else if total_len == 0 {
         writeln!(
             std::io::stderr(),
             "{}",
-            get_message("pathchk-error-empty-file-name")
+            translate!("pathchk-error-empty-file-name")
         );
         return false;
     }
@@ -155,14 +147,7 @@ fn check_basic(path: &[String]) -> bool {
             writeln!(
                 std::io::stderr(),
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "pathchk-error-posix-name-length-exceeded",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("limit".to_string(), POSIX_NAME_MAX.to_string()),
-                        ("length".to_string(), component_len.to_string()),
-                        ("component".to_string(), p.quote().to_string()),
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("pathchk-error-posix-name-length-exceeded", "limit" => POSIX_NAME_MAX, "length" => component_len, "component" => p.quote())
             );
             return false;
         }
@@ -182,10 +167,7 @@ fn check_extra(path: &[String]) -> bool {
             writeln!(
                 std::io::stderr(),
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "pathchk-error-leading-hyphen",
-                    HashMap::from([("component".to_string(), p.quote().to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("pathchk-error-leading-hyphen", "component" => p.quote())
             );
             return false;
         }
@@ -195,7 +177,7 @@ fn check_extra(path: &[String]) -> bool {
         writeln!(
             std::io::stderr(),
             "{}",
-            get_message("pathchk-error-empty-file-name")
+            translate!("pathchk-error-empty-file-name")
         );
         return false;
     }
@@ -211,14 +193,7 @@ fn check_default(path: &[String]) -> bool {
         writeln!(
             std::io::stderr(),
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "pathchk-error-path-length-exceeded",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("limit".to_string(), libc::PATH_MAX.to_string()),
-                    ("length".to_string(), total_len.to_string()),
-                    ("path".to_string(), joined_path.quote().to_string()),
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("pathchk-error-path-length-exceeded", "limit" => libc::PATH_MAX, "length" => total_len, "path" => joined_path.quote())
         );
         return false;
     }
@@ -231,7 +206,7 @@ fn check_default(path: &[String]) -> bool {
             writeln!(
                 std::io::stderr(),
                 "{}",
-                get_message("pathchk-error-empty-path-not-found")
+                translate!("pathchk-error-empty-path-not-found")
             );
             return false;
         }
@@ -244,14 +219,7 @@ fn check_default(path: &[String]) -> bool {
             writeln!(
                 std::io::stderr(),
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "pathchk-error-name-length-exceeded",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("limit".to_string(), libc::FILENAME_MAX.to_string()),
-                        ("length".to_string(), component_len.to_string()),
-                        ("component".to_string(), p.quote().to_string()),
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("pathchk-error-name-length-exceeded", "limit" => libc::FILENAME_MAX, "length" => component_len, "component" => p.quote())
             );
             return false;
         }
@@ -285,13 +253,7 @@ fn check_portable_chars(path_segment: &str) -> bool {
             writeln!(
                 std::io::stderr(),
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "pathchk-error-nonportable-character",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("character".to_string(), invalid.to_string()),
-                        ("component".to_string(), path_segment.quote().to_string()),
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("pathchk-error-nonportable-character", "character" => invalid, "component" => path_segment.quote())
             );
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/uu/pinky/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/pinky/Cargo.toml
index 2d496f8fca1..1a22ca5171c 100644
--- a/src/uu/pinky/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/pinky/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/pinky.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["utmpx", "entries"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "pinky"
diff --git a/src/uu/pinky/src/pinky.rs b/src/uu/pinky/src/pinky.rs
index 165bd82333f..e494ba555bb 100644
--- a/src/uu/pinky/src/pinky.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pinky/src/pinky.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod platform;
 
@@ -30,69 +30,69 @@ use platform::uumain;
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     #[cfg(not(target_env = "musl"))]
-    let about = get_message("pinky-about");
+    let about = translate!("pinky-about");
     #[cfg(target_env = "musl")]
-    let about = get_message("pinky-about") + &get_message("pinky-about-musl-warning");
+    let about = translate!("pinky-about") + &translate!("pinky-about-musl-warning");
 
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
         .about(about)
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("pinky-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("pinky-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LONG_FORMAT)
                 .short('l')
                 .requires(options::USER)
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-long-format"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-long-format"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_HOME_DIR)
                 .short('b')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-home-dir"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-home-dir"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_PROJECT_FILE)
                 .short('h')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-project-file"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-project-file"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_PLAN_FILE)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-plan-file"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-plan-file"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SHORT_FORMAT)
                 .short('s')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-short-format"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-short-format"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_HEADINGS)
                 .short('f')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-headings"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-headings"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_NAME)
                 .short('w')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-name"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-name"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_NAME_HOST)
                 .short('i')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-name-host"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-name-host"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_NAME_HOST_TIME)
                 .short('q')
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-omit-name-host-time"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-omit-name-host-time"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             // since that conflicts with omit_project_file.
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("pinky-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("pinky-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/openbsd.rs b/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/openbsd.rs
index 568d36e5510..fb7cd155b59 100644
--- a/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/openbsd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/openbsd.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 use crate::uu_app;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let _matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
-    println!("{}", get_message("pinky-unsupported-openbsd"));
+    println!("{}", translate!("pinky-unsupported-openbsd"));
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/unix.rs b/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/unix.rs
index 36e10062cc1..59c226046bb 100644
--- a/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/unix.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pinky/src/platform/unix.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::uu_app;
 use uucore::entries::{Locate, Passwd};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::libc::S_IWGRP;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::utmpx::{self, Utmpx, time};
 
 use std::io::BufReader;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 fn get_long_usage() -> String {
     format!(
         "{}{}",
-        get_message("pinky-long-usage-description"),
+        translate!("pinky-long-usage-description"),
         utmpx::DEFAULT_FILE
     )
 }
@@ -218,17 +218,17 @@ impl Pinky {
     }
 
     fn print_heading(&self) {
-        print!("{:<8}", get_message("pinky-column-login"));
+        print!("{:<8}", translate!("pinky-column-login"));
         if self.include_fullname {
-            print!(" {:<19}", get_message("pinky-column-name"));
+            print!(" {:<19}", translate!("pinky-column-name"));
         }
-        print!(" {:<9}", get_message("pinky-column-tty"));
+        print!(" {:<9}", translate!("pinky-column-tty"));
         if self.include_idle {
-            print!(" {:<6}", get_message("pinky-column-idle"));
+            print!(" {:<6}", translate!("pinky-column-idle"));
         }
-        print!(" {:<16}", get_message("pinky-column-when"));
+        print!(" {:<16}", translate!("pinky-column-when"));
         if self.include_where {
-            print!(" {}", get_message("pinky-column-where"));
+            print!(" {}", translate!("pinky-column-where"));
         }
         println!();
     }
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ impl Pinky {
         for u in &self.names {
             print!(
                 "{} {u:<28}{} ",
-                get_message("pinky-login-name-label"),
-                get_message("pinky-real-life-label")
+                translate!("pinky-login-name-label"),
+                translate!("pinky-real-life-label")
             );
             if let Ok(pw) = Passwd::locate(u.as_str()) {
                 let fullname = gecos_to_fullname(&pw).unwrap_or_default();
@@ -260,14 +260,14 @@ impl Pinky {
                 let user_shell = pw.user_shell.unwrap_or_default();
                 println!(" {fullname}");
                 if self.include_home_and_shell {
-                    print!("{} {user_dir:<29}", get_message("pinky-directory-label"));
-                    println!("{}  {user_shell}", get_message("pinky-shell-label"));
+                    print!("{} {user_dir:<29}", translate!("pinky-directory-label"));
+                    println!("{}  {user_shell}", translate!("pinky-shell-label"));
                 }
                 if self.include_project {
                     let mut p = PathBuf::from(&user_dir);
                     p.push(".project");
                     if let Ok(f) = File::open(p) {
-                        print!("{} ", get_message("pinky-project-label"));
+                        print!("{} ", translate!("pinky-project-label"));
                         read_to_console(f);
                     }
                 }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ impl Pinky {
                     let mut p = PathBuf::from(&user_dir);
                     p.push(".plan");
                     if let Ok(f) = File::open(p) {
-                        println!("{}:", get_message("pinky-plan-label"));
+                        println!("{}:", translate!("pinky-plan-label"));
                         read_to_console(f);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml
index abacaa9f071..3fb12813340 100644
--- a/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/pr/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ itertools = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "pr"
diff --git a/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs b/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
index 83aea2b4948..2ea418647ab 100644
--- a/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pr/src/pr.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
 use uucore::format_usage;
+use uucore::translate;
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 const TAB: char = '\t';
 const LINES_PER_PAGE: usize = 66;
 const LINES_PER_PAGE_FOR_FORM_FEED: usize = 63;
@@ -136,59 +135,59 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for PrError {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum PrError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("pr-error-reading-input", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("pr-error-reading-input", "file" => file.clone()))]
     Input {
         #[source]
         source: std::io::Error,
         file: String,
     },
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("pr-error-unknown-filetype", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("pr-error-unknown-filetype", "file" => file.clone()))]
     UnknownFiletype { file: String },
     #[error("pr: {msg}")]
     EncounteredErrors { msg: String },
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("pr-error-is-directory", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("pr-error-is-directory", "file" => file.clone()))]
     IsDirectory { file: String },
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("pr-error-socket-not-supported", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("pr-error-socket-not-supported", "file" => file.clone()))]
     IsSocket { file: String },
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("pr-error-no-such-file", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("pr-error-no-such-file", "file" => file.clone()))]
     NotExists { file: String },
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("pr-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("pr-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("pr-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("pr-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("pr-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("pr-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PAGES)
                 .long(options::PAGES)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-pages"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-pages"))
                 .value_name("FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE]"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HEADER)
                 .short('h')
                 .long(options::HEADER)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-header"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-header"))
                 .value_name("STRING"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DOUBLE_SPACE)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::DOUBLE_SPACE)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-double-space"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-double-space"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NUMBER_LINES)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::NUMBER_LINES)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-number-lines"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-number-lines"))
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("[char][width]"),
         )
@@ -196,28 +195,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FIRST_LINE_NUMBER)
                 .short('N')
                 .long(options::FIRST_LINE_NUMBER)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-first-line-number"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-first-line-number"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OMIT_HEADER)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::OMIT_HEADER)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-omit-header"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-omit-header"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PAGE_LENGTH)
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::PAGE_LENGTH)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-page-length"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-page-length"))
                 .value_name("PAGE_LENGTH"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_FILE_WARNINGS)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::NO_FILE_WARNINGS)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-no-file-warnings"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-no-file-warnings"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -225,74 +224,74 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('F')
                 .short_alias('f')
                 .long(options::FORM_FEED)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-form-feed"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-form-feed"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN_WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::COLUMN_WIDTH)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-column-width"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-column-width"))
                 .value_name("width"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PAGE_WIDTH)
                 .short('W')
                 .long(options::PAGE_WIDTH)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-page-width"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-page-width"))
                 .value_name("width"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ACROSS)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::ACROSS)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-across"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-across"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN)
                 .long(options::COLUMN)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-column"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-column"))
                 .value_name("column"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN_CHAR_SEPARATOR)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::COLUMN_CHAR_SEPARATOR)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-column-char-separator"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-column-char-separator"))
                 .value_name("char"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COLUMN_STRING_SEPARATOR)
                 .short('S')
                 .long(options::COLUMN_STRING_SEPARATOR)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-column-string-separator"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-column-string-separator"))
                 .value_name("string"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MERGE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(options::MERGE)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-merge"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-merge"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INDENT)
                 .short('o')
                 .long(options::INDENT)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-indent"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-indent"))
                 .value_name("margin"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::JOIN_LINES)
                 .short('J')
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-join-lines"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-join-lines"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("pr-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("pr-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -414,13 +413,13 @@ fn build_options(
 
     if is_merge_mode && matches.contains_id(options::COLUMN) {
         return Err(PrError::EncounteredErrors {
-            msg: get_message("pr-error-column-merge-conflict"),
+            msg: translate!("pr-error-column-merge-conflict"),
         });
     }
 
     if is_merge_mode && matches.get_flag(options::ACROSS) {
         return Err(PrError::EncounteredErrors {
-            msg: get_message("pr-error-across-merge-conflict"),
+            msg: translate!("pr-error-across-merge-conflict"),
         });
     }
 
@@ -563,13 +562,7 @@ fn build_options(
     if let Some(end_page) = end_page {
         if start_page > end_page {
             return Err(PrError::EncounteredErrors {
-                msg: get_message_with_args(
-                    "pr-error-invalid-pages-range",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("start".to_string(), start_page.to_string()),
-                        ("end".to_string(), end_page.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                ),
+                msg: translate!("pr-error-invalid-pages-range", "start" => start_page, "end" => end_page),
             });
         }
     }
@@ -1119,7 +1112,7 @@ fn header_content(options: &OutputOptions, page: usize) -> Vec<String> {
             "{} {} {} {page}",
             options.last_modified_time,
             options.header,
-            get_message("pr-page")
+            translate!("pr-page")
         );
         vec![
             String::new(),
diff --git a/src/uu/printenv/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/printenv/Cargo.toml
index 2b8b23ab8c2..09f073ffca5 100644
--- a/src/uu/printenv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/printenv/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/printenv.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "printenv"
diff --git a/src/uu/printenv/src/printenv.rs b/src/uu/printenv/src/printenv.rs
index 339cd5c7657..063be33ff21 100644
--- a/src/uu/printenv/src/printenv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/printenv/src/printenv.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::env;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{error::UResult, format_usage};
 
 static OPT_NULL: &str = "null";
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("printenv-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("printenv-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("printenv-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("printenv-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_NULL)
                 .short('0')
                 .long(OPT_NULL)
-                .help(get_message("printenv-help-null"))
+                .help(translate!("printenv-help-null"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml
index 7b5a2dadbfd..05d033fc681 100644
--- a/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/printf/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/printf.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format", "quoting-style"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "printf"
diff --git a/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs b/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs
index b9f464f1953..2c536bcb62c 100644
--- a/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs
+++ b/src/uu/printf/src/printf.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::stdout;
 use std::ops::ControlFlow;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format::{FormatArgument, FormatArguments, FormatItem, parse_spec_and_escape};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, os_str_as_bytes, show_warning};
 
 const VERSION: &str = "version";
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let format = matches
         .get_one::<OsString>(options::FORMAT)
-        .ok_or_else(|| UUsageError::new(1, get_message("printf-error-missing-operand")))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| UUsageError::new(1, translate!("printf-error-missing-operand")))?;
     let format = os_str_as_bytes(format)?;
 
     let values: Vec<_> = match matches.get_many::<OsString>(options::ARGUMENT) {
@@ -59,9 +58,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             };
             show_warning!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
+                translate!(
                     "printf-warning-ignoring-excess-arguments",
-                    HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), arg_str.to_string_lossy().to_string())])
+                    "arg" => arg_str.to_string_lossy()
                 )
             );
         }
@@ -85,21 +84,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .allow_hyphen_values(true)
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("printf-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("printf-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("printf-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("printf-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("printf-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("printf-usage")))
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .disable_version_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(HELP)
                 .long(HELP)
-                .help(get_message("printf-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("printf-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(VERSION)
                 .long(VERSION)
-                .help(get_message("printf-help-version"))
+                .help(translate!("printf-help-version"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Version),
         )
         .arg(Arg::new(options::FORMAT).value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString)))
diff --git a/src/uu/ptx/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ptx/Cargo.toml
index 1b180a7f86d..44dbf9a5ed0 100644
--- a/src/uu/ptx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ptx/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "ptx"
diff --git a/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs b/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs
index 7f45c07ef2d..78ec37a47eb 100644
--- a/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum OutFormat {
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ struct WordRef {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum PtxError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("ptx-error-dumb-format"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ptx-error-dumb-format"))]
     DumbFormat,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("ptx-error-not-implemented", HashMap::from([("feature".to_string(), (*.0).to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("ptx-error-not-implemented", "feature" => (*.0)))]
     NotImplemented(&'static str),
 
     #[error("{0}")]
@@ -692,12 +692,12 @@ fn write_traditional_output(
             }
         };
         writeln!(writer, "{output_line}")
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("ptx-error-write-failed"))?;
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("ptx-error-write-failed"))?;
     }
 
     writer
         .flush()
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("ptx-error-write-failed"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("ptx-error-write-failed"))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -755,10 +755,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if let Some(file) = files.next() {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "ptx-error-extra-operand",
-                    HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), file.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("ptx-error-extra-operand", "operand" => file.quote()),
             ));
         }
     }
@@ -771,9 +768,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("ptx-about"))
+        .about(translate!("ptx-about"))
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("ptx-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("ptx-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
@@ -785,28 +782,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::AUTO_REFERENCE)
                 .short('A')
                 .long(options::AUTO_REFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-auto-reference"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-auto-reference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TRADITIONAL)
                 .short('G')
                 .long(options::TRADITIONAL)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-traditional"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-traditional"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FLAG_TRUNCATION)
                 .short('F')
                 .long(options::FLAG_TRUNCATION)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-flag-truncation"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-flag-truncation"))
                 .value_name("STRING"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MACRO_NAME)
                 .short('M')
                 .long(options::MACRO_NAME)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-macro-name"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-macro-name"))
                 .value_name("STRING"),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -819,14 +816,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::ROFF)
                 .short('O')
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-roff"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-roff"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::FORMAT, options::format::ROFF, options::format::TEX])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::format::TEX)
                 .short('T')
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-tex"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-tex"))
                 .overrides_with_all([options::FORMAT, options::format::ROFF, options::format::TEX])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -834,28 +831,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::RIGHT_SIDE_REFS)
                 .short('R')
                 .long(options::RIGHT_SIDE_REFS)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-right-side-refs"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-right-side-refs"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SENTENCE_REGEXP)
                 .short('S')
                 .long(options::SENTENCE_REGEXP)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-sentence-regexp"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-sentence-regexp"))
                 .value_name("REGEXP"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WORD_REGEXP)
                 .short('W')
                 .long(options::WORD_REGEXP)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-word-regexp"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-word-regexp"))
                 .value_name("REGEXP"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BREAK_FILE)
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::BREAK_FILE)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-break-file"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-break-file"))
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -863,21 +860,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_CASE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_CASE)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-ignore-case"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-ignore-case"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::GAP_SIZE)
                 .short('g')
                 .long(options::GAP_SIZE)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-gap-size"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-gap-size"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_FILE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_FILE)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-ignore-file"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-ignore-file"))
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -885,7 +882,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ONLY_FILE)
                 .short('o')
                 .long(options::ONLY_FILE)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-only-file"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-only-file"))
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -893,7 +890,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::REFERENCES)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::REFERENCES)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-references"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-references"))
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
@@ -901,7 +898,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::WIDTH)
-                .help(get_message("ptx-help-width"))
+                .help(translate!("ptx-help-width"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER"),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/pwd/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/pwd/Cargo.toml
index aafd8c52efc..1a1fabcfaeb 100644
--- a/src/uu/pwd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/pwd/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/pwd.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "pwd"
diff --git a/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs b/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs
index 5abe5aae016..4703c424b9b 100644
--- a/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::display::println_verbatim;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 const OPT_LOGICAL: &str = "logical";
 const OPT_PHYSICAL: &str = "physical";
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     } else {
         physical_path()
     }
-    .map_err_context(|| get_message("pwd-error-failed-to-get-current-directory"))?;
+    .map_err_context(|| translate!("pwd-error-failed-to-get-current-directory"))?;
 
     // \\?\ is a prefix Windows gives to paths under certain circumstances,
     // including when canonicalizing them.
@@ -133,21 +133,21 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .unwrap_or(cwd);
 
     println_verbatim(cwd)
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("pwd-error-failed-to-print-current-directory"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("pwd-error-failed-to-print-current-directory"))?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("pwd-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("pwd-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("pwd-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("pwd-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_LOGICAL)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(OPT_LOGICAL)
-                .help(get_message("pwd-help-logical"))
+                .help(translate!("pwd-help-logical"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('P')
                 .long(OPT_PHYSICAL)
                 .overrides_with(OPT_LOGICAL)
-                .help(get_message("pwd-help-physical"))
+                .help(translate!("pwd-help-physical"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/readlink/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/readlink/Cargo.toml
index dd52e1d69da..31d3d851caf 100644
--- a/src/uu/readlink/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/readlink/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/readlink.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "readlink"
diff --git a/src/uu/readlink/src/readlink.rs b/src/uu/readlink/src/readlink.rs
index 0710db19903..8f61d9ab25b 100644
--- a/src/uu/readlink/src/readlink.rs
+++ b/src/uu/readlink/src/readlink.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::fs::{MissingHandling, ResolveMode, canonicalize};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
 const OPT_CANONICALIZE: &str = "canonicalize";
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if files.is_empty() {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("readlink-error-missing-operand"),
+            translate!("readlink-error-missing-operand"),
         ));
     }
 
     if no_trailing_delimiter && files.len() > 1 && !silent {
-        show_error!("{}", get_message("readlink-error-ignoring-no-newline"));
+        show_error!("{}", translate!("readlink-error-ignoring-no-newline"));
         no_trailing_delimiter = false;
     }
 
@@ -107,63 +107,63 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("readlink-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("readlink-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("readlink-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("readlink-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CANONICALIZE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(OPT_CANONICALIZE)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-canonicalize"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-canonicalize"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CANONICALIZE_EXISTING)
                 .short('e')
                 .long("canonicalize-existing")
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-canonicalize-existing"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-canonicalize-existing"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CANONICALIZE_MISSING)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(OPT_CANONICALIZE_MISSING)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-canonicalize-missing"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-canonicalize-missing"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_NO_NEWLINE)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(OPT_NO_NEWLINE)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-no-newline"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-no-newline"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_QUIET)
                 .short('q')
                 .long(OPT_QUIET)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_SILENT)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(OPT_SILENT)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-silent"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-silent"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(OPT_VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_ZERO)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(OPT_ZERO)
-                .help(get_message("readlink-help-zero"))
+                .help(translate!("readlink-help-zero"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/realpath/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/realpath/Cargo.toml
index 9060e38db58..d0a37a8b41f 100644
--- a/src/uu/realpath/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/realpath/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/realpath.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "realpath"
diff --git a/src/uu/realpath/src/realpath.rs b/src/uu/realpath/src/realpath.rs
index 339787eb631..d5d77cc2ccb 100644
--- a/src/uu/realpath/src/realpath.rs
+++ b/src/uu/realpath/src/realpath.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 use uucore::fs::make_path_relative_to;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{
     display::{Quotable, print_verbatim},
     error::{FromIo, UClapError, UResult},
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("realpath-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("realpath-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("realpath-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("realpath-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_QUIET)
                 .short('q')
                 .long(OPT_QUIET)
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -101,21 +101,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('s')
                 .long(OPT_STRIP)
                 .visible_alias("no-symlinks")
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-strip"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-strip"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_ZERO)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(OPT_ZERO)
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-zero"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-zero"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_LOGICAL)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(OPT_LOGICAL)
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-logical"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-logical"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -123,21 +123,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('P')
                 .long(OPT_PHYSICAL)
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_STRIP, OPT_LOGICAL])
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-physical"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-physical"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CANONICALIZE_EXISTING)
                 .short('e')
                 .long(OPT_CANONICALIZE_EXISTING)
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-canonicalize-existing"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-canonicalize-existing"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_CANONICALIZE_MISSING)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(OPT_CANONICALIZE_MISSING)
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-canonicalize-missing"))
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-canonicalize-missing"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_RELATIVE_TO)
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 .value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-relative-to")),
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-relative-to")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_RELATIVE_BASE)
                 .long(OPT_RELATIVE_BASE)
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 .value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())
-                .help(get_message("realpath-help-relative-base")),
+                .help(translate!("realpath-help-relative-base")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(ARG_FILES)
diff --git a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
index 0ed6e93fa99..01056009afa 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/rm.rs"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs b/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
index 8ba07787c70..18c963611d7 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
+++ b/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (path) eacces inacc rm-r4
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, builder::ValueParser, parser::ValueSource};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::{self, Metadata};
 use std::io::{IsTerminal, stdin};
@@ -20,30 +19,27 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{format_usage, os_str_as_bytes, prompt_yes, show_error};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum RmError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("rm-error-missing-operand",
-                                        HashMap::from([
-                                            ("util_name".to_string(),
-                                             uucore::execution_phrase().to_string())
-                                        ])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-missing-operand", "util_name" => uucore::execution_phrase()))]
     MissingOperand,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("rm-error-invalid-interactive-argument", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), _0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-invalid-interactive-argument", "arg" => _0.clone()))]
     InvalidInteractiveArgument(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("rm-error-cannot-remove-no-such-file", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-cannot-remove-no-such-file", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     CannotRemoveNoSuchFile(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("rm-error-cannot-remove-permission-denied", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-cannot-remove-permission-denied", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     CannotRemovePermissionDenied(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("rm-error-cannot-remove-is-directory", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-cannot-remove-is-directory", "file" => _0.quote()))]
     CannotRemoveIsDirectory(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("rm-error-dangerous-recursive-operation"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-dangerous-recursive-operation"))]
     DangerousRecursiveOperation,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("rm-error-use-no-preserve-root"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-use-no-preserve-root"))]
     UseNoPreserveRoot,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("rm-error-refusing-to-remove-directory", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), _0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("rm-error-refusing-to-remove-directory", "path" => _0))]
     RefusingToRemoveDirectory(String),
 }
 
@@ -222,36 +218,36 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("rm-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("rm-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("rm-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("rm-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("rm-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("rm-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_FORCE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(OPT_FORCE)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-force"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-force"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PROMPT_ALWAYS)
                 .short('i')
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-prompt-always"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-prompt-always"))
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_PROMPT_ONCE, OPT_INTERACTIVE])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PROMPT_ONCE)
                 .short('I')
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-prompt-once"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-prompt-once"))
                 .overrides_with_all([OPT_PROMPT_ALWAYS, OPT_INTERACTIVE])
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_INTERACTIVE)
                 .long(OPT_INTERACTIVE)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-interactive"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-interactive"))
                 .value_name("WHEN")
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .require_equals(true)
@@ -261,19 +257,19 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .long(OPT_ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-one-file-system"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-one-file-system"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .long(OPT_NO_PRESERVE_ROOT)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-no-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-no-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PRESERVE_ROOT)
                 .long(OPT_PRESERVE_ROOT)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-preserve-root"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-preserve-root"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -281,21 +277,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('r')
                 .visible_short_alias('R')
                 .long(OPT_RECURSIVE)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-recursive"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-recursive"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_DIR)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(OPT_DIR)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-dir"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-dir"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(OPT_VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("rm-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("rm-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         // From the GNU source code:
@@ -459,12 +455,9 @@ fn remove_dir_recursive(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
             match fs::remove_dir_all(path) {
                 Ok(_) => return false,
                 Err(e) => {
-                    let e = e.map_err_context(|| {
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "rm-error-cannot-remove",
-                            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                        )
-                    });
+                    let e = e.map_err_context(
+                        || translate!("rm-error-cannot-remove", "file" => path.quote()),
+                    );
                     show_error!("{e}");
                     return true;
                 }
@@ -507,12 +500,8 @@ fn remove_dir_recursive(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
             error = true;
         }
         Err(e) if !error => {
-            let e = e.map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "rm-error-cannot-remove",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            });
+            let e =
+                e.map_err_context(|| translate!("rm-error-cannot-remove", "file" => path.quote()));
             show_error!("{e}");
             error = true;
         }
@@ -524,10 +513,7 @@ fn remove_dir_recursive(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
         }
         Ok(_) if options.verbose => println!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "rm-verbose-removed-directory",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), normalize(path).quote().to_string())])
-            )
+            translate!("rm-verbose-removed-directory", "file" => normalize(path).quote())
         ),
         Ok(_) => {}
     }
@@ -591,21 +577,14 @@ fn remove_dir(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
             if options.verbose {
                 println!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "rm-verbose-removed-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), normalize(path).quote().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("rm-verbose-removed-directory", "file" => normalize(path).quote())
                 );
             }
             false
         }
         Err(e) => {
-            let e = e.map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "rm-error-cannot-remove",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            });
+            let e =
+                e.map_err_context(|| translate!("rm-error-cannot-remove", "file" => path.quote()));
             show_error!("{e}");
             true
         }
@@ -619,13 +598,7 @@ fn remove_file(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
                 if options.verbose {
                     println!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "rm-verbose-removed",
-                            HashMap::from([(
-                                "file".to_string(),
-                                normalize(path).quote().to_string()
-                            )])
-                        )
+                        translate!("rm-verbose-removed", "file" => normalize(path).quote())
                     );
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml
index 03ec352799b..6001af169cc 100644
--- a/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/rmdir/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/rmdir.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 libc = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "rmdir"
diff --git a/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs b/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs
index d0a09983858..34346c0d60c 100644
--- a/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs
@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{read_dir, remove_dir};
 use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, set_exit_code, strip_errno};
+use uucore::translate;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error, util_name};
 
 static OPT_IGNORE_FAIL_NON_EMPTY: &str = "ignore-fail-on-non-empty";
@@ -74,10 +73,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                     if no_slash.is_symlink() && points_to_directory(no_slash).unwrap_or(true) {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "rmdir-error-symbolic-link-not-followed",
-                                HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("rmdir-error-symbolic-link-not-followed", "path" => path.quote())
                         );
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -86,13 +82,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "rmdir-error-failed-to-remove",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string()),
-                        ("err".to_string(), strip_errno(&error).to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("rmdir-error-failed-to-remove", "path" => path.quote(), "err" => strip_errno(&error))
             );
         }
     }
@@ -123,13 +113,7 @@ fn remove_single(path: &Path, opts: Opts) -> Result<(), Error<'_>> {
     if opts.verbose {
         println!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "rmdir-verbose-removing-directory",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("util_name".to_string(), util_name().to_string()),
-                    ("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("rmdir-verbose-removing-directory", "util_name" => util_name(), "path" => path.quote())
         );
     }
     remove_dir(path).map_err(|error| Error { error, path })
@@ -186,27 +170,27 @@ struct Opts {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("rmdir-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("rmdir-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("rmdir-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("rmdir-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_IGNORE_FAIL_NON_EMPTY)
                 .long(OPT_IGNORE_FAIL_NON_EMPTY)
-                .help(get_message("rmdir-help-ignore-fail-non-empty"))
+                .help(translate!("rmdir-help-ignore-fail-non-empty"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PARENTS)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(OPT_PARENTS)
-                .help(get_message("rmdir-help-parents"))
+                .help(translate!("rmdir-help-parents"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(OPT_VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("rmdir-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("rmdir-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/runcon/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/runcon/Cargo.toml
index d010a8ad8f2..a7c235dca8a 100644
--- a/src/uu/runcon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/runcon/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "fs", "perms", "selinux"] }
 selinux = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "runcon"
diff --git a/src/uu/runcon/src/errors.rs b/src/uu/runcon/src/errors.rs
index b1ce45fb13d..4fa3135ca4a 100644
--- a/src/uu/runcon/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/runcon/src/errors.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 #![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Write};
 use std::io;
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ use std::str::Utf8Error;
 
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub(crate) type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ pub(crate) mod error_exit_status {
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("runcon-error-no-command"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("runcon-error-no-command"))]
     MissingCommand,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("runcon-error-selinux-not-enabled"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("runcon-error-selinux-not-enabled"))]
     SELinuxNotEnabled,
 
     #[error(transparent)]
@@ -39,19 +38,19 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     CommandLine(#[from] clap::Error),
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("runcon-error-operation-failed", HashMap::from([("operation".to_string(), get_message(.operation))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("runcon-error-operation-failed", "operation" => .operation))]
     SELinux {
         operation: &'static str,
         source: selinux::errors::Error,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("runcon-error-operation-failed", HashMap::from([("operation".to_string(), get_message(.operation))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("runcon-error-operation-failed", "operation" => .operation))]
     Io {
         operation: &'static str,
         source: io::Error,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("runcon-error-operation-failed-on", HashMap::from([("operation".to_string(), get_message(.operation)), ("operand".to_string(), .operand1.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("runcon-error-operation-failed-on", "operation" => .operation, "operand" => .operand1.quote()))]
     Io1 {
         operation: &'static str,
         operand1: OsString,
diff --git a/src/uu/runcon/src/runcon.rs b/src/uu/runcon/src/runcon.rs
index 7cb2d8e4e4f..2f98cb7de1b 100644
--- a/src/uu/runcon/src/runcon.rs
+++ b/src/uu/runcon/src/runcon.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use uucore::error::{UClapError, UError, UResult};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use selinux::{OpaqueSecurityContext, SecurityClass, SecurityContext};
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("runcon-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("runcon-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("runcon-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("runcon-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("runcon-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("runcon-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COMPUTE)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::COMPUTE)
-                .help(get_message("runcon-help-compute"))
+                .help(translate!("runcon-help-compute"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('u')
                 .long(options::USER)
                 .value_name("USER")
-                .help(get_message("runcon-help-user"))
+                .help(translate!("runcon-help-user"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::ROLE)
                 .value_name("ROLE")
-                .help(get_message("runcon-help-role"))
+                .help(translate!("runcon-help-role"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::TYPE)
                 .value_name("TYPE")
-                .help(get_message("runcon-help-type"))
+                .help(translate!("runcon-help-type"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::RANGE)
                 .value_name("RANGE")
-                .help(get_message("runcon-help-range"))
+                .help(translate!("runcon-help-range"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
index 5973b515798..f96e98079e3 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "parser",
   "quoting-style",
 ] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "seq"
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs b/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs
index cebd49fe847..2fd92938c10 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore numberparse
 //! Errors returned by seq.
 use crate::numberparse::ParseNumberError;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum SeqError {
@@ -17,32 +16,32 @@ pub enum SeqError {
     ///
     /// The parameters are the [`String`] argument as read from the
     /// command line and the underlying parsing error itself.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("seq-error-parse", HashMap::from([("type".to_string(), parse_error_type(.1).to_string()), ("arg".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("seq-error-parse", "type" => parse_error_type(.1), "arg" => .0.quote()))]
     ParseError(String, ParseNumberError),
 
     /// The increment argument was zero, which is not allowed.
     ///
     /// The parameter is the increment argument as a [`String`] as read
     /// from the command line.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("seq-error-zero-increment", HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("seq-error-zero-increment", "arg" => .0.quote()))]
     ZeroIncrement(String),
 
     /// No arguments were passed to this function, 1 or more is required
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("seq-error-no-arguments", HashMap::new()))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("seq-error-no-arguments"))]
     NoArguments,
 
     /// Both a format and equal width where passed to seq
     #[error(
         "{}",
-        get_message_with_args("seq-error-format-and-equal-width", HashMap::new())
+        translate!("seq-error-format-and-equal-width")
     )]
     FormatAndEqualWidth,
 }
 
 fn parse_error_type(e: &ParseNumberError) -> String {
     match e {
-        ParseNumberError::Float => get_message("seq-parse-error-type-float"),
-        ParseNumberError::Nan => get_message("seq-parse-error-type-nan"),
+        ParseNumberError::Float => translate!("seq-parse-error-type-float"),
+        ParseNumberError::Nan => translate!("seq-parse-error-type-nan"),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs b/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
index 6fafb59c107..6e343f5349a 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
+++ b/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mod numberparse;
 use crate::error::SeqError;
 use crate::number::PreciseNumber;
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 const OPT_SEPARATOR: &str = "separator";
 const OPT_TERMINATOR: &str = "terminator";
@@ -221,32 +221,32 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("seq-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("seq-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("seq-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("seq-usage")))
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_SEPARATOR)
                 .short('s')
                 .long("separator")
-                .help(get_message("seq-help-separator")),
+                .help(translate!("seq-help-separator")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_TERMINATOR)
                 .short('t')
                 .long("terminator")
-                .help(get_message("seq-help-terminator")),
+                .help(translate!("seq-help-terminator")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_EQUAL_WIDTH)
                 .short('w')
                 .long("equal-width")
-                .help(get_message("seq-help-equal-width"))
+                .help(translate!("seq-help-equal-width"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_FORMAT)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(OPT_FORMAT)
-                .help(get_message("seq-help-format")),
+                .help(translate!("seq-help-format")),
         )
         .arg(
             // we use allow_hyphen_values instead of allow_negative_numbers because clap removed
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
index 6b90299a16d..9f5294d3b84 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 libc = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "shred"
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
index 8e1a3d14541..a3479783563 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
+++ b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error, show_if_err};
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 pub mod options {
     pub const FORCE: &str = "force";
     pub const FILE: &str = "file";
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if !matches.contains_id(options::FILE) {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("shred-missing-file-operand"),
+            translate!("shred-missing-file-operand"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -255,10 +253,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             Err(_) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "shred-invalid-number-of-passes",
-                        HashMap::from([("passes".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("shred-invalid-number-of-passes", "passes" => s.quote()),
                 ));
             }
         },
@@ -269,10 +264,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         Some(filepath) => RandomSource::Read(File::open(filepath).map_err(|_| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "shred-cannot-open-random-source",
-                    HashMap::from([("source".to_string(), filepath.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("shred-cannot-open-random-source", "source" => filepath.quote()),
             )
         })?),
         None => RandomSource::System,
@@ -323,22 +315,22 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("shred-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("shred-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("shred-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("shred-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("shred-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("shred-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FORCE)
                 .long(options::FORCE)
                 .short('f')
-                .help(get_message("shred-force-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-force-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ITERATIONS)
                 .long(options::ITERATIONS)
                 .short('n')
-                .help(get_message("shred-iterations-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-iterations-help"))
                 .value_name("NUMBER")
                 .default_value("3"),
         )
@@ -347,12 +339,12 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::SIZE)
                 .short('s')
                 .value_name("N")
-                .help(get_message("shred-size-help")),
+                .help(translate!("shred-size-help")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WIPESYNC)
                 .short('u')
-                .help(get_message("shred-deallocate-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-deallocate-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -367,34 +359,34 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .default_missing_value(options::remove::WIPESYNC)
-                .help(get_message("shred-remove-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-remove-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Set),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
-                .help(get_message("shred-verbose-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-verbose-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::EXACT)
                 .long(options::EXACT)
                 .short('x')
-                .help(get_message("shred-exact-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-exact-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO)
                 .long(options::ZERO)
                 .short('z')
-                .help(get_message("shred-zero-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-zero-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RANDOM_SOURCE)
                 .long(options::RANDOM_SOURCE)
-                .help(get_message("shred-random-source-help"))
+                .help(translate!("shred-random-source-help"))
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
                 .action(ArgAction::Set),
         )
@@ -414,10 +406,7 @@ fn get_size(size_str_opt: Option<String>) -> Option<u64> {
             if let Some(size) = size_str_opt {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "shred-invalid-file-size",
-                        HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), size.quote().to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("shred-invalid-file-size", "size" => size.quote())
                 );
                 // TODO: replace with our error management
                 std::process::exit(1);
@@ -452,19 +441,13 @@ fn wipe_file(
     if !path.exists() {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-no-such-file-or-directory",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("shred-no-such-file-or-directory", "file" => path.maybe_quote()),
         ));
     }
     if !path.is_file() {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-not-a-file",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("shred-not-a-file", "file" => path.maybe_quote()),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -537,12 +520,9 @@ fn wipe_file(
         .write(true)
         .truncate(false)
         .open(path)
-        .map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-failed-to-open-for-writing",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-            )
-        })?;
+        .map_err_context(
+            || translate!("shred-failed-to-open-for-writing", "file" => path.maybe_quote()),
+        )?;
 
     let size = match size {
         Some(size) => size,
@@ -552,10 +532,7 @@ fn wipe_file(
     for (i, pass_type) in pass_sequence.into_iter().enumerate() {
         if verbose {
             let pass_name = pass_name(&pass_type);
-            let msg = get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-pass-progress",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-            );
+            let msg = translate!("shred-pass-progress", "file" => path.maybe_quote());
             show_error!(
                 "{msg} {}/{total_passes} ({pass_name})...",
                 (i + 1).to_string()
@@ -565,21 +542,15 @@ fn wipe_file(
         // Ignore failed writes; just keep trying
         show_if_err!(
             do_pass(&mut file, &pass_type, exact, random_source, size).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "shred-file-write-pass-failed",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-                )
+                translate!("shred-file-write-pass-failed", "file" => path.maybe_quote())
             })
         );
     }
 
     if remove_method != RemoveMethod::None {
-        do_remove(path, path_str, verbose, remove_method).map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-failed-to-remove-file",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-            )
-        })?;
+        do_remove(path, path_str, verbose, remove_method).map_err_context(
+            || translate!("shred-failed-to-remove-file", "file" => path.maybe_quote()),
+        )?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -652,7 +623,7 @@ fn wipe_name(orig_path: &Path, verbose: bool, remove_method: RemoveMethod) -> Op
                         show_error!(
                             "{}: {} {}",
                             last_path.maybe_quote().to_string(),
-                            get_message("shred-renamed-to",),
+                            translate!("shred-renamed-to"),
                             new_path.display().to_string()
                         );
                     }
@@ -670,14 +641,7 @@ fn wipe_name(orig_path: &Path, verbose: bool, remove_method: RemoveMethod) -> Op
                     break;
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
-                    let msg = get_message_with_args(
-                        "shred-couldnt-rename",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("file".to_string(), last_path.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                            ("new_name".to_string(), new_path.quote().to_string()),
-                            ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    );
+                    let msg = translate!("shred-couldnt-rename", "file" => last_path.maybe_quote(), "new_name" => new_path.quote(), "error" => e);
                     show_error!("{msg}");
                     // TODO: replace with our error management
                     std::process::exit(1);
@@ -698,10 +662,7 @@ fn do_remove(
     if verbose {
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-removing",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), orig_filename.maybe_quote().to_string())])
-            )
+            translate!("shred-removing", "file" => orig_filename.maybe_quote())
         );
     }
 
@@ -718,10 +679,7 @@ fn do_remove(
     if verbose {
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "shred-removed",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), orig_filename.maybe_quote().to_string())])
-            )
+            translate!("shred-removed", "file" => orig_filename.maybe_quote())
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/shuf/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/shuf/Cargo.toml
index 83dca2bb65e..eea09469b01 100644
--- a/src/uu/shuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/shuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 rand_core = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "shuf"
diff --git a/src/uu/shuf/src/shuf.rs b/src/uu/shuf/src/shuf.rs
index b4c51ad85e8..254875eaa47 100644
--- a/src/uu/shuf/src/shuf.rs
+++ b/src/uu/shuf/src/shuf.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
 use rand::seq::IndexedRandom;
 use rand::{Rng, RngCore};
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufWriter, Error, Read, Write, stdin, stdout};
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use uucore::display::{OsWrite, Quotable};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod rand_read_adapter;
 
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if let Some(second_file) = operands.next() {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "shuf-error-unexpected-argument",
-                    HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), second_file.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("shuf-error-unexpected-argument", "arg" => second_file.quote()),
             ));
         }
         Mode::Default(file.into())
@@ -104,12 +101,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let mut output = BufWriter::new(match options.output {
         None => Box::new(stdout()) as Box<dyn OsWrite>,
         Some(ref s) => {
-            let file = File::create(s).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "shuf-error-failed-to-open-for-writing",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let file = File::create(s).map_err_context(
+                || translate!("shuf-error-failed-to-open-for-writing", "file" => s.quote()),
+            )?;
             Box::new(file) as Box<dyn OsWrite>
         }
     });
@@ -121,12 +115,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let mut rng = match options.random_source {
         Some(ref r) => {
-            let file = File::open(r).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "shuf-error-failed-to-open-random-source",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), r.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let file = File::open(r).map_err_context(
+                || translate!("shuf-error-failed-to-open-random-source", "file" => r.quote()),
+            )?;
             WrappedRng::RngFile(rand_read_adapter::ReadRng::new(file))
         }
         None => WrappedRng::RngDefault(rand::rng()),
@@ -152,15 +143,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
-        .about(get_message("shuf-about"))
+        .about(translate!("shuf-about"))
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("shuf-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("shuf-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ECHO)
                 .short('e')
                 .long(options::ECHO)
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-echo"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-echo"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::ECHO)
                 .conflicts_with(options::INPUT_RANGE),
@@ -170,7 +161,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::INPUT_RANGE)
                 .value_name("LO-HI")
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-input-range"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-input-range"))
                 .value_parser(parse_range)
                 .conflicts_with(options::FILE_OR_ARGS),
         )
@@ -180,7 +171,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::HEAD_COUNT)
                 .value_name("COUNT")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-head-count"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-head-count"))
                 .value_parser(usize::from_str),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -188,7 +179,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('o')
                 .long(options::OUTPUT)
                 .value_name("FILE")
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-output"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-output"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::path_buf())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -196,7 +187,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::RANDOM_SOURCE)
                 .long(options::RANDOM_SOURCE)
                 .value_name("FILE")
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-random-source"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-random-source"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::path_buf())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -204,7 +195,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::REPEAT)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::REPEAT)
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-repeat"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-repeat"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::REPEAT),
         )
@@ -212,7 +203,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
-                .help(get_message("shuf-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("shuf-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::ZERO_TERMINATED),
         )
@@ -229,7 +220,7 @@ fn read_input_file(filename: &Path) -> UResult<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut data = Vec::new();
         stdin()
             .read_to_end(&mut data)
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("shuf-error-read-error"))?;
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("shuf-error-read-error"))?;
         Ok(data)
     } else {
         std::fs::read(filename).map_err_context(|| filename.maybe_quote().to_string())
@@ -440,13 +431,13 @@ fn shuf_exec(
     rng: &mut WrappedRng,
     output: &mut BufWriter<Box<dyn OsWrite>>,
 ) -> UResult<()> {
-    let ctx = || get_message("shuf-error-write-failed");
+    let ctx = || translate!("shuf-error-write-failed");
 
     if opts.repeat {
         if input.is_empty() {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("shuf-error-no-lines-to-repeat"),
+                translate!("shuf-error-no-lines-to-repeat"),
             ));
         }
         for _ in 0..opts.head_count {
@@ -473,10 +464,10 @@ fn parse_range(input_range: &str) -> Result<RangeInclusive<usize>, String> {
         if begin <= end || begin == end + 1 {
             Ok(begin..=end)
         } else {
-            Err(get_message("shuf-error-start-exceeds-end"))
+            Err(translate!("shuf-error-start-exceeds-end"))
         }
     } else {
-        Err(get_message("shuf-error-missing-dash"))
+        Err(translate!("shuf-error-missing-dash"))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/sleep/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sleep/Cargo.toml
index 26c813e29ad..bf97f856f36 100644
--- a/src/uu/sleep/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sleep/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/sleep.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "sleep"
diff --git a/src/uu/sleep/src/sleep.rs b/src/uu/sleep/src/sleep.rs
index 674d6cdf901..1731c2af140 100644
--- a/src/uu/sleep/src/sleep.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sleep/src/sleep.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{
     error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError},
     format_usage,
@@ -28,13 +27,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .ok_or_else(|| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "sleep-error-missing-operand",
-                    HashMap::from([(
-                        "program".to_string(),
-                        uucore::execution_phrase().to_string(),
-                    )]),
-                ),
+                translate!("sleep-error-missing-operand", "program" => uucore::execution_phrase()),
             )
         })?
         .map(|s| s.as_str())
@@ -46,13 +39,13 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("sleep-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("sleep-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("sleep-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("sleep-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("sleep-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("sleep-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NUMBER)
-                .help(get_message("sleep-help-number"))
+                .help(translate!("sleep-help-number"))
                 .value_name(options::NUMBER)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
index 80c8ba364b7..789f6fec51d 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ tempfile = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser", "version-cmp"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 069b8b31012..74b6253fbdb 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use numeric_str_cmp::{NumInfo, NumInfoParseSettings, human_numeric_str_cmp, nume
 use rand::{Rng, rng};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
@@ -46,16 +45,17 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, strip_errno};
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
+use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
 use uucore::parser::num_parser::{ExtendedParser, ExtendedParserError};
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, Parser};
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::show_error;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::version_cmp::version_cmp;
-use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
 use crate::tmp_dir::TmpDirWrapper;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 mod options {
     pub mod modes {
         pub const SORT: &str = "sort";
@@ -130,49 +130,49 @@ pub enum SortError {
         silent: bool,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-open-failed", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), format!("{}", .path.maybe_quote())), ("error".to_string(), strip_errno(.error))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-open-failed", "path" => format!("{}", .path.maybe_quote()), "error" => strip_errno(.error)))]
     OpenFailed {
         path: PathBuf,
         error: std::io::Error,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-parse-key-error", HashMap::from([("key".to_string(), .key.quote().to_string()), ("msg".to_string(), .msg.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-parse-key-error", "key" => .key.quote(), "msg" => .msg.clone()))]
     ParseKeyError { key: String, msg: String },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-cannot-read", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), format!("{}", .path.maybe_quote())), ("error".to_string(), strip_errno(.error))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-cannot-read", "path" => format!("{}", .path.maybe_quote()), "error" => strip_errno(.error)))]
     ReadFailed {
         path: PathBuf,
         error: std::io::Error,
     },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-open-tmp-file-failed", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), strip_errno(.error))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-open-tmp-file-failed", "error" => strip_errno(.error)))]
     OpenTmpFileFailed { error: std::io::Error },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-compress-prog-execution-failed", HashMap::from([("code".to_string(), .code.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-compress-prog-execution-failed", "code" => .code))]
     CompressProgExecutionFailed { code: i32 },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-compress-prog-terminated-abnormally", HashMap::from([("prog".to_string(), .prog.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-compress-prog-terminated-abnormally", "prog" => .prog.quote()))]
     CompressProgTerminatedAbnormally { prog: String },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-cannot-create-tmp-file", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), format!("{}", .path.display()))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-cannot-create-tmp-file", "path" => format!("{}", .path.display())))]
     TmpFileCreationFailed { path: PathBuf },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-file-operands-combined", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), format!("{}", .file.display())), ("help".to_string(), uucore::execution_phrase().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-file-operands-combined", "file" => format!("{}", .file.display()), "help" => uucore::execution_phrase()))]
     FileOperandsCombined { file: PathBuf },
 
     #[error("{error}")]
     Uft8Error { error: Utf8Error },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("sort-multiple-output-files"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-multiple-output-files"))]
     MultipleOutputFiles,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message("sort-minus-in-stdin"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-minus-in-stdin"))]
     MinusInStdIn,
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-no-input-from", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), format!("{}", .file.display()))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-no-input-from", "file" => format!("{}", .file.display())))]
     EmptyInputFile { file: PathBuf },
 
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("sort-invalid-zero-length-filename", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), format!("{}", .file.display())), ("line_num".to_string(), .line_num.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("sort-invalid-zero-length-filename", "file" => format!("{}", .file.display()), "line_num" => .line_num))]
     ZeroLengthFileName { file: PathBuf, line_num: usize },
 }
 
@@ -189,14 +189,7 @@ fn format_disorder(file: &OsString, line_number: &usize, line: &String, silent:
     if *silent {
         String::new()
     } else {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "sort-error-disorder",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("file".to_string(), file.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                ("line_number".to_string(), line_number.to_string()),
-                ("line".to_string(), line.to_owned()),
-            ]),
-        )
+        translate!("sort-error-disorder", "file" => file.maybe_quote(), "line_number" => line_number, "line" => line.to_owned())
     }
 }
 
@@ -322,10 +315,7 @@ impl GlobalSettings {
             .parse(input.trim())?;
 
         usize::try_from(size).map_err(|_| {
-            ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(get_message_with_args(
-                "sort-error-buffer-size-too-big",
-                HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), size.to_string())]),
-            ))
+            ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(translate!("sort-error-buffer-size-too-big", "size" => size))
         })
     }
 
@@ -399,27 +389,13 @@ impl KeySettings {
             SortMode::Numeric | SortMode::HumanNumeric | SortMode::GeneralNumeric | SortMode::Month
         ) {
             if dictionary_order {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "sort-options-incompatible",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("opt1".to_string(), "d".to_string()),
-                        (
-                            "opt2".to_string(),
-                            mode.get_short_name().unwrap().to_string(),
-                        ),
-                    ]),
-                ));
+                return Err(
+                    translate!("sort-options-incompatible", "opt1" => "d", "opt2" => mode.get_short_name().unwrap()),
+                );
             } else if ignore_non_printing {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "sort-options-incompatible",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("opt1".to_string(), "i".to_string()),
-                        (
-                            "opt2".to_string(),
-                            mode.get_short_name().unwrap().to_string(),
-                        ),
-                    ]),
-                ));
+                return Err(
+                    translate!("sort-options-incompatible", "opt1" => "i", "opt2" => mode.get_short_name().unwrap()),
+                );
             }
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -427,19 +403,9 @@ impl KeySettings {
 
     fn set_sort_mode(&mut self, mode: SortMode) -> Result<(), String> {
         if self.mode != SortMode::Default && self.mode != mode {
-            return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                "sort-options-incompatible",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    (
-                        "opt1".to_string(),
-                        self.mode.get_short_name().unwrap().to_string(),
-                    ),
-                    (
-                        "opt2".to_string(),
-                        mode.get_short_name().unwrap().to_string(),
-                    ),
-                ]),
-            ));
+            return Err(
+                translate!("sort-options-incompatible", "opt1" => self.mode.get_short_name().unwrap(), "opt2" => mode.get_short_name().unwrap()),
+            );
         }
         Self::check_compatibility(mode, self.ignore_non_printing, self.dictionary_order)?;
         self.mode = mode;
@@ -660,7 +626,7 @@ impl<'a> Line<'a> {
             write!(writer, "{}", " ".repeat(select.len()))?;
 
             if selection.is_empty() {
-                writeln!(writer, "{}", get_message("sort-error-no-match-for-key"))?;
+                writeln!(writer, "{}", translate!("sort-error-no-match-for-key"))?;
             } else {
                 let select = &line[selection];
                 writeln!(writer, "{}", "_".repeat(select.len()))?;
@@ -682,7 +648,7 @@ impl<'a> Line<'a> {
         {
             // A last resort comparator is in use, underline the whole line.
             if self.line.is_empty() {
-                writeln!(writer, "{}", get_message("sort-error-no-match-for-key"))?;
+                writeln!(writer, "{}", translate!("sort-error-no-match-for-key"))?;
             } else {
                 writeln!(writer, "{}", "_".repeat(self.line.len()))?;
             }
@@ -752,40 +718,27 @@ impl KeyPosition {
     fn new(key: &str, default_char_index: usize, ignore_blanks: bool) -> Result<Self, String> {
         let mut field_and_char = key.split('.');
 
-        let field = field_and_char.next().ok_or_else(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "sort-invalid-key",
-                HashMap::from([("key".to_string(), key.quote().to_string())]),
-            )
-        })?;
+        let field = field_and_char
+            .next()
+            .ok_or_else(|| translate!("sort-invalid-key", "key" => key.quote()))?;
         let char = field_and_char.next();
 
         let field = match field.parse::<usize>() {
             Ok(f) => f,
             Err(e) if *e.kind() == IntErrorKind::PosOverflow => usize::MAX,
             Err(e) => {
-                return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                    "sort-failed-parse-field-index",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("field".to_string(), field.quote().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                ));
+                return Err(
+                    translate!("sort-failed-parse-field-index", "field" => field.quote(), "error" => e),
+                );
             }
         };
         if field == 0 {
-            return Err(get_message("sort-field-index-cannot-be-zero"));
+            return Err(translate!("sort-field-index-cannot-be-zero"));
         }
 
         let char = char.map_or(Ok(default_char_index), |char| {
             char.parse().map_err(|e: std::num::ParseIntError| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "sort-failed-parse-char-index",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("char".to_string(), char.quote().to_string()),
-                        ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                    ]),
-                )
+                translate!("sort-failed-parse-char-index", "char" => char.quote(), "error" => e)
             })
         })?;
 
@@ -886,10 +839,7 @@ impl FieldSelector {
                     'r' => key_settings.reverse = true,
                     'V' => key_settings.set_sort_mode(SortMode::Version)?,
                     c => {
-                        return Err(get_message_with_args(
-                            "sort-invalid-option",
-                            HashMap::from([("option".to_string(), c.to_string())]),
-                        ));
+                        return Err(translate!("sort-invalid-option", "option" => c));
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -916,7 +866,7 @@ impl FieldSelector {
         settings: KeySettings,
     ) -> Result<Self, String> {
         if from.char == 0 {
-            Err(get_message("sort-invalid-char-index-zero-start"))
+            Err(translate!("sort-invalid-char-index-zero-start"))
         } else {
             Ok(Self {
                 needs_selection: (from.field != 1
@@ -1081,7 +1031,7 @@ fn get_rlimit() -> UResult<usize> {
     };
     match unsafe { getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &raw mut limit) } {
         0 => Ok(limit.rlim_cur as usize),
-        _ => Err(UUsageError::new(2, get_message("sort-failed-fetch-rlimit"))),
+        _ => Err(UUsageError::new(2, translate!("sort-failed-fetch-rlimit"))),
     }
 }
 
@@ -1246,32 +1196,29 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 if parsed_value < 2 {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "sort-invalid-batch-size-arg",
-                            HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), n_merge.to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("sort-invalid-batch-size-arg", "arg" => n_merge)
                     );
                     return Err(UUsageError::new(
                         2,
-                        get_message("sort-minimum-batch-size-two"),
+                        translate!("sort-minimum-batch-size-two"),
                     ));
                 }
                 settings.merge_batch_size = parsed_value;
             }
             Err(e) => {
                 let error_message = if *e.kind() == IntErrorKind::PosOverflow {
-                    let batch_too_large = get_message_with_args(
+                    let batch_too_large = translate!(
                         "sort-batch-size-too-large",
-                        HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), n_merge.quote().to_string())]),
+                        "arg" => n_merge.quote()
                     );
 
                     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
                     {
                         show_error!("{}", batch_too_large);
 
-                        get_message_with_args(
+                        translate!(
                             "sort-maximum-batch-size-rlimit",
-                            HashMap::from([("rlimit".to_string(), get_rlimit()?.to_string())]),
+                            "rlimit" =>  get_rlimit()?
                         )
                     }
                     #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
@@ -1279,9 +1226,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                         batch_too_large
                     }
                 } else {
-                    get_message_with_args(
+                    translate!(
                         "sort-invalid-batch-size-arg",
-                        HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), n_merge.to_string())]),
+                        "arg" =>  n_merge,
                     )
                 };
 
@@ -1320,10 +1267,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     } else if settings.check && files.len() != 1 {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             2,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "sort-extra-operand-not-allowed-with-c",
-                HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), files[1].quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("sort-extra-operand-not-allowed-with-c", "operand" => files[1].quote()),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -1331,10 +1275,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         let mut separator = arg.to_str().ok_or_else(|| {
             UUsageError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "sort-separator-not-valid-unicode",
-                    HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), arg.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("sort-separator-not-valid-unicode", "arg" => arg.quote()),
             )
         })?;
         if separator == "\\0" {
@@ -1346,10 +1287,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         let &[sep_char] = separator.as_bytes() else {
             return Err(UUsageError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "sort-separator-must-be-one-char",
-                    HashMap::from([("separator".to_string(), separator.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("sort-separator-must-be-one-char", "separator" => separator.quote()),
             ));
         };
         settings.separator = Some(sep_char);
@@ -1404,9 +1342,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("sort-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("sort-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("sort-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("sort-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("sort-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("sort-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .disable_version_flag(true)
@@ -1414,13 +1352,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERSION)
                 .long(options::VERSION)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-version"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-version"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Version),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1439,38 +1377,38 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(make_sort_mode_arg(
             options::modes::HUMAN_NUMERIC,
             'h',
-            get_message("sort-help-human-numeric"),
+            translate!("sort-help-human-numeric"),
         ))
         .arg(make_sort_mode_arg(
             options::modes::MONTH,
             'M',
-            get_message("sort-help-month"),
+            translate!("sort-help-month"),
         ))
         .arg(make_sort_mode_arg(
             options::modes::NUMERIC,
             'n',
-            get_message("sort-help-numeric"),
+            translate!("sort-help-numeric"),
         ))
         .arg(make_sort_mode_arg(
             options::modes::GENERAL_NUMERIC,
             'g',
-            get_message("sort-help-general-numeric"),
+            translate!("sort-help-general-numeric"),
         ))
         .arg(make_sort_mode_arg(
             options::modes::VERSION,
             'V',
-            get_message("sort-help-version-sort"),
+            translate!("sort-help-version-sort"),
         ))
         .arg(make_sort_mode_arg(
             options::modes::RANDOM,
             'R',
-            get_message("sort-help-random"),
+            translate!("sort-help-random"),
         ))
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DICTIONARY_ORDER)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::DICTIONARY_ORDER)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-dictionary-order"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-dictionary-order"))
                 .conflicts_with_all([
                     options::modes::NUMERIC,
                     options::modes::GENERAL_NUMERIC,
@@ -1483,7 +1421,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::MERGE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(options::MERGE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-merge"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-merge"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1498,28 +1436,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     options::check::DIAGNOSE_FIRST,
                 ]))
                 .conflicts_with_all([options::OUTPUT, options::check::CHECK_SILENT])
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-check")),
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-check")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::check::CHECK_SILENT)
                 .short('C')
                 .long(options::check::CHECK_SILENT)
                 .conflicts_with_all([options::OUTPUT, options::check::CHECK])
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-check-silent"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-check-silent"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_CASE)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_CASE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-ignore-case"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-ignore-case"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_NONPRINTING)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_NONPRINTING)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-ignore-nonprinting"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-ignore-nonprinting"))
                 .conflicts_with_all([
                     options::modes::NUMERIC,
                     options::modes::GENERAL_NUMERIC,
@@ -1532,14 +1470,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_LEADING_BLANKS)
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_LEADING_BLANKS)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-ignore-leading-blanks"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-ignore-leading-blanks"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OUTPUT)
                 .short('o')
                 .long(options::OUTPUT)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-output"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-output"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_name("FILENAME")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
@@ -1550,28 +1488,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::REVERSE)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::REVERSE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-reverse"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-reverse"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::STABLE)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::STABLE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-stable"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-stable"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::UNIQUE)
                 .short('u')
                 .long(options::UNIQUE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-unique"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-unique"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::KEY)
                 .short('k')
                 .long(options::KEY)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-key"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-key"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .num_args(1),
         )
@@ -1579,54 +1517,54 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::SEPARATOR)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::SEPARATOR)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-separator"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-separator"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string()),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PARALLEL)
                 .long(options::PARALLEL)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-parallel"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-parallel"))
                 .value_name("NUM_THREADS"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BUF_SIZE)
                 .short('S')
                 .long(options::BUF_SIZE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-buf-size"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-buf-size"))
                 .value_name("SIZE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TMP_DIR)
                 .short('T')
                 .long(options::TMP_DIR)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-tmp-dir"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-tmp-dir"))
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::DirPath),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COMPRESS_PROG)
                 .long(options::COMPRESS_PROG)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-compress-prog"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-compress-prog"))
                 .value_name("PROG")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::CommandName),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BATCH_SIZE)
                 .long(options::BATCH_SIZE)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-batch-size"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-batch-size"))
                 .value_name("N_MERGE"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILES0_FROM)
                 .long(options::FILES0_FROM)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-files0-from"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-files0-from"))
                 .value_name("NUL_FILE")
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
@@ -1634,7 +1572,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DEBUG)
                 .long(options::DEBUG)
-                .help(get_message("sort-help-debug"))
+                .help(translate!("sort-help-debug"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1657,7 +1595,7 @@ fn exec(
         if files.len() > 1 {
             Err(UUsageError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message("sort-only-one-file-allowed-with-c"),
+                translate!("sort-only-one-file-allowed-with-c"),
             ))
         } else {
             check::check(files.first().unwrap(), settings)
@@ -1987,12 +1925,7 @@ fn print_sorted<'a, T: Iterator<Item = &'a Line<'a>>>(
         .as_output_name()
         .unwrap_or(OsStr::new("standard output"))
         .to_owned();
-    let ctx = || {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "sort-error-write-failed",
-            HashMap::from([("output".to_string(), output_name.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-    };
+    let ctx = || translate!("sort-error-write-failed", "output" => output_name.maybe_quote());
 
     let mut writer = output.into_write();
     for line in iter {
@@ -2043,27 +1976,15 @@ fn format_error_message(error: &ParseSizeError, s: &str, option: &str) -> String
     // NOTE:
     // GNU's sort echos affected flag, -S or --buffer-size, depending on user's selection
     match error {
-        ParseSizeError::InvalidSuffix(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "sort-invalid-suffix-in-option-arg",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("arg".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
-        ParseSizeError::ParseFailure(_) | ParseSizeError::PhysicalMem(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "sort-invalid-option-arg",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("arg".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
-        ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(_) => get_message_with_args(
-            "sort-option-arg-too-large",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("option".to_string(), option.to_string()),
-                ("arg".to_string(), s.quote().to_string()),
-            ]),
-        ),
+        ParseSizeError::InvalidSuffix(_) => {
+            translate!("sort-invalid-suffix-in-option-arg", "option" => option, "arg" => s.quote())
+        }
+        ParseSizeError::ParseFailure(_) | ParseSizeError::PhysicalMem(_) => {
+            translate!("sort-invalid-option-arg", "option" => option, "arg" => s.quote())
+        }
+        ParseSizeError::SizeTooBig(_) => {
+            translate!("sort-option-arg-too-large", "option" => option, "arg" => s.quote())
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/tmp_dir.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/tmp_dir.rs
index 2dedc59ed0c..474e01ae2f3 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/tmp_dir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/tmp_dir.rs
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use uucore::{
     error::{UResult, USimpleError},
-    locale::get_message_with_args,
-    show_error,
+    show_error, translate,
 };
 
 use crate::SortError;
@@ -62,9 +60,9 @@ impl TmpDirWrapper {
             if let Err(e) = remove_tmp_dir(&path) {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
+                    translate!(
                         "sort-failed-to-delete-temporary-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())])
+                        "error" => e
                     )
                 );
             }
@@ -73,9 +71,9 @@ impl TmpDirWrapper {
         .map_err(|e| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message_with_args(
+                translate!(
                     "sort-failed-to-set-up-signal-handler",
-                    HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
+                    "error" => e
                 ),
             )
         })
diff --git a/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
index f53412db340..3d5c7934d60 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "split"
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/filenames.rs b/src/uu/split/src/filenames.rs
index ec959063caa..5d8796dd97d 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/filenames.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/filenames.rs
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ use crate::{
     OPT_NUMERIC_SUFFIXES_SHORT, OPT_SUFFIX_LENGTH,
 };
 use clap::ArgMatches;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::is_separator;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// The format to use for suffixes in the filename for each output chunk.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
@@ -84,15 +83,15 @@ pub struct Suffix {
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum SuffixError {
     /// Invalid suffix length parameter.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-suffix-not-parsable", HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-suffix-not-parsable", "value" => .0.quote()))]
     NotParsable(String),
 
     /// Suffix contains a directory separator, which is not allowed.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-suffix-contains-separator", HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-suffix-contains-separator", "value" => .0.quote()))]
     ContainsSeparator(String),
 
     /// Suffix is not large enough to split into specified chunks
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-suffix-too-small", HashMap::from([("length".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-suffix-too-small", "length" => .0))]
     TooSmall(usize),
 }
 
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ impl<'a> FilenameIterator<'a> {
                 FixedWidthNumber::new(radix, suffix.length, suffix.start).map_err(|_| {
                     USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message("split-error-numerical-suffix-start-too-large"),
+                        translate!("split-error-numerical-suffix-start-too-large"),
                     )
                 })?,
             )
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/number.rs b/src/uu/split/src/number.rs
index 58401af20d4..4b76e5a3f03 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/number.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/number.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //! [positional notation]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_notation
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// An overflow due to incrementing a number beyond its representable limit.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub struct Overflow;
 
 impl Display for Overflow {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", get_message("split-error-overflow"))
+        write!(f, "{}", translate!("split-error-overflow"))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/platform/unix.rs b/src/uu/split/src/platform/unix.rs
index f883f663c13..97cb782ba3e 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/platform/unix.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/platform/unix.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::io::{BufWriter, Error, Result};
@@ -11,8 +10,8 @@ use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
 use uucore::error::USimpleError;
 use uucore::fs;
 use uucore::fs::FileInformation;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
 use uucore::show;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// A writer that writes to a `shell_process`' stdin
 ///
@@ -112,16 +111,13 @@ impl Drop for FilterWriter {
             if return_code != 0 {
                 show!(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "split-error-shell-process-returned",
-                        HashMap::from([("code".to_string(), return_code.to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("split-error-shell-process-returned", "code" => return_code)
                 ));
             }
         } else {
             show!(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args("split-error-shell-process-terminated", HashMap::new())
+                translate!("split-error-shell-process-terminated")
             ));
         }
     }
@@ -143,10 +139,9 @@ pub fn instantiate_current_writer(
                     .truncate(true)
                     .open(Path::new(&filename))
                     .map_err(|_| {
-                        Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                            "split-error-unable-to-open-file",
-                            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.to_string())]),
-                        ))
+                        Error::other(
+                            translate!("split-error-unable-to-open-file", "file" => filename),
+                        )
                     })?
             } else {
                 // re-open file that we previously created to append to it
@@ -154,10 +149,9 @@ pub fn instantiate_current_writer(
                     .append(true)
                     .open(Path::new(&filename))
                     .map_err(|_| {
-                        Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                            "split-error-unable-to-reopen-file",
-                            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.to_string())]),
-                        ))
+                        Error::other(
+                            translate!("split-error-unable-to-reopen-file", "file" => filename),
+                        )
                     })?
             };
             Ok(BufWriter::new(Box::new(file) as Box<dyn Write>))
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/platform/windows.rs b/src/uu/split/src/platform/windows.rs
index a1bfc84f281..f6659ebce1e 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/platform/windows.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/platform/windows.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::io::{BufWriter, Error, Result};
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::fs;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Get a file writer
 ///
@@ -26,10 +25,7 @@ pub fn instantiate_current_writer(
             .truncate(true)
             .open(Path::new(&filename))
             .map_err(|_| {
-                Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                    "split-error-unable-to-open-file",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.to_string())]),
-                ))
+                Error::other(translate!("split-error-unable-to-open-file", "file" => filename))
             })?
     } else {
         // re-open file that we previously created to append to it
@@ -37,10 +33,7 @@ pub fn instantiate_current_writer(
             .append(true)
             .open(Path::new(&filename))
             .map_err(|_| {
-                Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                    "split-error-unable-to-reopen-file",
-                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.to_string())]),
-                ))
+                Error::other(translate!("split-error-unable-to-reopen-file", "file" => filename))
             })?
     };
     Ok(BufWriter::new(Box::new(file) as Box<dyn Write>))
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
index cd067703f2c..ca4eb4e8443 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ mod strategy;
 use crate::filenames::{FilenameIterator, Suffix, SuffixError};
 use crate::strategy::{NumberType, Strategy, StrategyError};
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, ValueHint, parser::ValueSource};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{File, metadata};
@@ -23,7 +22,8 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UIoError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
 
 use uucore::format_usage;
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ fn handle_preceding_options(
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("split-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("split-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("split-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("split-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("split-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("split-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         // strategy (mutually exclusive)
         .arg(
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_BYTES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("SIZE")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-bytes")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-bytes")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_LINE_BYTES)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_LINE_BYTES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("SIZE")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-line-bytes")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-line-bytes")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_LINES)
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("NUMBER")
                 .default_value("1000")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-lines")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-lines")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_NUMBER)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_NUMBER)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("CHUNKS")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-number")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-number")),
         )
         // rest of the arguments
         .arg(
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("SUFFIX")
                 .default_value("")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-additional-suffix")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-additional-suffix")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_FILTER)
@@ -280,13 +280,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("COMMAND")
                 .value_hint(ValueHint::CommandName)
-                .help(get_message("split-help-filter")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-filter")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_ELIDE_EMPTY_FILES)
                 .long(OPT_ELIDE_EMPTY_FILES)
                 .short('e')
-                .help(get_message("split-help-elide-empty-files"))
+                .help(translate!("split-help-elide-empty-files"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES,
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("split-help-numeric-suffixes-short")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-numeric-suffixes-short")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_NUMERIC_SUFFIXES)
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT,
                 ])
                 .value_name("FROM")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-numeric-suffixes")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-numeric-suffixes")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES,
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT,
                 ])
-                .help(get_message("split-help-hex-suffixes-short")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-hex-suffixes-short")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT,
                 ])
                 .value_name("FROM")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-hex-suffixes")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-hex-suffixes")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_SUFFIX_LENGTH)
@@ -347,12 +347,12 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_SUFFIX_LENGTH)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("N")
-                .help(get_message("split-help-suffix-length")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-suffix-length")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_VERBOSE)
                 .long(OPT_VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("split-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("split-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .value_name("SEP")
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .help(get_message("split-help-separator")),
+                .help(translate!("split-help-separator")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_IO_BLKSIZE)
@@ -416,27 +416,27 @@ enum SettingsError {
     Suffix(SuffixError),
 
     /// Multi-character (Invalid) separator
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-multi-character-separator", HashMap::from([("separator".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-multi-character-separator", "separator" => .0.quote()))]
     MultiCharacterSeparator(String),
 
     /// Multiple different separator characters
-    #[error("{}", get_message("split-error-multiple-separator-characters"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-multiple-separator-characters"))]
     MultipleSeparatorCharacters,
 
     /// Using `--filter` with `--number` option sub-strategies that print Kth chunk out of N chunks to stdout
     /// K/N
     /// l/K/N
     /// r/K/N
-    #[error("{}", get_message("split-error-filter-with-kth-chunk"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-filter-with-kth-chunk"))]
     FilterWithKthChunkNumber,
 
     /// Invalid IO block size
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-invalid-io-block-size", HashMap::from([("size".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-invalid-io-block-size", "size" => .0.quote()))]
     InvalidIOBlockSize(String),
 
     /// The `--filter` option is not supported on Windows.
     #[cfg(windows)]
-    #[error("{}", get_message("split-error-not-supported"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-not-supported"))]
     NotSupported,
 }
 
@@ -528,10 +528,9 @@ impl Settings {
         is_new: bool,
     ) -> io::Result<BufWriter<Box<dyn Write>>> {
         if platform::paths_refer_to_same_file(&self.input, filename) {
-            return Err(io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                "split-error-would-overwrite-input",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-            )));
+            return Err(io::Error::other(
+                translate!("split-error-would-overwrite-input", "file" => filename.quote()),
+            ));
         }
 
         platform::instantiate_current_writer(self.filter.as_deref(), filename, is_new)
@@ -631,10 +630,9 @@ where
     } else if input == "-" {
         // STDIN stream that did not fit all content into a buffer
         // Most likely continuous/infinite input stream
-        return Err(io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-            "split-error-cannot-determine-input-size",
-            HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), input.to_string())]),
-        )));
+        return Err(io::Error::other(
+            translate!("split-error-cannot-determine-input-size", "input" => input),
+        ));
     } else {
         // Could be that file size is larger than set read limit
         // Get the file size from filesystem metadata
@@ -657,10 +655,9 @@ where
                 // Give up and return an error
                 // TODO It might be possible to do more here
                 // to address all possible file types and edge cases
-                return Err(io::Error::other(get_message_with_args(
-                    "split-error-cannot-determine-file-size",
-                    HashMap::from([("input".to_string(), input.to_string())]),
-                )));
+                return Err(io::Error::other(
+                    translate!("split-error-cannot-determine-file-size", "input" => input),
+                ));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -706,7 +703,7 @@ impl<'a> ByteChunkWriter<'a> {
     fn new(chunk_size: u64, settings: &'a Settings) -> UResult<Self> {
         let mut filename_iterator = FilenameIterator::new(&settings.prefix, &settings.suffix)?;
         let filename = filename_iterator.next().ok_or_else(|| {
-            USimpleError::new(1, get_message("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
+            USimpleError::new(1, translate!("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
         })?;
         if settings.verbose {
             println!("creating file {}", filename.quote());
@@ -744,7 +741,7 @@ impl Write for ByteChunkWriter<'_> {
 
                 // Allocate the new file, since at this point we know there are bytes to be written to it.
                 let filename = self.filename_iterator.next().ok_or_else(|| {
-                    io::Error::other(get_message("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
+                    io::Error::other(translate!("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
                 })?;
                 if self.settings.verbose {
                     println!("creating file {}", filename.quote());
@@ -845,7 +842,7 @@ impl<'a> LineChunkWriter<'a> {
         filename_iterator: &mut FilenameIterator,
     ) -> io::Result<BufWriter<Box<dyn Write>>> {
         let filename = filename_iterator.next().ok_or_else(|| {
-            io::Error::other(get_message("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
+            io::Error::other(translate!("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
         })?;
         if settings.verbose {
             println!("creating file {}", filename.quote());
@@ -956,7 +953,7 @@ impl ManageOutFiles for OutFiles {
         let mut out_files: Self = Self::new();
         for _ in 0..num_files {
             let filename = filename_iterator.next().ok_or_else(|| {
-                USimpleError::new(1, get_message("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
+                USimpleError::new(1, translate!("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
             })?;
             let maybe_writer = if is_writer_optional {
                 None
@@ -1029,10 +1026,7 @@ impl ManageOutFiles for OutFiles {
             // If this fails - give up and propagate the error
             uucore::show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "split-error-file-descriptor-limit",
-                    HashMap::from([("count".to_string(), count.to_string())])
-                )
+                translate!("split-error-file-descriptor-limit", "count" => count)
             );
             return Err(maybe_writer.err().unwrap().into());
         }
@@ -1171,13 +1165,7 @@ where
                 Err(error) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "split-error-cannot-read-from-input",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("input".to_string(), settings.input.clone()),
-                                ("error".to_string(), error.to_string()),
-                            ]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("split-error-cannot-read-from-input", "input" => settings.input.clone(), "error" => error),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -1485,7 +1473,7 @@ where
         loop {
             if remaining == 0 {
                 let filename = filename_iterator.next().ok_or_else(|| {
-                    USimpleError::new(1, get_message("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
+                    USimpleError::new(1, translate!("split-error-output-file-suffixes-exhausted"))
                 })?;
                 if settings.verbose {
                     println!("creating file {}", filename.quote());
@@ -1538,12 +1526,9 @@ fn split(settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
     let r_box = if settings.input == "-" {
         Box::new(stdin()) as Box<dyn Read>
     } else {
-        let r = File::open(Path::new(&settings.input)).map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "split-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), settings.input.quote().to_string())]),
-            )
-        })?;
+        let r = File::open(Path::new(&settings.input)).map_err_context(
+            || translate!("split-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "file" => settings.input.quote()),
+        )?;
         Box::new(r) as Box<dyn Read>
     };
     let mut reader = if let Some(c) = settings.io_blksize {
@@ -1590,7 +1575,7 @@ fn split(settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
                     _ => Err(uio_error!(
                         e,
                         "{}",
-                        get_message("split-error-input-output-error")
+                        translate!("split-error-input-output-error")
                     )),
                 },
             }
@@ -1612,7 +1597,7 @@ fn split(settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
                     _ => Err(uio_error!(
                         e,
                         "{}",
-                        get_message("split-error-input-output-error")
+                        translate!("split-error-input-output-error")
                     )),
                 },
             }
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs b/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs
index 06960b2c8a2..83255b9f6fb 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 
 use crate::{OPT_BYTES, OPT_LINE_BYTES, OPT_LINES, OPT_NUMBER};
 use clap::{ArgMatches, parser::ValueSource};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::{
     display::Quotable,
-    locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args},
     parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64, parse_size_u64_max},
+    translate,
 };
 
 /// Sub-strategy of the [`Strategy::Number`]
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ pub enum NumberTypeError {
     /// -n r/N
     /// -n r/K/N
     /// ```
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-invalid-number-of-chunks", HashMap::from([("chunks".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-invalid-number-of-chunks", "chunks" => .0.quote()))]
     NumberOfChunks(String),
 
     /// The chunk number was invalid.
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ pub enum NumberTypeError {
     /// -n l/K/N
     /// -n r/K/N
     /// ```
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-invalid-chunk-number", HashMap::from([("chunk".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-invalid-chunk-number", "chunk" => .0.quote()))]
     ChunkNumber(String),
 }
 
@@ -200,11 +199,11 @@ pub enum Strategy {
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum StrategyError {
     /// Invalid number of lines.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-invalid-number-of-lines", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-invalid-number-of-lines", "error" => .0))]
     Lines(ParseSizeError),
 
     /// Invalid number of bytes.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("split-error-invalid-number-of-bytes", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-invalid-number-of-bytes", "error" => .0))]
     Bytes(ParseSizeError),
 
     /// Invalid number type.
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ pub enum StrategyError {
     NumberType(NumberTypeError),
 
     /// Multiple chunking strategies were specified (but only one should be).
-    #[error("{}", get_message("split-error-cannot-split-more-than-one-way"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("split-error-cannot-split-more-than-one-way"))]
     MultipleWays,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/stat/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/stat/Cargo.toml
index a2eb674b415..4b77d54ddee 100644
--- a/src/uu/stat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/stat/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "libc", "fs", "fsext"] }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 selinux = ["uucore/selinux"]
diff --git a/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs b/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
index 820c99f9bd6..6a8aedd926a 100644
--- a/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore datetime
 
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
@@ -25,25 +26,23 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::{FileTypeExt, MetadataExt};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum StatError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stat-error-invalid-quoting-style", HashMap::from([("style".to_string(), style.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-invalid-quoting-style", "style" => style.clone()))]
     InvalidQuotingStyle { style: String },
-    #[error("{}", get_message("stat-error-missing-operand"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-missing-operand"))]
     MissingOperand,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stat-error-invalid-directive", HashMap::from([("directive".to_string(), directive.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-invalid-directive", "directive" => directive.clone()))]
     InvalidDirective { directive: String },
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stat-error-cannot-read-filesystem", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), error.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-cannot-read-filesystem", "error" => error.clone()))]
     CannotReadFilesystem { error: String },
-    #[error("{}", get_message("stat-error-stdin-filesystem-mode"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-stdin-filesystem-mode"))]
     StdinFilesystemMode,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stat-error-cannot-read-filesystem-info", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone()), ("error".to_string(), error.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-cannot-read-filesystem-info", "file" => file.clone(), "error" => error.clone()))]
     CannotReadFilesystemInfo { file: String, error: String },
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stat-error-cannot-stat", HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), file.clone()), ("error".to_string(), error.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stat-error-cannot-stat", "file" => file.clone(), "error" => error.clone()))]
     CannotStat { file: String, error: String },
 }
 
@@ -740,7 +739,7 @@ impl Stater {
     ) -> Token {
         *i += 1;
         if *i >= bound {
-            show_warning!("{}", get_message("stat-warning-backslash-end-format"));
+            show_warning!("{}", translate!("stat-warning-backslash-end-format"));
             return Token::Char('\\');
         }
         match chars[*i] {
@@ -778,21 +777,18 @@ impl Stater {
                         *i += offset;
                         Token::Byte(c as u8)
                     } else {
-                        show_warning!("{}", get_message("stat-warning-unrecognized-escape-x"));
+                        show_warning!("{}", translate!("stat-warning-unrecognized-escape-x"));
                         Token::Byte(b'x')
                     }
                 } else {
-                    show_warning!("{}", get_message("stat-warning-incomplete-hex-escape"));
+                    show_warning!("{}", translate!("stat-warning-incomplete-hex-escape"));
                     Token::Byte(b'x')
                 }
             }
             other => {
                 show_warning!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "stat-warning-unrecognized-escape",
-                        HashMap::from([("escape".to_string(), other.to_string())])
-                    )
+                    translate!("stat-warning-unrecognized-escape", "escape" => other)
                 );
                 Token::Byte(other as u8)
             }
@@ -963,17 +959,17 @@ impl Stater {
                                     _follow_symbolic_links,
                                 ) {
                                     Ok(ctx) => OutputType::Str(ctx),
-                                    Err(_) => OutputType::Str(get_message(
-                                        "stat-selinux-failed-get-context",
+                                    Err(_) => OutputType::Str(translate!(
+                                        "stat-selinux-failed-get-context"
                                     )),
                                 }
                             } else {
-                                OutputType::Str(get_message("stat-selinux-unsupported-system"))
+                                OutputType::Str(translate!("stat-selinux-unsupported-system"))
                             }
                         }
                         #[cfg(not(feature = "selinux"))]
                         {
-                            OutputType::Str(get_message("stat-selinux-unsupported-os"))
+                            OutputType::Str(translate!("stat-selinux-unsupported-os"))
                         }
                     }
                     // device number in decimal
@@ -1174,21 +1170,21 @@ impl Stater {
                     "  {}: \"%n\"\n    {}: %-8i {}: %-7l {}: %T\n{} \
                          {}: %-10s {} {}: %S\n{}: {}: %-10b \
                          {}: %-10f {}: %a\n{}: {}: %-10c {}: %d\n",
-                    get_message("stat-word-file"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-id"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-namelen"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-type"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-block"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-size"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-fundamental"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-block-size"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-blocks"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-total"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-free"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-available"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-inodes"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-total"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-free")
+                    translate!("stat-word-file"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-id"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-namelen"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-type"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-block"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-size"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-fundamental"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-block-size"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-blocks"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-total"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-free"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-available"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-inodes"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-total"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-free")
                 )
             }
         } else if terse {
@@ -1197,36 +1193,36 @@ impl Stater {
             let device_line = if show_dev_type {
                 format!(
                     "{}: %Dh/%dd\t{}: %-10i  {}: %-5h {} {}: %t,%T\n",
-                    get_message("stat-word-device"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-inode"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-links"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-device"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-type")
+                    translate!("stat-word-device"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-inode"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-links"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-device"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-type")
                 )
             } else {
                 format!(
                     "{}: %Dh/%dd\t{}: %-10i  {}: %h\n",
-                    get_message("stat-word-device"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-inode"),
-                    get_message("stat-word-links")
+                    translate!("stat-word-device"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-inode"),
+                    translate!("stat-word-links")
                 )
             };
 
             format!(
                 "  {}: %N\n  {}: %-10s\t{}: %-10b {} {}: %-6o %F\n{}{}: (%04a/%10.10A)  {}: (%5u/%8U)   {}: (%5g/%8G)\n{}: %x\n{}: %y\n{}: %z\n {}: %w\n",
-                get_message("stat-word-file"),
-                get_message("stat-word-size"),
-                get_message("stat-word-blocks"),
-                get_message("stat-word-io"),
-                get_message("stat-word-block"),
+                translate!("stat-word-file"),
+                translate!("stat-word-size"),
+                translate!("stat-word-blocks"),
+                translate!("stat-word-io"),
+                translate!("stat-word-block"),
                 device_line,
-                get_message("stat-word-access"),
-                get_message("stat-word-uid"),
-                get_message("stat-word-gid"),
-                get_message("stat-word-access"),
-                get_message("stat-word-modify"),
-                get_message("stat-word-change"),
-                get_message("stat-word-birth")
+                translate!("stat-word-access"),
+                translate!("stat-word-uid"),
+                translate!("stat-word-gid"),
+                translate!("stat-word-access"),
+                translate!("stat-word-modify"),
+                translate!("stat-word-change"),
+                translate!("stat-word-birth")
             )
         }
     }
@@ -1235,7 +1231,7 @@ impl Stater {
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(get_message("stat-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("stat-after-help"))
         .try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
     let stater = Stater::new(&matches)?;
@@ -1250,42 +1246,42 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("stat-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("stat-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("stat-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("stat-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DEREFERENCE)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::DEREFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("stat-help-dereference"))
+                .help(translate!("stat-help-dereference"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FILE_SYSTEM)
-                .help(get_message("stat-help-file-system"))
+                .help(translate!("stat-help-file-system"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TERSE)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::TERSE)
-                .help(get_message("stat-help-terse"))
+                .help(translate!("stat-help-terse"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FORMAT)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::FORMAT)
-                .help(get_message("stat-help-format"))
+                .help(translate!("stat-help-format"))
                 .value_name("FORMAT"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRINTF)
                 .long(options::PRINTF)
                 .value_name("FORMAT")
-                .help(get_message("stat-help-printf")),
+                .help(translate!("stat-help-printf")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILES)
diff --git a/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
index 13559422ef2..de83e3ff586 100644
--- a/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ libstdbuf = { package = "uu_stdbuf_libstdbuf", path = "src/libstdbuf" }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 # "feat_external_libstdbuf": use an external libstdbuf.so for stdbuf instead of embedding it into
 # the stdbuf binary.
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 #    debian. In this case, libstdbuf.so should be installed separately to its
 #    correct location and the environment variable LIBSTDBUF_DIR configures the
 #    installation directory during the build. E.g. LIBSTDBUF_DIR="/usr/lib"
+
 [features]
 feat_external_libstdbuf = []
 
diff --git a/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs b/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
index 2e8f9cfa849..e4ccd55e0a4 100644
--- a/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) tempdir dyld dylib optgrps libstdbuf
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process;
@@ -16,8 +15,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UClapError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
-
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const INPUT: &str = "input";
@@ -70,11 +68,11 @@ impl TryFrom<&ArgMatches> for ProgramOptions {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum ProgramOptionsError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("stdbuf-error-line-buffering-stdin-meaningless"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stdbuf-error-line-buffering-stdin-meaningless"))]
     LineBufferingStdinMeaningless,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stdbuf-error-invalid-mode", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), _0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stdbuf-error-invalid-mode", "error" => _0.clone()))]
     InvalidMode(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("stdbuf-error-value-too-large", HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), _0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("stdbuf-error-value-too-large", "value" => _0.clone()))]
     ValueTooLarge(String),
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ fn preload_strings() -> UResult<(&'static str, &'static str)> {
 fn preload_strings() -> UResult<(&'static str, &'static str)> {
     Err(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message("stdbuf-error-command-not-supported"),
+        translate!("stdbuf-error-command-not-supported"),
     ))
 }
 
@@ -174,10 +172,7 @@ fn get_preload_env(_tmp_dir: &TempDir) -> UResult<(String, PathBuf)> {
 
     Err(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "stdbuf-error-external-libstdbuf-not-found",
-            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path_buf.display().to_string())]),
-        ),
+        translate!("stdbuf-error-external-libstdbuf-not-found", "path" => path_buf.display()),
     ))
 }
 
@@ -206,18 +201,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             return match e.kind() {
                 std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => Err(USimpleError::new(
                     126,
-                    get_message("stdbuf-error-permission-denied"),
+                    translate!("stdbuf-error-permission-denied"),
                 )),
                 std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Err(USimpleError::new(
                     127,
-                    get_message("stdbuf-error-no-such-file"),
+                    translate!("stdbuf-error-no-such-file"),
                 )),
                 _ => Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "stdbuf-error-failed-to-execute",
-                        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("stdbuf-error-failed-to-execute", "error" => e),
                 )),
             };
         }
@@ -234,10 +226,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         }
         None => Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "stdbuf-error-killed-by-signal",
-                HashMap::from([("signal".to_string(), status.signal().unwrap().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("stdbuf-error-killed-by-signal", "signal" => status.signal().unwrap()),
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -245,16 +234,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("stdbuf-about"))
-        .after_help(get_message("stdbuf-after-help"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("stdbuf-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("stdbuf-about"))
+        .after_help(translate!("stdbuf-after-help"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("stdbuf-usage")))
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INPUT)
                 .long(options::INPUT)
                 .short(options::INPUT_SHORT)
-                .help(get_message("stdbuf-help-input"))
+                .help(translate!("stdbuf-help-input"))
                 .value_name("MODE")
                 .required_unless_present_any([options::OUTPUT, options::ERROR]),
         )
@@ -262,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::OUTPUT)
                 .long(options::OUTPUT)
                 .short(options::OUTPUT_SHORT)
-                .help(get_message("stdbuf-help-output"))
+                .help(translate!("stdbuf-help-output"))
                 .value_name("MODE")
                 .required_unless_present_any([options::INPUT, options::ERROR]),
         )
@@ -270,7 +259,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ERROR)
                 .long(options::ERROR)
                 .short(options::ERROR_SHORT)
-                .help(get_message("stdbuf-help-error"))
+                .help(translate!("stdbuf-help-error"))
                 .value_name("MODE")
                 .required_unless_present_any([options::INPUT, options::OUTPUT]),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/stty/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/stty/Cargo.toml
index 380f0bcfeec..a2e705656a5 100644
--- a/src/uu/stty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/stty/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/stty.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["term", "ioctl"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "stty"
diff --git a/src/uu/stty/src/stty.rs b/src/uu/stty/src/stty.rs
index dcaa0cc6e9b..a3c8706a2db 100644
--- a/src/uu/stty/src/stty.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stty/src/stty.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use nix::sys::termios::{
     Termios, cfgetospeed, cfsetospeed, tcgetattr, tcsetattr,
 };
 use nix::{ioctl_read_bad, ioctl_write_ptr_bad};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Stdout, stdout};
 use std::num::IntErrorKind;
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[cfg(not(any(
     target_os = "freebsd",
@@ -254,14 +253,14 @@ fn stty(opts: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
     if opts.save && opts.all {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("stty-error-options-mutually-exclusive"),
+            translate!("stty-error-options-mutually-exclusive"),
         ));
     }
 
     if opts.settings.is_some() && (opts.save || opts.all) {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("stty-error-output-style-no-modes"),
+            translate!("stty-error-output-style-no-modes"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -279,12 +278,10 @@ fn stty(opts: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
                         } else {
                             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                                 1,
-                                get_message_with_args(
+                                translate!(
                                     "stty-error-invalid-speed",
-                                    HashMap::from([
-                                        ("arg".to_string(), (*arg).to_string()),
-                                        ("speed".to_string(), (*speed).to_string()),
-                                    ]),
+                                    "arg" => *arg,
+                                    "speed" => *speed,
                                 ),
                             ));
                         }
@@ -360,21 +357,15 @@ fn stty(opts: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
                             let cc_mapping = string_to_control_char(mapping).map_err(|e| {
                                 let message = match e {
                                     ControlCharMappingError::IntOutOfRange(val) => {
-                                        get_message_with_args(
+                                        translate!(
                                             "stty-error-invalid-integer-argument-value-too-large",
-                                            HashMap::from([(
-                                                "value".to_string(),
-                                                format!("'{val}'"),
-                                            )]),
+                                            "value" => format!("'{val}'")
                                         )
                                     }
                                     ControlCharMappingError::MultipleChars(val) => {
-                                        get_message_with_args(
+                                        translate!(
                                             "stty-error-invalid-integer-argument",
-                                            HashMap::from([(
-                                                "value".to_string(),
-                                                format!("'{val}'"),
-                                            )]),
+                                            "value" => format!("'{val}'")
                                         )
                                     }
                                 };
@@ -441,9 +432,9 @@ fn stty(opts: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
 fn missing_arg<T>(arg: &str) -> Result<T, Box<dyn UError>> {
     Err::<T, Box<dyn UError>>(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message_with_args(
+        translate!(
             "stty-error-missing-argument",
-            HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), (*arg).to_string())]),
+            "arg" => *arg
         ),
     ))
 }
@@ -451,9 +442,9 @@ fn missing_arg<T>(arg: &str) -> Result<T, Box<dyn UError>> {
 fn invalid_arg<T>(arg: &str) -> Result<T, Box<dyn UError>> {
     Err::<T, Box<dyn UError>>(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message_with_args(
+        translate!(
             "stty-error-invalid-argument",
-            HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), (*arg).to_string())]),
+            "arg" => *arg
         ),
     ))
 }
@@ -461,9 +452,9 @@ fn invalid_arg<T>(arg: &str) -> Result<T, Box<dyn UError>> {
 fn invalid_integer_arg<T>(arg: &str) -> Result<T, Box<dyn UError>> {
     Err::<T, Box<dyn UError>>(USimpleError::new(
         1,
-        get_message_with_args(
+        translate!(
             "stty-error-invalid-integer-argument",
-            HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), format!("'{arg}'"))]),
+            "value" => format!("'{arg}'")
         ),
     ))
 }
@@ -472,14 +463,9 @@ fn invalid_integer_arg<T>(arg: &str) -> Result<T, Box<dyn UError>> {
 /// this function returns the appropriate error message in the case of overflow or underflow, or u8 on success
 fn parse_u8_or_err(arg: &str) -> Result<u8, String> {
     arg.parse::<u8>().map_err(|e| match e.kind() {
-        IntErrorKind::PosOverflow => get_message_with_args(
-            "stty-error-invalid-integer-argument-value-too-large",
-            HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), format!("'{arg}'"))]),
-        ),
-        _ => get_message_with_args(
-            "stty-error-invalid-integer-argument",
-            HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), format!("'{arg}'"))]),
-        ),
+        IntErrorKind::PosOverflow => translate!("stty-error-invalid-integer-argument-value-too-large", "value" => format!("'{arg}'")),
+        _ => translate!("stty-error-invalid-integer-argument",
+                        "value" => format!("'{arg}'")),
     })
 }
 
@@ -519,13 +505,7 @@ fn print_terminal_size(termios: &Termios, opts: &Options) -> nix::Result<()> {
         target_os = "netbsd",
         target_os = "openbsd"
     ))]
-    print!(
-        "{} ",
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "stty-output-speed",
-            HashMap::from([("speed".to_string(), speed.to_string())])
-        )
-    );
+    print!("{} ", translate!("stty-output-speed", "speed" => speed));
 
     // Other platforms need to use the baud rate enum, so printing the right value
     // becomes slightly more complicated.
@@ -539,13 +519,7 @@ fn print_terminal_size(termios: &Termios, opts: &Options) -> nix::Result<()> {
     )))]
     for (text, baud_rate) in BAUD_RATES {
         if *baud_rate == speed {
-            print!(
-                "{} ",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "stty-output-speed",
-                    HashMap::from([("speed".to_string(), (*text).to_string())])
-                )
-            );
+            print!("{} ", translate!("stty-output-speed", "speed" => (*text)));
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -555,13 +529,7 @@ fn print_terminal_size(termios: &Termios, opts: &Options) -> nix::Result<()> {
         unsafe { tiocgwinsz(opts.file.as_raw_fd(), &raw mut size)? };
         print!(
             "{} ",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "stty-output-rows-columns",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("rows".to_string(), size.rows.to_string()),
-                    ("columns".to_string(), size.columns.to_string())
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("stty-output-rows-columns", "rows" => size.rows, "columns" => size.columns)
         );
     }
 
@@ -571,13 +539,7 @@ fn print_terminal_size(termios: &Termios, opts: &Options) -> nix::Result<()> {
         // so we get the underlying libc::termios struct to get that information.
         let libc_termios: nix::libc::termios = termios.clone().into();
         let line = libc_termios.c_line;
-        print!(
-            "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "stty-output-line",
-                HashMap::from([("line".to_string(), line.to_string())])
-            )
-        );
+        print!("{}", translate!("stty-output-line", "line" => line));
     }
 
     println!();
@@ -662,7 +624,7 @@ fn string_to_flag(option: &str) -> Option<AllFlags> {
 
 fn control_char_to_string(cc: nix::libc::cc_t) -> nix::Result<String> {
     if cc == 0 {
-        return Ok(get_message("stty-output-undef"));
+        return Ok(translate!("stty-output-undef"));
     }
 
     let (meta_prefix, code) = if cc >= 0x80 {
@@ -714,18 +676,9 @@ fn print_control_chars(termios: &Termios, opts: &Options) -> nix::Result<()> {
     }
     println!(
         "{}",
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "stty-output-min-time",
-            HashMap::from([
-                (
-                    "min".to_string(),
-                    termios.control_chars[S::VMIN as usize].to_string()
-                ),
-                (
-                    "time".to_string(),
-                    termios.control_chars[S::VTIME as usize].to_string()
-                )
-            ])
+        translate!("stty-output-min-time",
+        "min" => termios.control_chars[S::VMIN as usize],
+        "time" => termios.control_chars[S::VTIME as usize]
         )
     );
     Ok(())
@@ -1053,21 +1006,21 @@ fn get_sane_control_char(cc_index: S) -> u8 {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("stty-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("stty-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("stty-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("stty-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ALL)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::ALL)
-                .help(get_message("stty-option-all"))
+                .help(translate!("stty-option-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SAVE)
                 .short('g')
                 .long(options::SAVE)
-                .help(get_message("stty-option-save"))
+                .help(translate!("stty-option-save"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -1076,13 +1029,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::FILE)
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
                 .value_name("DEVICE")
-                .help(get_message("stty-option-file")),
+                .help(translate!("stty-option-file")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SETTINGS)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .help(get_message("stty-option-settings")),
+                .help(translate!("stty-option-settings")),
         )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/sum/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sum/Cargo.toml
index 9fdb07d84d9..983a7208cb8 100644
--- a/src/uu/sum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sum/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/sum.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "sum"
diff --git a/src/uu/sum/src/sum.rs b/src/uu/sum/src/sum.rs
index fdbb1d8de6e..8359ec00281 100644
--- a/src/uu/sum/src/sum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sum/src/sum.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) sysv
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{ErrorKind, Read, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
 fn bsd_sum(mut reader: impl Read) -> std::io::Result<(usize, u16)> {
@@ -74,20 +74,14 @@ fn open(name: &str) -> UResult<Box<dyn Read>> {
             if path.is_dir() {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     2,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "sum-error-is-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), name.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("sum-error-is-directory", "name" => name.maybe_quote()),
                 ));
             }
             // Silent the warning as we want to the error message
             if path.metadata().is_err() {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     2,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "sum-error-no-such-file-or-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("name".to_string(), name.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("sum-error-no-such-file-or-directory", "name" => name.maybe_quote()),
                 ));
             }
             let f = File::open(path).map_err_context(String::new)?;
@@ -143,8 +137,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("sum-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("sum-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("sum-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("sum-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
@@ -155,14 +149,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BSD_COMPATIBLE)
                 .short('r')
-                .help(get_message("sum-help-bsd-compatible"))
+                .help(translate!("sum-help-bsd-compatible"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SYSTEM_V_COMPATIBLE)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SYSTEM_V_COMPATIBLE)
-                .help(get_message("sum-help-sysv-compatible"))
+                .help(translate!("sum-help-sysv-compatible"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/sync/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sync/Cargo.toml
index 03ca7ff2e2c..6d00339abb3 100644
--- a/src/uu/sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/sync.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["wide"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs b/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs
index 1365f41aadb..95af36c8044 100644
--- a/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ use nix::errno::Errno;
 use nix::fcntl::{OFlag, open};
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 use nix::sys::stat::Mode;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 use uucore::error::FromIo;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static FILE_SYSTEM: &str = "file-system";
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ mod platform {
     use std::os::windows::prelude::*;
     use std::path::Path;
     use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-    use uucore::locale::get_message;
+    use uucore::translate;
     use uucore::wide::{FromWide, ToWide};
     use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::{
         ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES, GetLastError, HANDLE, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, MAX_PATH,
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ mod platform {
                     if unsafe { FlushFileBuffers(file.as_raw_handle() as HANDLE) } == 0 {
                         Err(USimpleError::new(
                             get_last_error() as i32,
-                            get_message("sync-error-flush-file-buffer"),
+                            translate!("sync-error-flush-file-buffer"),
                         ))
                     } else {
                         Ok(())
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ mod platform {
                 }
                 Err(e) => Err(USimpleError::new(
                     e.raw_os_error().unwrap_or(1),
-                    get_message("sync-error-create-volume-handle"),
+                    translate!("sync-error-create-volume-handle"),
                 )),
             }
         } else {
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ mod platform {
         if handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 get_last_error() as i32,
-                get_message("sync-error-find-first-volume"),
+                translate!("sync-error-find-first-volume"),
             ));
         }
         Ok((String::from_wide_null(&name), handle))
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ mod platform {
                     }
                     err => Err(USimpleError::new(
                         err as i32,
-                        get_message("sync-error-find-next-volume"),
+                        translate!("sync-error-find-next-volume"),
                     )),
                 };
             }
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if matches.get_flag(options::DATA) && files.is_empty() {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("sync-error-data-needs-argument"),
+            translate!("sync-error-data-needs-argument"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -194,12 +193,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             let path = Path::new(&f);
             if let Err(e) = open(path, OFlag::O_NONBLOCK, Mode::empty()) {
                 if e != Errno::EACCES || (e == Errno::EACCES && path.is_dir()) {
-                    e.map_err_context(|| {
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "sync-error-opening-file",
-                            HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), f.quote().to_string())]),
-                        )
-                    })?;
+                    e.map_err_context(
+                        || translate!("sync-error-opening-file", "file" => f.quote()),
+                    )?;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -208,10 +204,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             if !Path::new(&f).exists() {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "sync-error-no-such-file",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), f.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("sync-error-no-such-file", "file" => f.quote()),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -233,15 +226,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("sync-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("sync-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("sync-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("sync-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .conflicts_with(options::DATA)
-                .help(get_message("sync-help-file-system"))
+                .help(translate!("sync-help-file-system"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -249,7 +242,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::DATA)
                 .conflicts_with(options::FILE_SYSTEM)
-                .help(get_message("sync-help-data"))
+                .help(translate!("sync-help-data"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/tac/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tac/Cargo.toml
index eb004c96b74..79e6b661055 100644
--- a/src/uu/tac/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tac/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ regex = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tac"
diff --git a/src/uu/tac/src/error.rs b/src/uu/tac/src/error.rs
index 6018bcc6217..a69a34a0d6f 100644
--- a/src/uu/tac/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tac/src/error.rs
@@ -4,34 +4,33 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 //! Errors returned by tac during processing of a file.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum TacError {
     /// A regular expression given by the user is invalid.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("tac-error-invalid-regex", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("tac-error-invalid-regex", "error" => .0))]
     InvalidRegex(regex::Error),
     /// An argument to tac is invalid.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("tac-error-invalid-argument", HashMap::from([("argument".to_string(), .0.maybe_quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("tac-error-invalid-argument", "argument" => .0.maybe_quote()))]
     InvalidArgument(String),
     /// The specified file is not found on the filesystem.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("tac-error-file-not-found", HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("tac-error-file-not-found", "filename" => .0.quote()))]
     FileNotFound(String),
     /// An error reading the contents of a file or stdin.
     ///
     /// The parameters are the name of the file and the underlying
     /// [`std::io::Error`] that caused this error.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("tac-error-read-error", HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), .0.clone()), ("error".to_string(), .1.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("tac-error-read-error", "filename" => .0.clone(), "error" => .1))]
     ReadError(String, std::io::Error),
     /// An error writing the (reversed) contents of a file or stdin.
     ///
     /// The parameter is the underlying [`std::io::Error`] that caused
     /// this error.
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("tac-error-write-error", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("tac-error-write-error", "error" => .0))]
     WriteError(std::io::Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs b/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs
index 09f9abf812c..52d885bf4a0 100644
--- a/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
 use crate::error::TacError;
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub static BEFORE: &str = "before";
@@ -56,28 +56,28 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("tac-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("tac-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("tac-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("tac-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BEFORE)
                 .short('b')
                 .long(options::BEFORE)
-                .help(get_message("tac-help-before"))
+                .help(translate!("tac-help-before"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::REGEX)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::REGEX)
-                .help(get_message("tac-help-regex"))
+                .help(translate!("tac-help-regex"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SEPARATOR)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SEPARATOR)
-                .help(get_message("tac-help-separator"))
+                .help(translate!("tac-help-separator"))
                 .value_name("STRING"),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
index d547f2b4771..bf8952759ef 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ memchr = { workspace = true }
 notify = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser"] }
 same-file = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
index c3fcc1a7370..7e2a20bcb3a 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::paths::Input;
 use crate::{Quotable, parse, platform};
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, value_parser};
 use same_file::Handle;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -17,10 +16,9 @@ use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
 use uucore::parser::parse_time;
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_warning};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 pub mod options {
     pub mod verbosity {
         pub const QUIET: &str = "quiet";
@@ -79,10 +77,7 @@ impl FilterMode {
                 Err(e) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-invalid-number-of-bytes",
-                            HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), format!("'{e}'"))]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("tail-error-invalid-number-of-bytes", "arg" => format!("'{e}'")),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -95,10 +90,7 @@ impl FilterMode {
                 Err(_) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-invalid-number-of-lines",
-                            HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), arg.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("tail-error-invalid-number-of-lines", "arg" => arg.quote()),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -237,10 +229,7 @@ impl Settings {
             settings.sleep_sec = parse_time::from_str(source, false).map_err(|_| {
                 UUsageError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-invalid-number-of-seconds",
-                        HashMap::from([("source".to_string(), source.clone())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("tail-error-invalid-number-of-seconds", "source" => source.clone()),
                 )
             })?;
         }
@@ -251,10 +240,7 @@ impl Settings {
                 Err(_) => {
                     return Err(UUsageError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-invalid-max-unchanged-stats",
-                            HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("tail-error-invalid-max-unchanged-stats", "value" => s.quote()),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -269,10 +255,7 @@ impl Settings {
                         // NOTE: tail only accepts an unsigned pid
                         return Err(USimpleError::new(
                             1,
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "tail-error-invalid-pid",
-                                HashMap::from([("pid".to_string(), pid_str.quote().to_string())]),
-                            ),
+                            translate!("tail-error-invalid-pid", "pid" => pid_str.quote()),
                         ));
                     }
 
@@ -281,13 +264,7 @@ impl Settings {
                 Err(e) => {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-invalid-pid-with-error",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("pid".to_string(), pid_str.quote().to_string()),
-                                ("error".to_string(), e.to_string()),
-                            ]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("tail-error-invalid-pid-with-error", "pid" => pid_str.quote(), "error" => e),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -321,17 +298,17 @@ impl Settings {
     pub fn check_warnings(&self) {
         if self.retry {
             if self.follow.is_none() {
-                show_warning!("{}", get_message("tail-warning-retry-ignored"));
+                show_warning!("{}", translate!("tail-warning-retry-ignored"));
             } else if self.follow == Some(FollowMode::Descriptor) {
-                show_warning!("{}", get_message("tail-warning-retry-only-effective"));
+                show_warning!("{}", translate!("tail-warning-retry-only-effective"));
             }
         }
 
         if self.pid != 0 {
             if self.follow.is_none() {
-                show_warning!("{}", get_message("tail-warning-pid-ignored"));
+                show_warning!("{}", translate!("tail-warning-pid-ignored"));
             } else if !platform::supports_pid_checks(self.pid) {
-                show_warning!("{}", get_message("tail-warning-pid-not-supported"));
+                show_warning!("{}", translate!("tail-warning-pid-not-supported"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -351,10 +328,7 @@ impl Settings {
                 });
 
             if !blocking_stdin && std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
-                show_warning!(
-                    "{}",
-                    get_message("tail-warning-following-stdin-ineffective")
-                );
+                show_warning!("{}", translate!("tail-warning-following-stdin-ineffective"));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -392,26 +366,19 @@ pub fn parse_obsolete(arg: &OsString, input: Option<&OsString>) -> UResult<Optio
             Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
                 match e {
-                    parse::ParseError::OutOfRange => get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-invalid-number-out-of-range",
-                        HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), arg_str.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
-                    parse::ParseError::Overflow => get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-invalid-number-overflow",
-                        HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), arg_str.quote().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    parse::ParseError::OutOfRange => {
+                        translate!("tail-error-invalid-number-out-of-range", "arg" => arg_str.quote())
+                    }
+                    parse::ParseError::Overflow => {
+                        translate!("tail-error-invalid-number-overflow", "arg" => arg_str.quote())
+                    }
                     // this ensures compatibility to GNU's error message (as tested in misc/tail)
-                    parse::ParseError::Context => get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-option-used-in-invalid-context",
-                        HashMap::from([(
-                            "option".to_string(),
-                            arg_str.chars().nth(1).unwrap_or_default().to_string(),
-                        )]),
-                    ),
-                    parse::ParseError::InvalidEncoding => get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-bad-argument-encoding",
-                        HashMap::from([("arg".to_string(), arg_str.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    parse::ParseError::Context => {
+                        translate!("tail-error-option-used-in-invalid-context", "option" => arg_str.chars().nth(1).unwrap_or_default())
+                    }
+                    parse::ParseError::InvalidEncoding => {
+                        translate!("tail-error-bad-argument-encoding", "arg" => arg_str)
+                    }
                 },
             ))
         }
@@ -486,16 +453,16 @@ pub fn parse_args(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<Settings> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-    let polling_help = get_message("tail-help-polling-linux");
+    let polling_help = translate!("tail-help-polling-linux");
     #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "linux")))]
-    let polling_help = get_message("tail-help-polling-unix");
+    let polling_help = translate!("tail-help-polling-unix");
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    let polling_help = get_message("tail-help-polling-windows");
+    let polling_help = translate!("tail-help-polling-windows");
 
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("tail-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("tail-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("tail-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("tail-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)
@@ -503,7 +470,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::BYTES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::BYTES, options::LINES])
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-bytes")),
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-bytes")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FOLLOW)
@@ -514,7 +481,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new(["descriptor", "name"]))
                 .overrides_with(options::FOLLOW)
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-follow")),
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-follow")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LINES)
@@ -522,13 +489,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::LINES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::BYTES, options::LINES])
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-lines")),
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-lines")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PID)
                 .long(options::PID)
                 .value_name("PID")
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-pid"))
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-pid"))
                 .overrides_with(options::PID),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -537,7 +504,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::verbosity::QUIET)
                 .visible_alias("silent")
                 .overrides_with_all([options::verbosity::QUIET, options::verbosity::VERBOSE])
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-quiet"))
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-quiet"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -545,27 +512,27 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('s')
                 .value_name("N")
                 .long(options::SLEEP_INT)
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-sleep-interval")),
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-sleep-interval")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS)
                 .value_name("N")
                 .long(options::MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS)
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-max-unchanged-stats")),
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-max-unchanged-stats")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
                 .overrides_with_all([options::verbosity::QUIET, options::verbosity::VERBOSE])
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_TERM)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERM)
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -579,14 +546,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::RETRY)
                 .long(options::RETRY)
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-retry"))
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-retry"))
                 .overrides_with(options::RETRY)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FOLLOW_RETRY)
                 .short('F')
-                .help(get_message("tail-help-follow-retry"))
+                .help(translate!("tail-help-follow-retry"))
                 .overrides_with(options::FOLLOW_RETRY)
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
index c44d436b177..9b0333efb71 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ use crate::follow::files::{FileHandling, PathData};
 use crate::paths::{Input, InputKind, MetadataExtTail, PathExtTail};
 use crate::{platform, text};
 use notify::{RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher, WatcherKind};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, channel};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, set_exit_code};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::show_error;
 
 pub struct WatcherRx {
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ impl WatcherRx {
             } else {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-cannot-watch-parent-directory",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.display().to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("tail-error-cannot-watch-parent-directory", "path" => path.display()),
                 ));
             }
         }
@@ -245,10 +242,7 @@ impl Observer {
                     */
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-backend-cannot-be-used-too-many-files",
-                            HashMap::from([("backend".to_string(), text::BACKEND.to_string())])
-                        )
+                        translate!("tail-error-backend-cannot-be-used-too-many-files", "backend" => text::BACKEND)
                     );
                     set_exit_code(1);
                     self.use_polling = true;
@@ -339,38 +333,26 @@ impl Observer {
                             if !old_md.is_tailable() {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "tail-status-has-become-accessible",
-                                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("tail-status-has-become-accessible", "file" => display_name.quote())
                                 );
                                 self.files.update_reader(event_path)?;
                             } else if pd.reader.is_none() {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "tail-status-has-appeared-following-new-file",
-                                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("tail-status-has-appeared-following-new-file", "file" => display_name.quote())
                                 );
                                 self.files.update_reader(event_path)?;
                             } else if event.kind == EventKind::Modify(ModifyKind::Name(RenameMode::To))
                             || (self.use_polling && !old_md.file_id_eq(&new_md)) {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "tail-status-has-been-replaced-following-new-file",
-                                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("tail-status-has-been-replaced-following-new-file", "file" => display_name.quote())
                                 );
                                 self.files.update_reader(event_path)?;
                             } else if old_md.got_truncated(&new_md)? {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "tail-status-file-truncated",
-                                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name)])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("tail-status-file-truncated", "file" => display_name)
                                 );
                                 self.files.update_reader(event_path)?;
                             }
@@ -381,20 +363,14 @@ impl Observer {
                             } else {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "tail-status-replaced-with-untailable-file",
-                                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("tail-status-replaced-with-untailable-file", "file" => display_name.quote())
                                 );
                             }
                         }
                     } else if is_tailable {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "tail-status-has-appeared-following-new-file",
-                                HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                            )
+                            translate!("tail-status-has-appeared-following-new-file", "file" => display_name.quote())
                         );
                         self.files.update_reader(event_path)?;
                         paths.push(event_path.clone());
@@ -402,23 +378,17 @@ impl Observer {
                         if self.follow_descriptor() {
                             show_error!(
                                 "{}",
-                                get_message_with_args(
-                                    "tail-status-replaced-with-untailable-file-giving-up",
-                                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                                )
+                                translate!("tail-status-replaced-with-untailable-file-giving-up", "file" => display_name.quote())
                             );
                             let _ = self.watcher_rx.as_mut().unwrap().watcher.unwatch(event_path);
                             self.files.remove(event_path);
                             if self.files.no_files_remaining(settings) {
-                                return Err(USimpleError::new(1, get_message("tail-no-files-remaining")));
+                                return Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("tail-no-files-remaining")));
                             }
                         } else {
                             show_error!(
                                 "{}",
-                                get_message_with_args(
-                                    "tail-status-replaced-with-untailable-file",
-                                    HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string())])
-                                )
+                                translate!("tail-status-replaced-with-untailable-file", "file" => display_name.quote())
                             );
                         }
                     }
@@ -435,25 +405,15 @@ impl Observer {
                             if old_md.is_tailable() && self.files.get(event_path).reader.is_some() {
                                 show_error!(
                                     "{}",
-                                    get_message_with_args(
-                                        "tail-status-file-became-inaccessible",
-                                        HashMap::from([
-                                            ("file".to_string(), display_name.quote().to_string()),
-                                            ("become_inaccessible".to_string(), get_message("tail-become-inaccessible")),
-                                            ("no_such_file".to_string(), get_message("tail-no-such-file-or-directory"))
-                                        ])
-                                    )
+                                    translate!("tail-status-file-became-inaccessible", "file" => display_name.quote(), "become_inaccessible" => translate!("tail-become-inaccessible"), "no_such_file" => translate!("tail-no-such-file-or-directory"))
                                 );
                             }
                         }
                         if event_path.is_orphan() && !self.orphans.contains(event_path) {
-                            show_error!("{}", get_message("tail-status-directory-containing-watched-file-removed"));
+                            show_error!("{}", translate!("tail-status-directory-containing-watched-file-removed"));
                             show_error!(
                                 "{}",
-                                get_message_with_args(
-                                    "tail-status-backend-cannot-be-used-reverting-to-polling",
-                                    HashMap::from([("backend".to_string(), text::BACKEND.to_string())])
-                                )
+                                translate!("tail-status-backend-cannot-be-used-reverting-to-polling", "backend" => text::BACKEND)
                             );
                             self.orphans.push(event_path.clone());
                             let _ = self.watcher_rx.as_mut().unwrap().unwatch(event_path);
@@ -461,17 +421,11 @@ impl Observer {
                     } else {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "tail-status-file-no-such-file",
-                                HashMap::from([
-                                    ("file".to_string(), display_name),
-                                    ("no_such_file".to_string(), get_message("tail-no-such-file-or-directory"))
-                                ])
-                            )
+                            translate!("tail-status-file-no-such-file", "file" => display_name, "no_such_file" => translate!("tail-no-such-file-or-directory"))
                         );
                         if !self.files.files_remaining() && self.use_polling {
                             // NOTE: GNU's tail exits here for `---disable-inotify`
-                            return Err(USimpleError::new(1, get_message("tail-no-files-remaining")));
+                            return Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("tail-no-files-remaining")));
                         }
                     }
                     self.files.reset_reader(event_path);
@@ -535,7 +489,7 @@ impl Observer {
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
 pub fn follow(mut observer: Observer, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
     if observer.files.no_files_remaining(settings) && !observer.files.only_stdin_remaining() {
-        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, get_message("tail-no-files-remaining")));
+        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("tail-no-files-remaining")));
     }
 
     let mut process = platform::ProcessChecker::new(observer.pid);
@@ -565,13 +519,7 @@ pub fn follow(mut observer: Observer, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
                     if md.is_tailable() && pd.reader.is_none() {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "tail-status-has-appeared-following-new-file",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "file".to_string(),
-                                    pd.display_name.quote().to_string()
-                                )])
-                            )
+                            translate!("tail-status-has-appeared-following-new-file", "file" => pd.display_name.quote())
                         );
                         observer.files.update_metadata(new_path, Some(md));
                         observer.files.update_reader(new_path)?;
@@ -630,19 +578,13 @@ pub fn follow(mut observer: Observer, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
             })) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-backend-resources-exhausted",
-                        HashMap::from([("backend".to_string(), text::BACKEND.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("tail-error-backend-resources-exhausted", "backend" => text::BACKEND),
                 ));
             }
             Ok(Err(e)) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-notify-error",
-                        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("tail-error-notify-error", "error" => e),
                 ));
             }
             Err(mpsc::RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
@@ -651,10 +593,7 @@ pub fn follow(mut observer: Observer, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
             Err(e) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-recv-timeout-error",
-                        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("tail-error-recv-timeout-error", "error" => e),
                 ));
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/paths.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/paths.rs
index 72579df9389..340a0b29dec 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/paths.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/paths.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom};
 use std::os::unix::fs::{FileTypeExt, MetadataExt};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum InputKind {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl Input {
         let kind = string.into();
         let display_name = match kind {
             InputKind::File(_) => string.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
-            InputKind::Stdin => get_message("tail-stdin-header"),
+            InputKind::Stdin => translate!("tail-stdin-header"),
         };
 
         Self { kind, display_name }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl Default for Input {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             kind: InputKind::Stdin,
-            display_name: get_message("tail-stdin-header"),
+            display_name: translate!("tail-stdin-header"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl PathExtTail for Path {
     fn is_stdin(&self) -> bool {
         self.eq(Self::new(text::DASH))
             || self.eq(Self::new(text::DEV_STDIN))
-            || self.eq(Self::new(&get_message("tail-stdin-header")))
+            || self.eq(Self::new(&translate!("tail-stdin-header")))
     }
 
     /// Return true if `path` does not have an existing parent directory
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs
index a089d210b7a..cd10203b3f7 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/tail.rs
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ use memchr::{memchr_iter, memrchr_iter};
 use paths::{FileExtTail, HeaderPrinter, Input, InputKind};
 use same_file::Handle;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, BufReader, BufWriter, ErrorKind, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, get_exit_code, set_exit_code};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::{show, show_error};
 
 #[uucore::main]
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         args::VerificationResult::CannotFollowStdinByName => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "tail-error-cannot-follow-stdin-by-name",
-                    HashMap::from([("stdin".to_string(), text::DASH.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("tail-error-cannot-follow-stdin-by-name", "stdin" => text::DASH.quote()),
             ));
         }
         // Exit early if we do not output anything. Note, that this may break a pipe
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ fn uu_tail(settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
     }
 
     if get_exit_code() > 0 && paths::stdin_is_bad_fd() {
-        show_error!("{}: {}", text::DASH, get_message("tail-bad-fd"));
+        show_error!("{}: {}", text::DASH, translate!("tail-bad-fd"));
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -127,49 +124,28 @@ fn tail_file(
         set_exit_code(1);
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "tail-error-cannot-open-no-such-file",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("file".to_string(), input.display_name.clone()),
-                    (
-                        "error".to_string(),
-                        get_message("tail-no-such-file-or-directory")
-                    )
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("tail-error-cannot-open-no-such-file", "file" => input.display_name.clone(), "error" => translate!("tail-no-such-file-or-directory"))
         );
         observer.add_bad_path(path, input.display_name.as_str(), false)?;
     } else if path.is_dir() {
         set_exit_code(1);
 
         header_printer.print_input(input);
-        let err_msg = get_message("tail-is-a-directory");
+        let err_msg = translate!("tail-is-a-directory");
 
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "tail-error-reading-file",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("file".to_string(), input.display_name.clone()),
-                    ("error".to_string(), err_msg)
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("tail-error-reading-file", "file" => input.display_name.clone(), "error" => err_msg)
         );
         if settings.follow.is_some() {
             let msg = if settings.retry {
                 ""
             } else {
-                &get_message("tail-giving-up-on-this-name")
+                &translate!("tail-giving-up-on-this-name")
             };
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "tail-error-cannot-follow-file-type",
-                    HashMap::from([
-                        ("file".to_string(), input.display_name.clone()),
-                        ("msg".to_string(), msg.to_string())
-                    ])
-                )
+                translate!("tail-error-cannot-follow-file-type", "file" => input.display_name.clone(), "msg" => msg)
             );
         }
         if !observer.follow_name_retry() {
@@ -208,19 +184,13 @@ fn tail_file(
             Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => {
                 observer.add_bad_path(path, input.display_name.as_str(), false)?;
                 show!(e.map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), input.display_name.clone())]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("tail-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "file" => input.display_name.clone())
                 }));
             }
             Err(e) => {
                 observer.add_bad_path(path, input.display_name.as_str(), false)?;
                 return Err(e.map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                        HashMap::from([("file".to_string(), input.display_name.clone())]),
-                    )
+                    translate!("tail-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "file" => input.display_name.clone())
                 }));
             }
         }
@@ -249,16 +219,7 @@ fn tail_stdin(
                     set_exit_code(1);
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-cannot-open-no-such-file",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("file".to_string(), input.display_name.clone()),
-                                (
-                                    "error".to_string(),
-                                    get_message("tail-no-such-file-or-directory")
-                                )
-                            ])
-                        )
+                        translate!("tail-error-cannot-open-no-such-file", "file" => input.display_name.clone(), "error" => translate!("tail-no-such-file-or-directory"))
                     );
                     return Ok(());
                 }
@@ -295,24 +256,12 @@ fn tail_stdin(
                 set_exit_code(1);
                 show_error!(
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tail-error-cannot-fstat",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("file".to_string(), get_message("tail-stdin-header")),
-                            ("error".to_string(), get_message("tail-bad-fd"))
-                        ])
-                    )
+                    translate!("tail-error-cannot-fstat", "file" => translate!("tail-stdin-header"), "error" => translate!("tail-bad-fd"))
                 );
                 if settings.follow.is_some() {
                     show_error!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tail-error-reading-file",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("file".to_string(), get_message("tail-stdin-header")),
-                                ("error".to_string(), get_message("tail-bad-fd"))
-                            ])
-                        )
+                        translate!("tail-error-reading-file", "file" => translate!("tail-stdin-header"), "error" => translate!("tail-bad-fd"))
                     );
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
index 8b7ac44fe86..397f6efbbc3 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/tee.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["poll", "fs"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "parser", "signals"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tee"
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index 7ac4e571065..d7d4b670459 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 
 // spell-checker:ignore nopipe
@@ -19,9 +20,6 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, show_error};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::signals::{enable_pipe_errors, ignore_interrupts};
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 mod options {
     pub const APPEND: &str = "append";
     pub const IGNORE_INTERRUPTS: &str = "ignore-interrupts";
@@ -96,9 +94,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("tee-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("tee-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("tee-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("tee-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("tee-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("tee-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         // Since we use value-specific help texts for "--output-error", clap's "short help" and "long help" differ.
         // However, this is something that the GNU tests explicitly test for, so we *always* show the long help instead.
@@ -107,21 +105,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new("--help")
                 .short('h')
                 .long("help")
-                .help(get_message("tee-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("tee-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::HelpLong),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::APPEND)
                 .long(options::APPEND)
                 .short('a')
-                .help(get_message("tee-help-append"))
+                .help(translate!("tee-help-append"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_INTERRUPTS)
                 .long(options::IGNORE_INTERRUPTS)
                 .short('i')
-                .help(get_message("tee-help-ignore-interrupts"))
+                .help(translate!("tee-help-ignore-interrupts"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_PIPE_ERRORS)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("tee-help-ignore-pipe-errors"))
+                .help(translate!("tee-help-ignore-pipe-errors"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -141,14 +139,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
-                    PossibleValue::new("warn").help(get_message("tee-help-output-error-warn")),
+                    PossibleValue::new("warn").help(translate!("tee-help-output-error-warn")),
                     PossibleValue::new("warn-nopipe")
-                        .help(get_message("tee-help-output-error-warn-nopipe")),
-                    PossibleValue::new("exit").help(get_message("tee-help-output-error-exit")),
+                        .help(translate!("tee-help-output-error-warn-nopipe")),
+                    PossibleValue::new("exit").help(translate!("tee-help-output-error-exit")),
                     PossibleValue::new("exit-nopipe")
-                        .help(get_message("tee-help-output-error-exit-nopipe")),
+                        .help(translate!("tee-help-output-error-exit-nopipe")),
                 ]))
-                .help(get_message("tee-help-output-error")),
+                .help(translate!("tee-help-output-error")),
         )
 }
 
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ fn tee(options: &Options) -> Result<()> {
     writers.insert(
         0,
         NamedWriter {
-            name: get_message("tee-standard-output"),
+            name: translate!("tee-standard-output"),
             inner: Box::new(stdout()),
         },
     );
@@ -414,13 +412,7 @@ impl Read for NamedReader {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
         match self.inner.read(buf) {
             Err(f) => {
-                show_error!(
-                    "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tee-error-stdin",
-                        HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), f.to_string())])
-                    )
-                );
+                show_error!("{}", translate!("tee-error-stdin", "error" => f));
                 Err(f)
             }
             okay => okay,
diff --git a/src/uu/test/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/test/Cargo.toml
index 53cf597af20..1785063a0d9 100644
--- a/src/uu/test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["process"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "test"
diff --git a/src/uu/test/src/error.rs b/src/uu/test/src/error.rs
index 4bc062fc466..cd9c071acb1 100644
--- a/src/uu/test/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/test/src/error.rs
@@ -3,26 +3,25 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Represents an error encountered while parsing a test expression
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ParseError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("test-error-expected-value"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-expected-value"))]
     ExpectedValue,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("test-error-expected", HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-expected", "value" => .0))]
     Expected(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("test-error-extra-argument", HashMap::from([("argument".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-extra-argument", "argument" => .0))]
     ExtraArgument(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("test-error-missing-argument", HashMap::from([("argument".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-missing-argument", "argument" => .0))]
     MissingArgument(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("test-error-unknown-operator", HashMap::from([("operator".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-unknown-operator", "operator" => .0))]
     UnknownOperator(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("test-error-invalid-integer", HashMap::from([("value".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-invalid-integer", "value" => .0))]
     InvalidInteger(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("test-error-unary-operator-expected", HashMap::from([("operator".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("test-error-unary-operator-expected", "operator" => .0))]
     UnaryOperatorExpected(String),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/test/src/test.rs b/src/uu/test/src/test.rs
index 0f4263b7b69..c1a680093a8 100644
--- a/src/uu/test/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/uu/test/src/test.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use uucore::format_usage;
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 use uucore::process::{getegid, geteuid};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 // The help_usage method replaces util name (the first word) with {}.
 // And, The format_usage method replaces {} with execution_phrase ( e.g. test or [ ).
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     // since we don't recognize -h and -v as help/version flags.
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("test-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("test-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("test-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("test-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("test-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("test-after-help"))
 }
 
 #[uucore::main]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn uumain(mut args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if last.as_deref() != Some(OsStr::new("]")) {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 2,
-                get_message("test-error-missing-closing-bracket"),
+                translate!("test-error-missing-closing-bracket"),
             ));
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
index f2abe2ff45e..c6b795628f7 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["signal"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "process", "signals"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "timeout"
diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
index 3c45acc2f5a..755f593bf92 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ mod status;
 
 use crate::status::ExitStatus;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
 use std::process::{self, Child, Stdio};
@@ -18,8 +17,8 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UClapError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::parser::parse_time;
 use uucore::process::ChildExt;
+use uucore::translate;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors;
 
@@ -60,13 +59,7 @@ impl Config {
                     None => {
                         return Err(UUsageError::new(
                             ExitStatus::TimeoutFailed.into(),
-                            get_message_with_args(
-                                "timeout-error-invalid-signal",
-                                HashMap::from([(
-                                    "signal".to_string(),
-                                    signal_.quote().to_string(),
-                                )]),
-                            ),
+                            translate!("timeout-error-invalid-signal", "signal" => signal_.quote()),
                         ));
                     }
                     Some(signal_value) => signal_value,
@@ -128,40 +121,40 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new("timeout")
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("timeout-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("timeout-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("timeout-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("timeout-usage")))
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FOREGROUND)
                 .long(options::FOREGROUND)
                 .short('f')
-                .help(get_message("timeout-help-foreground"))
+                .help(translate!("timeout-help-foreground"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::KILL_AFTER)
                 .long(options::KILL_AFTER)
                 .short('k')
-                .help(get_message("timeout-help-kill-after")),
+                .help(translate!("timeout-help-kill-after")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PRESERVE_STATUS)
                 .long(options::PRESERVE_STATUS)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("timeout-help-preserve-status"))
+                .help(translate!("timeout-help-preserve-status"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SIGNAL)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SIGNAL)
-                .help(get_message("timeout-help-signal"))
+                .help(translate!("timeout-help-signal"))
                 .value_name("SIGNAL"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::VERBOSE)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::VERBOSE)
-                .help(get_message("timeout-help-verbose"))
+                .help(translate!("timeout-help-verbose"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(Arg::new(options::DURATION).required(true))
@@ -209,13 +202,7 @@ fn report_if_verbose(signal: usize, cmd: &str, verbose: bool) {
         let s = signal_name_by_value(signal).unwrap();
         show_error!(
             "{}",
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "timeout-verbose-sending-signal",
-                HashMap::from([
-                    ("signal".to_string(), s.to_string()),
-                    ("command".to_string(), cmd.quote().to_string())
-                ])
-            )
+            translate!("timeout-verbose-sending-signal", "signal" => s, "command" => cmd.quote())
         );
     }
 }
@@ -342,10 +329,7 @@ fn timeout(
             };
             USimpleError::new(
                 status_code,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "timeout-error-failed-to-execute-process",
-                    HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), err.to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("timeout-error-failed-to-execute-process", "error" => err),
             )
         })?;
     unblock_sigchld();
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
index 182041c450d..55ac39bd89b 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 parse_datetime = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "parser"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/error.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/error.rs
index 13c3b36384f..8d23b752855 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/error.rs
@@ -5,28 +5,27 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (misc) uioerror
 use filetime::FileTime;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UError, UIoError};
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum TouchError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("touch-error-unable-to-parse-date", HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("touch-error-unable-to-parse-date", "date" => .0.clone()))]
     InvalidDateFormat(String),
 
     /// The source time couldn't be converted to a [`chrono::DateTime`]
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("touch-error-invalid-filetime", HashMap::from([("time".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("touch-error-invalid-filetime", "time" => .0))]
     InvalidFiletime(FileTime),
 
     /// The reference file's attributes could not be found or read
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("touch-error-reference-file-inaccessible", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), .0.quote().to_string()), ("error".to_string(), to_uioerror(.1).to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("touch-error-reference-file-inaccessible", "path" => .0.quote(), "error" => to_uioerror(.1)))]
     ReferenceFileInaccessible(PathBuf, std::io::Error),
 
     /// An error getting a path to stdout on Windows
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("touch-error-windows-stdout-path-failed", HashMap::from([("code".to_string(), .0.clone())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("touch-error-windows-stdout-path-failed", "code" => .0.clone()))]
     WindowsStdoutPathError(String),
 
     /// An error encountered on a specific file
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index 21595be1c63..fde4cdc1ba9 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use clap::builder::{PossibleValue, ValueParser};
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgGroup, ArgMatches, Command};
 use filetime::{FileTime, set_file_times, set_symlink_file_times};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
@@ -24,10 +23,10 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
 use crate::error::TouchError;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 
 /// Options contains all the possible behaviors and flags for touch.
 ///
@@ -194,13 +193,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .ok_or_else(|| {
             USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-missing-file-operand",
-                    HashMap::from([(
-                        "help_command".to_string(),
-                        uucore::execution_phrase().to_string(),
-                    )]),
-                ),
+                translate!("touch-error-missing-file-operand", "help_command" => uucore::execution_phrase().to_string(),),
             )
         })?
         .collect();
@@ -261,26 +254,26 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("touch-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("touch-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("touch-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("touch-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HELP)
                 .long(options::HELP)
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-help"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-help"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ACCESS)
                 .short('a')
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-access"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-access"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sources::TIMESTAMP)
                 .short('t')
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-timestamp"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-timestamp"))
                 .value_name("STAMP"),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -288,7 +281,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::sources::DATE)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-date"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-date"))
                 .value_name("STRING")
                 .conflicts_with(options::sources::TIMESTAMP),
         )
@@ -302,28 +295,28 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MODIFICATION)
                 .short('m')
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-modification"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-modification"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_CREATE)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::NO_CREATE)
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-no-create"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-no-create"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_DEREF)
                 .short('h')
                 .long(options::NO_DEREF)
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-no-deref"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-no-deref"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::sources::REFERENCE)
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::sources::REFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-reference"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-reference"))
                 .value_name("FILE")
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)
@@ -332,7 +325,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TIME)
                 .long(options::TIME)
-                .help(get_message("touch-help-time"))
+                .help(translate!("touch-help-time"))
                 .value_name("WORD")
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("atime").alias("access").alias("use"),
@@ -447,12 +440,9 @@ fn touch_file(
 
     if let Err(e) = metadata_result {
         if e.kind() != ErrorKind::NotFound {
-            return Err(e.map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-setting-times-of",
-                    HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            }));
+            return Err(e.map_err_context(
+                || translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of", "filename" => filename.quote()),
+            ));
         }
 
         if opts.no_create {
@@ -462,10 +452,7 @@ fn touch_file(
         if opts.no_deref {
             let e = USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-setting-times-no-such-file",
-                    HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("touch-error-setting-times-no-such-file", "filename" => filename.quote()),
             );
             if opts.strict {
                 return Err(e);
@@ -485,20 +472,14 @@ fn touch_file(
                 false
             };
             if is_directory {
-                let custom_err = Error::other(get_message("touch-error-no-such-file-or-directory"));
-                return Err(custom_err.map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "touch-error-cannot-touch",
-                        HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
-                }));
+                let custom_err = Error::other(translate!("touch-error-no-such-file-or-directory"));
+                return Err(custom_err.map_err_context(
+                    || translate!("touch-error-cannot-touch", "filename" => filename.quote()),
+                ));
             }
-            let e = e.map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-cannot-touch",
-                    HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            });
+            let e = e.map_err_context(
+                || translate!("touch-error-cannot-touch", "filename" => path.quote()),
+            );
             if opts.strict {
                 return Err(e);
             }
@@ -561,22 +542,16 @@ fn update_times(
         ChangeTimes::AtimeOnly => (
             atime,
             stat(path, !opts.no_deref)
-                .map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "touch-error-failed-to-get-attributes",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
-                })?
+                .map_err_context(
+                    || translate!("touch-error-failed-to-get-attributes", "path" => path.quote()),
+                )?
                 .1,
         ),
         ChangeTimes::MtimeOnly => (
             stat(path, !opts.no_deref)
-                .map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "touch-error-failed-to-get-attributes",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-                    )
-                })?
+                .map_err_context(
+                    || translate!("touch-error-failed-to-get-attributes", "path" => path.quote()),
+                )?
                 .0,
             mtime,
         ),
@@ -591,12 +566,7 @@ fn update_times(
     } else {
         set_file_times(path, atime, mtime)
     }
-    .map_err_context(|| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "touch-error-setting-times-of-path",
-            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-    })
+    .map_err_context(|| translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()))
 }
 
 /// Get metadata of the provided path
@@ -681,10 +651,7 @@ fn prepend_century(s: &str) -> UResult<String> {
     let first_two_digits = s[..2].parse::<u32>().map_err(|_| {
         USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "touch-error-invalid-date-ts-format",
-                HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("touch-error-invalid-date-ts-format", "date" => s.quote()),
         )
     })?;
     Ok(format!(
@@ -717,10 +684,7 @@ fn parse_timestamp(s: &str) -> UResult<FileTime> {
         _ => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-invalid-date-format",
-                    HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("touch-error-invalid-date-format", "date" => s.quote()),
             ));
         }
     };
@@ -728,19 +692,13 @@ fn parse_timestamp(s: &str) -> UResult<FileTime> {
     let local = NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(&ts, format).map_err(|_| {
         USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "touch-error-invalid-date-ts-format",
-                HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), ts.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("touch-error-invalid-date-ts-format", "date" => ts.quote()),
         )
     })?;
     let LocalResult::Single(mut local) = Local.from_local_datetime(&local) else {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "touch-error-invalid-date-ts-format",
-                HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), ts.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("touch-error-invalid-date-ts-format", "date" => ts.quote()),
         ));
     };
 
@@ -761,10 +719,7 @@ fn parse_timestamp(s: &str) -> UResult<FileTime> {
     if local.hour() != local2.hour() {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "touch-error-invalid-date-format",
-                HashMap::from([("date".to_string(), s.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("touch-error-invalid-date-format", "date" => s.quote()),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -818,22 +773,19 @@ fn pathbuf_from_stdout() -> Result<PathBuf, TouchError> {
 
         let buffer_size = match ret {
             ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND | ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY | ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER => {
-                return Err(TouchError::WindowsStdoutPathError(get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-windows-stdout-path-failed",
-                    HashMap::from([("code".to_string(), ret.to_string())]),
-                )));
+                return Err(TouchError::WindowsStdoutPathError(
+                    translate!("touch-error-windows-stdout-path-failed", "code" => ret),
+                ));
             }
             0 => {
-                return Err(TouchError::WindowsStdoutPathError(get_message_with_args(
-                    "touch-error-windows-stdout-path-failed",
-                    HashMap::from([(
-                        "code".to_string(),
-                        format!(
-                            "{}",
-                            // SAFETY: GetLastError is thread-safe and has no documented memory unsafety.
-                            unsafe { GetLastError() }
-                        ),
-                    )]),
+                return Err(TouchError::WindowsStdoutPathError(translate!(
+                "touch-error-windows-stdout-path-failed",
+                    "code".to_string() =>
+                    format!(
+                        "{}",
+                        // SAFETY: GetLastError is thread-safe and has no documented memory unsafety.
+                        unsafe { GetLastError() }
+                    ),
                 )));
             }
             e => e as usize,
diff --git a/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml
index a7253813567..76fe403bbec 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tr/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/tr.rs"
 nom = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tr"
diff --git a/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs b/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs
index 55ec9422c12..baf8f70aa85 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tr/src/operation.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ use std::{
     ops::Not,
 };
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::show_warning;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -47,64 +48,57 @@ impl Display for BadSequence {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::MissingCharClassName => {
-                write!(f, "{}", get_message("tr-error-missing-char-class-name"))
+                write!(f, "{}", translate!("tr-error-missing-char-class-name"))
             }
             Self::MissingEquivalentClassChar => {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message("tr-error-missing-equivalence-class-char")
+                    translate!("tr-error-missing-equivalence-class-char")
                 )
             }
             Self::MultipleCharRepeatInSet2 => {
-                write!(
-                    f,
-                    "{}",
-                    get_message("tr-error-multiple-char-repeat-in-set2")
-                )
+                write!(f, "{}", translate!("tr-error-multiple-char-repeat-in-set2"))
             }
             Self::CharRepeatInSet1 => {
-                write!(f, "{}", get_message("tr-error-char-repeat-in-set1"))
+                write!(f, "{}", translate!("tr-error-char-repeat-in-set1"))
             }
             Self::InvalidRepeatCount(count) => {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tr-error-invalid-repeat-count",
-                        HashMap::from([("count".to_string(), format!("'{count}'"))])
-                    )
+                    translate!("tr-error-invalid-repeat-count", "count" => format!("'{count}'"))
                 )
             }
             Self::EmptySet2WhenNotTruncatingSet1 => {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message("tr-error-empty-set2-when-not-truncating")
+                    translate!("tr-error-empty-set2-when-not-truncating")
                 )
             }
             Self::ClassExceptLowerUpperInSet2 => {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message("tr-error-class-except-lower-upper-in-set2")
+                    translate!("tr-error-class-except-lower-upper-in-set2")
                 )
             }
             Self::ClassInSet2NotMatchedBySet1 => {
-                write!(f, "{}", get_message("tr-error-class-in-set2-not-matched"))
+                write!(f, "{}", translate!("tr-error-class-in-set2-not-matched"))
             }
             Self::Set1LongerSet2EndsInClass => {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message("tr-error-set1-longer-set2-ends-in-class")
+                    translate!("tr-error-set1-longer-set2-ends-in-class")
                 )
             }
             Self::ComplementMoreThanOneUniqueInSet2 => {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message("tr-error-complement-more-than-one-unique")
+                    translate!("tr-error-complement-more-than-one-unique")
                 )
             }
             Self::BackwardsRange { end, start } => {
@@ -119,22 +113,13 @@ impl Display for BadSequence {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     "{}",
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "tr-error-backwards-range",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("start".to_string(), end_or_start_to_string(start)),
-                            ("end".to_string(), end_or_start_to_string(end))
-                        ])
-                    )
+                    translate!("tr-error-backwards-range", "start" => end_or_start_to_string(start), "end" => end_or_start_to_string(end))
                 )
             }
             Self::MultipleCharInEquivalence(s) => write!(
                 f,
                 "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "tr-error-multiple-char-in-equivalence",
-                    HashMap::from([("chars".to_string(), s.clone())])
-                )
+                translate!("tr-error-multiple-char-in-equivalence", "chars" => s.clone())
             ),
         }
     }
@@ -396,17 +381,7 @@ impl Sequence {
                     let outstand_char: char = char::from_u32(input[2] as u32).unwrap();
                     show_warning!(
                         "{}",
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "tr-warning-ambiguous-octal-escape",
-                            HashMap::from([
-                                ("origin_octal".to_string(), origin_octal.to_string()),
-                                (
-                                    "actual_octal_tail".to_string(),
-                                    actual_octal_tail.to_string()
-                                ),
-                                ("outstand_char".to_string(), outstand_char.to_string())
-                            ])
-                        )
+                        translate!("tr-warning-ambiguous-octal-escape", "origin_octal" => origin_octal, "actual_octal_tail" => actual_octal_tail, "outstand_char" => outstand_char)
                     );
                 }
                 result
@@ -711,7 +686,7 @@ where
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
         output
             .write_all(&output_buf)
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("tr-error-write-error"))?;
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("tr-error-write-error"))?;
 
         // SIGPIPE is not available on Windows.
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
@@ -719,7 +694,7 @@ where
             if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe {
                 std::process::exit(13);
             } else {
-                return Err(err.map_err_context(|| get_message("tr-error-write-error")));
+                return Err(err.map_err_context(|| translate!("tr-error-write-error")));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs b/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
index c2e90910916..9bf8bbbec1b 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use operation::{
     DeleteOperation, Sequence, SqueezeOperation, SymbolTranslator, TranslateOperation,
     translate_input,
 };
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::{BufWriter, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
@@ -19,10 +18,9 @@ use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::fs::is_stdin_directory;
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 use uucore::libc;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, os_str_as_bytes, show};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 mod options {
     pub const COMPLEMENT: &str = "complement";
     pub const DELETE: &str = "delete";
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .collect();
 
     if sets.is_empty() {
-        return Err(UUsageError::new(1, get_message("tr-error-missing-operand")));
+        return Err(UUsageError::new(1, translate!("tr-error-missing-operand")));
     }
 
     let sets_len = sets.len();
@@ -67,20 +65,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if !(delete_flag || squeeze_flag) && sets_len == 1 {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "tr-error-missing-operand-translating",
-                HashMap::from([("set".to_string(), sets[0].quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("tr-error-missing-operand-translating", "set" => sets[0].quote()),
         ));
     }
 
     if delete_flag && squeeze_flag && sets_len == 1 {
         return Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "tr-error-missing-operand-deleting-squeezing",
-                HashMap::from([("set".to_string(), sets[0].quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("tr-error-missing-operand-deleting-squeezing", "set" => sets[0].quote()),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -88,24 +80,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         if delete_flag && !squeeze_flag {
             let op = sets[1].quote();
             let msg = if sets_len == 2 {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "tr-error-extra-operand-deleting-without-squeezing",
-                    HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), op.to_string())]),
-                )
+                translate!("tr-error-extra-operand-deleting-without-squeezing", "operand" => op)
             } else {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "tr-error-extra-operand-simple",
-                    HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), op.to_string())]),
-                )
+                translate!("tr-error-extra-operand-simple", "operand" => op)
             };
             return Err(UUsageError::new(1, msg));
         }
         if sets_len > 2 {
             let op = sets[2].quote();
-            let msg = get_message_with_args(
-                "tr-error-extra-operand-simple",
-                HashMap::from([("operand".to_string(), op.to_string())]),
-            );
+            let msg = translate!("tr-error-extra-operand-simple", "operand" => op);
             return Err(UUsageError::new(1, msg));
         }
     }
@@ -117,7 +100,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             // The trailing backslash has a non-backslash character before it.
             show!(USimpleError::new(
                 0,
-                get_message("tr-warning-unescaped-backslash")
+                translate!("tr-warning-unescaped-backslash")
             ));
         }
     }
@@ -139,7 +122,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     )?;
 
     if is_stdin_directory(&stdin) {
-        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, get_message("tr-error-read-directory")));
+        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, translate!("tr-error-read-directory")));
     }
 
     // '*_op' are the operations that need to be applied, in order.
@@ -171,14 +154,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
     buffered_stdout
         .flush()
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("tr-error-write-error"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("tr-error-write-error"))?;
 
     // SIGPIPE is not available on Windows.
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     match buffered_stdout.flush() {
         Ok(()) => {}
         Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => std::process::exit(13),
-        Err(err) => return Err(err.map_err_context(|| get_message("tr-error-write-error"))),
+        Err(err) => return Err(err.map_err_context(|| translate!("tr-error-write-error"))),
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -187,9 +170,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("tr-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("tr-usage")))
-        .after_help(get_message("tr-after-help"))
+        .about(translate!("tr-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("tr-usage")))
+        .after_help(translate!("tr-after-help"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .trailing_var_arg(true)
         .arg(
@@ -197,7 +180,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .visible_short_alias('C')
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::COMPLEMENT)
-                .help(get_message("tr-help-complement"))
+                .help(translate!("tr-help-complement"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::COMPLEMENT),
         )
@@ -205,7 +188,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::DELETE)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::DELETE)
-                .help(get_message("tr-help-delete"))
+                .help(translate!("tr-help-delete"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::DELETE),
         )
@@ -213,7 +196,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::SQUEEZE)
                 .long(options::SQUEEZE)
                 .short('s')
-                .help(get_message("tr-help-squeeze"))
+                .help(translate!("tr-help-squeeze"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::SQUEEZE),
         )
@@ -221,7 +204,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::TRUNCATE_SET1)
                 .long(options::TRUNCATE_SET1)
                 .short('t')
-                .help(get_message("tr-help-truncate-set1"))
+                .help(translate!("tr-help-truncate-set1"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .overrides_with(options::TRUNCATE_SET1),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml
index 41925a20812..468edddc212 100644
--- a/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/true/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/true.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "true"
diff --git a/src/uu/true/src/true.rs b/src/uu/true/src/true.rs
index 188884e790f..788d23067e0 100644
--- a/src/uu/true/src/true.rs
+++ b/src/uu/true/src/true.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::{ffi::OsString, io::Write};
 use uucore::error::{UResult, set_exit_code};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("true-about"))
+        .about(translate!("true-about"))
         // We provide our own help and version options, to ensure maximum compatibility with GNU.
         .disable_help_flag(true)
         .disable_version_flag(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new("help")
                 .long("help")
-                .help(get_message("true-help-text"))
+                .help(translate!("true-help-text"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Help),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("version")
                 .long("version")
-                .help(get_message("true-version-text"))
+                .help(translate!("true-version-text"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Version),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml
index 3d651f20250..29eeaccecd0 100644
--- a/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/truncate.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "truncate"
diff --git a/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs b/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
index 2521483cbf3..b11796cc074 100644
--- a/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
+++ b/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) RFILE refsize rfilename fsize tsize
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::{OpenOptions, metadata};
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -14,7 +13,8 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub mod options {
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(get_message("truncate-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("truncate-after-help"))
         .try_get_matches_from(args)
         .map_err(|e| {
             e.print().expect("Error writing clap::Error");
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if files.is_empty() {
         Err(UUsageError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("truncate-error-missing-file-operand"),
+            translate!("truncate-error-missing-file-operand"),
         ))
     } else {
         let io_blocks = matches.get_flag(options::IO_BLOCKS);
@@ -118,21 +118,21 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("truncate-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("truncate-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("truncate-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("truncate-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IO_BLOCKS)
                 .short('o')
                 .long(options::IO_BLOCKS)
-                .help(get_message("truncate-help-io-blocks"))
+                .help(translate!("truncate-help-io-blocks"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NO_CREATE)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::NO_CREATE)
-                .help(get_message("truncate-help-no-create"))
+                .help(translate!("truncate-help-no-create"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::REFERENCE)
                 .required_unless_present(options::SIZE)
-                .help(get_message("truncate-help-reference"))
+                .help(translate!("truncate-help-reference"))
                 .value_name("RFILE")
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SIZE)
                 .required_unless_present(options::REFERENCE)
-                .help(get_message("truncate-help-size"))
+                .help(translate!("truncate-help-size"))
                 .value_name("SIZE"),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -179,10 +179,7 @@ fn file_truncate(filename: &str, create: bool, size: u64) -> UResult<()> {
         if metadata.file_type().is_fifo() {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "truncate-error-cannot-open-no-device",
-                    HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("truncate-error-cannot-open-no-device", "filename" => filename.quote()),
             ));
         }
     }
@@ -193,12 +190,9 @@ fn file_truncate(filename: &str, create: bool, size: u64) -> UResult<()> {
         Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound && !create => Ok(()),
         Err(e) => Err(e),
     }
-    .map_err_context(|| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "truncate-error-cannot-open-for-writing",
-            HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-    })
+    .map_err_context(
+        || translate!("truncate-error-cannot-open-for-writing", "filename" => filename.quote()),
+    )
 }
 
 /// Truncate files to a size relative to a given file.
@@ -228,16 +222,13 @@ fn truncate_reference_and_size(
         Err(e) => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "truncate-error-invalid-number",
-                    HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-                ),
+                translate!("truncate-error-invalid-number", "error" => e),
             ));
         }
         Ok(TruncateMode::Absolute(_)) => {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
-                get_message("truncate-error-must-specify-relative-size"),
+                translate!("truncate-error-must-specify-relative-size"),
             ));
         }
         Ok(m) => m,
@@ -246,17 +237,14 @@ fn truncate_reference_and_size(
     if let TruncateMode::RoundDown(0) | TruncateMode::RoundUp(0) = mode {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("truncate-error-division-by-zero"),
+            translate!("truncate-error-division-by-zero"),
         ));
     }
 
     let metadata = metadata(rfilename).map_err(|e| match e.kind() {
         ErrorKind::NotFound => USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "truncate-error-cannot-stat-no-such-file",
-                HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), rfilename.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("truncate-error-cannot-stat-no-such-file", "filename" => rfilename.quote()),
         ),
         _ => e.map_err_context(String::new),
     })?;
@@ -292,10 +280,7 @@ fn truncate_reference_file_only(
     let metadata = metadata(rfilename).map_err(|e| match e.kind() {
         ErrorKind::NotFound => USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "truncate-error-cannot-stat-no-such-file",
-                HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), rfilename.quote().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("truncate-error-cannot-stat-no-such-file", "filename" => rfilename.quote()),
         ),
         _ => e.map_err_context(String::new),
     })?;
@@ -328,19 +313,13 @@ fn truncate_reference_file_only(
 /// If at least one file is a named pipe (also known as a fifo).
 fn truncate_size_only(size_string: &str, filenames: &[String], create: bool) -> UResult<()> {
     let mode = parse_mode_and_size(size_string).map_err(|e| {
-        USimpleError::new(
-            1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "truncate-error-invalid-number",
-                HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), e.to_string())]),
-            ),
-        )
+        USimpleError::new(1, translate!("truncate-error-invalid-number", "error" => e))
     })?;
 
     if let TruncateMode::RoundDown(0) | TruncateMode::RoundUp(0) = mode {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("truncate-error-division-by-zero"),
+            translate!("truncate-error-division-by-zero"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -351,10 +330,7 @@ fn truncate_size_only(size_string: &str, filenames: &[String], create: bool) ->
                 if m.file_type().is_fifo() {
                     return Err(USimpleError::new(
                         1,
-                        get_message_with_args(
-                            "truncate-error-cannot-open-no-device",
-                            HashMap::from([("filename".to_string(), filename.quote().to_string())]),
-                        ),
+                        translate!("truncate-error-cannot-open-no-device", "filename" => filename.quote()),
                     ));
                 }
                 m.len()
diff --git a/src/uu/tsort/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tsort/Cargo.toml
index a94591db8df..cd925487b24 100644
--- a/src/uu/tsort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tsort/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/tsort.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tsort"
diff --git a/src/uu/tsort/src/tsort.rs b/src/uu/tsort/src/tsort.rs
index abff7e89b52..646303bab2a 100644
--- a/src/uu/tsort/src/tsort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tsort/src/tsort.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const FILE: &str = "file";
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ mod options {
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum TsortError {
     /// The input file is actually a directory.
-    #[error("{input}: {message}", input = .0, message = get_message("tsort-error-is-dir"))]
+    #[error("{input}: {message}", input = .0, message = translate!("tsort-error-is-dir"))]
     IsDir(String),
 
     /// The number of tokens in the input data is odd.
     ///
     /// The list of edges must be even because each edge has two
     /// components: a source node and a target node.
-    #[error("{input}: {message}", input = .0.maybe_quote(), message = get_message("tsort-error-odd"))]
+    #[error("{input}: {message}", input = .0.maybe_quote(), message = translate!("tsort-error-odd"))]
     NumTokensOdd(String),
 
     /// The graph contains a cycle.
-    #[error("{input}: {message}", input = .0, message = get_message("tsort-error-loop"))]
+    #[error("{input}: {message}", input = .0, message = translate!("tsort-error-loop"))]
     Loop(String),
 
     /// A particular node in a cycle. (This is mainly used for printing.)
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("tsort-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("tsort-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("tsort-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("tsort-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
diff --git a/src/uu/tty/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tty/Cargo.toml
index 0f0c09f5ab2..407e8b0d14b 100644
--- a/src/uu/tty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tty/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/tty.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["term"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tty"
diff --git a/src/uu/tty/src/tty.rs b/src/uu/tty/src/tty.rs
index ae7efd85bf0..d5c843fcdfc 100644
--- a/src/uu/tty/src/tty.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tty/src/tty.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::io::{IsTerminal, Write};
 use uucore::error::{UResult, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod options {
     pub const SILENT: &str = "silent";
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         Ok(name) => writeln!(stdout, "{}", name.display()),
         Err(_) => {
             set_exit_code(1);
-            writeln!(stdout, "{}", get_message("tty-not-a-tty"))
+            writeln!(stdout, "{}", translate!("tty-not-a-tty"))
         }
     };
 
@@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("tty-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("tty-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("tty-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("tty-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SILENT)
                 .long(options::SILENT)
                 .visible_alias("quiet")
                 .short('s')
-                .help(get_message("tty-help-silent"))
+                .help(translate!("tty-help-silent"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/uname/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/uname/Cargo.toml
index 0bf8c0ffe99..f640412e233 100644
--- a/src/uu/uname/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/uname/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ path = "src/uname.rs"
 platform-info = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "uname"
diff --git a/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs b/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs
index 2a0c3fe6a77..092ec1a649a 100644
--- a/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/uname/src/uname.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use platform_info::*;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{
     error::{UResult, USimpleError},
     format_usage,
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ impl UNameOutput {
     }
 
     pub fn new(opts: &Options) -> UResult<Self> {
-        let uname = PlatformInfo::new().map_err(|_e| {
-            USimpleError::new(1, get_message("uname-error-cannot-get-system-name"))
-        })?;
+        let uname = PlatformInfo::new()
+            .map_err(|_e| USimpleError::new(1, translate!("uname-error-cannot-get-system-name")))?;
         let none = !(opts.all
             || opts.kernel_name
             || opts.nodename
@@ -88,11 +87,11 @@ impl UNameOutput {
 
         // This option is unsupported on modern Linux systems
         // See: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-09/msg00063.html
-        let processor = opts.processor.then(|| get_message("uname-unknown"));
+        let processor = opts.processor.then(|| translate!("uname-unknown"));
 
         // This option is unsupported on modern Linux systems
         // See: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-09/msg00063.html
-        let hardware_platform = opts.hardware_platform.then(|| get_message("uname-unknown"));
+        let hardware_platform = opts.hardware_platform.then(|| translate!("uname-unknown"));
 
         Ok(Self {
             kernel_name,
@@ -142,14 +141,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("uname-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("uname-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("uname-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("uname-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ALL)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::ALL)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-all"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -157,14 +156,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::KERNEL_NAME)
                 .alias("sysname") // Obsolescent option in GNU uname
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-kernel-name"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-kernel-name"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::NODENAME)
                 .short('n')
                 .long(options::NODENAME)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-nodename"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-nodename"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -172,35 +171,35 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('r')
                 .long(options::KERNEL_RELEASE)
                 .alias("release") // Obsolescent option in GNU uname
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-kernel-release"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-kernel-release"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::KERNEL_VERSION)
                 .short('v')
                 .long(options::KERNEL_VERSION)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-kernel-version"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-kernel-version"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MACHINE)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(options::MACHINE)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-machine"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-machine"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OS)
                 .short('o')
                 .long(options::OS)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-os"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-os"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PROCESSOR)
                 .short('p')
                 .long(options::PROCESSOR)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-processor"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-processor"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .hide(true),
         )
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::HARDWARE_PLATFORM)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::HARDWARE_PLATFORM)
-                .help(get_message("uname-help-hardware-platform"))
+                .help(translate!("uname-help-hardware-platform"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .hide(true),
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/unexpand/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/unexpand/Cargo.toml
index 41c3d8f85f7..95610ad5a81 100644
--- a/src/uu/unexpand/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/unexpand/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "unexpand"
diff --git a/src/uu/unexpand/src/unexpand.rs b/src/uu/unexpand/src/unexpand.rs
index c5c4327a585..f0b8924b2dd 100644
--- a/src/uu/unexpand/src/unexpand.rs
+++ b/src/uu/unexpand/src/unexpand.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) nums aflag uflag scol prevtab amode ctype cwidth nbytes lastcol pctype Preprocess
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Read, Stdout, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use std::num::IntErrorKind;
@@ -16,21 +15,20 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError};
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 const DEFAULT_TABSTOP: usize = 8;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum ParseError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("unexpand-error-invalid-character", HashMap::from([("char".to_string(), _0.quote().to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("unexpand-error-invalid-character", "char" => _0.quote()))]
     InvalidCharacter(String),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("unexpand-error-tab-size-cannot-be-zero"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("unexpand-error-tab-size-cannot-be-zero"))]
     TabSizeCannotBeZero,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("unexpand-error-tab-size-too-large"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("unexpand-error-tab-size-too-large"))]
     TabSizeTooLarge,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("unexpand-error-tab-sizes-must-be-ascending"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("unexpand-error-tab-sizes-must-be-ascending"))]
     TabSizesMustBeAscending,
 }
 
@@ -157,8 +155,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("unexpand-usage")))
-        .about(get_message("unexpand-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("unexpand-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("unexpand-about"))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
@@ -170,21 +168,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::ALL)
                 .short('a')
                 .long(options::ALL)
-                .help(get_message("unexpand-help-all"))
+                .help(translate!("unexpand-help-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FIRST_ONLY)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::FIRST_ONLY)
-                .help(get_message("unexpand-help-first-only"))
+                .help(translate!("unexpand-help-first-only"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TABS)
                 .short('t')
                 .long(options::TABS)
-                .help(get_message("unexpand-help-tabs"))
+                .help(translate!("unexpand-help-tabs"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .value_name("N, LIST"),
         )
@@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::NO_UTF8)
                 .short('U')
                 .long(options::NO_UTF8)
-                .help(get_message("unexpand-help-no-utf8"))
+                .help(translate!("unexpand-help-no-utf8"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
 }
@@ -203,10 +201,7 @@ fn open(path: &str) -> UResult<BufReader<Box<dyn Read + 'static>>> {
     if filename.is_dir() {
         Err(Box::new(USimpleError {
             code: 1,
-            message: get_message_with_args(
-                "unexpand-error-is-directory",
-                HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), filename.display().to_string())]),
-            ),
+            message: translate!("unexpand-error-is-directory", "path" => filename.display()),
         }))
     } else if path == "-" {
         Ok(BufReader::new(Box::new(stdin()) as Box<dyn Read>))
diff --git a/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml
index 6dbcc5d89f2..6b90eaad344 100644
--- a/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/uniq.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "uniq"
diff --git a/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs b/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs
index c218d89813a..1a2a3c7d963 100644
--- a/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs
+++ b/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use clap::{
     Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, builder::ValueParser, error::ContextKind, error::Error,
     error::ErrorKind,
 };
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Write, stdin, stdout};
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::posix::{OBSOLETE, posix_version};
-
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static ALL_REPEATED: &str = "all-repeated";
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ macro_rules! write_line_terminator {
     ($writer:expr, $line_terminator:expr) => {
         $writer
             .write_all(&[$line_terminator])
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("uniq-error-write-line-terminator"))
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("uniq-error-write-line-terminator"))
     };
 }
 
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ impl Uniq {
         }
         writer
             .flush()
-            .map_err_context(|| get_message("uniq-error-write-error"))?;
+            .map_err_context(|| translate!("uniq-error-write-error"))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -228,7 +226,7 @@ impl Uniq {
         } else {
             writer.write_all(line)
         }
-        .map_err_context(|| get_message("uniq-error-write-error"))?;
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("uniq-error-write-error"))?;
 
         write_line_terminator!(writer, line_terminator)
     }
@@ -242,13 +240,7 @@ fn opt_parsed(opt_name: &str, matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Option<usize>> {
                 IntErrorKind::PosOverflow => Ok(Some(usize::MAX)),
                 _ => Err(USimpleError::new(
                     1,
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "uniq-error-invalid-argument",
-                        HashMap::from([
-                            ("opt_name".to_string(), opt_name.to_string()),
-                            ("arg".to_string(), arg_str.maybe_quote().to_string()),
-                        ]),
-                    ),
+                    translate!("uniq-error-invalid-argument", "opt_name" => opt_name, "arg" => arg_str.maybe_quote()),
                 )),
             },
         },
@@ -518,11 +510,11 @@ fn handle_extract_obs_skip_chars(
 /// for `uniq` hardcode and require the exact wording of the error message
 /// and it is not compatible with how Clap formats and displays those error messages.
 fn map_clap_errors(clap_error: Error) -> Box<dyn UError> {
-    let footer = get_message("uniq-error-try-help");
-    let override_arg_conflict = get_message("uniq-error-group-mutually-exclusive") + "\n" + &footer;
-    let override_group_badoption = get_message("uniq-error-group-badoption") + "\n" + &footer;
+    let footer = translate!("uniq-error-try-help");
+    let override_arg_conflict = translate!("uniq-error-group-mutually-exclusive") + "\n" + &footer;
+    let override_group_badoption = translate!("uniq-error-group-badoption") + "\n" + &footer;
     let override_all_repeated_badoption =
-        get_message("uniq-error-all-repeated-badoption") + "\n" + &footer;
+        translate!("uniq-error-all-repeated-badoption") + "\n" + &footer;
 
     let error_message = match clap_error.kind() {
         ErrorKind::ArgumentConflict => override_arg_conflict,
@@ -587,7 +579,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     if uniq.show_counts && uniq.all_repeated {
         return Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message("uniq-error-counts-and-repeated-meaningless"),
+            translate!("uniq-error-counts-and-repeated-meaningless"),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -600,16 +592,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("uniq-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("uniq-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("uniq-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("uniq-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
-        .after_help(get_message("uniq-after-help"))
+        .after_help(translate!("uniq-after-help"))
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ALL_REPEATED)
                 .short('D')
                 .long(options::ALL_REPEATED)
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new(["none", "prepend", "separate"]))
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-all-repeated"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-all-repeated"))
                 .value_name("delimit-method")
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .default_missing_value("none")
@@ -621,7 +613,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     "separate", "prepend", "append", "both",
                 ]))
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-group"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-group"))
                 .value_name("group-method")
                 .num_args(0..=1)
                 .default_missing_value("separate")
@@ -637,56 +629,56 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::CHECK_CHARS)
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::CHECK_CHARS)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-check-chars"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-check-chars"))
                 .value_name("N"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COUNT)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::COUNT)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-count"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-count"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_CASE)
                 .short('i')
                 .long(options::IGNORE_CASE)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-ignore-case"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-ignore-case"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::REPEATED)
                 .short('d')
                 .long(options::REPEATED)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-repeated"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-repeated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SKIP_CHARS)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SKIP_CHARS)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-skip-chars"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-skip-chars"))
                 .value_name("N"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SKIP_FIELDS)
                 .short('f')
                 .long(options::SKIP_FIELDS)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-skip-fields"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-skip-fields"))
                 .value_name("N"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::UNIQUE)
                 .short('u')
                 .long(options::UNIQUE)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-unique"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-unique"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
                 .short('z')
                 .long(options::ZERO_TERMINATED)
-                .help(get_message("uniq-help-zero-terminated"))
+                .help(translate!("uniq-help-zero-terminated"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -723,12 +715,9 @@ fn get_delimiter(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Delimiters {
 fn open_input_file(in_file_name: Option<&OsStr>) -> UResult<Box<dyn BufRead>> {
     Ok(match in_file_name {
         Some(path) if path != "-" => {
-            let in_file = File::open(path).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "uniq-error-could-not-open",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let in_file = File::open(path).map_err_context(
+                || translate!("uniq-error-could-not-open", "path" => path.maybe_quote()),
+            )?;
             Box::new(BufReader::new(in_file))
         }
         _ => Box::new(stdin().lock()),
@@ -739,12 +728,9 @@ fn open_input_file(in_file_name: Option<&OsStr>) -> UResult<Box<dyn BufRead>> {
 fn open_output_file(out_file_name: Option<&OsStr>) -> UResult<Box<dyn Write>> {
     Ok(match out_file_name {
         Some(path) if path != "-" => {
-            let out_file = File::create(path).map_err_context(|| {
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "uniq-error-could-not-open",
-                    HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.maybe_quote().to_string())]),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let out_file = File::create(path).map_err_context(
+                || translate!("uniq-error-could-not-open", "path" => path.maybe_quote()),
+            )?;
             Box::new(BufWriter::new(out_file))
         }
         _ => Box::new(stdout().lock()),
diff --git a/src/uu/unlink/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/unlink/Cargo.toml
index 88efad1e52a..85d66875177 100644
--- a/src/uu/unlink/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/unlink/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/unlink.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "unlink"
diff --git a/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs b/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs
index 642e84eda6f..47d6e04d06f 100644
--- a/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs
+++ b/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::remove_file;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::format_usage;
+use uucore::translate;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 static OPT_PATH: &str = "FILE";
 
 #[uucore::main]
@@ -23,19 +22,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let path: &Path = matches.get_one::<OsString>(OPT_PATH).unwrap().as_ref();
 
-    remove_file(path).map_err_context(|| {
-        get_message_with_args(
-            "unlink-error-cannot-unlink",
-            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
-        )
-    })
+    remove_file(path)
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("unlink-error-cannot-unlink", "path" => path.quote()))
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("unlink-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("unlink-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("unlink-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("unlink-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(OPT_PATH)
diff --git a/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml
index 4029cdf6d15..ef962b9edd7 100644
--- a/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/uptime/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "utmpx", "uptime"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "openbsd")'.dependencies]
 utmp-classic = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs b/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs
index c3b97dcb16a..41d0f6464bf 100644
--- a/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/uu/uptime/src/uptime.rs
@@ -6,20 +6,19 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore getloadavg behaviour loadavg uptime upsecs updays upmins uphours boottime nusers utmpxname gettime clockid couldnt
 
 use chrono::{Local, TimeZone, Utc};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult};
 use uucore::libc::time_t;
+use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::uptime::*;
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, ValueHint, builder::ValueParser};
 
 use uucore::format_usage;
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "openbsd"))]
 use uucore::utmpx::*;
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ pub mod options {
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum UptimeError {
     // io::Error wrapper
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("uptime-error-io", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), format!("{}", .0))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-error-io", "error" => format!("{}", .0)))]
     IoErr(#[from] io::Error),
-    #[error("{}", get_message("uptime-error-target-is-dir"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-error-target-is-dir"))]
     TargetIsDir,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("uptime-error-target-is-fifo"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-error-target-is-fifo"))]
     TargetIsFifo,
 }
 
@@ -66,26 +65,26 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     #[cfg(not(target_env = "musl"))]
-    let about = get_message("uptime-about");
+    let about = translate!("uptime-about");
     #[cfg(target_env = "musl")]
-    let about = get_message("uptime-about") + &get_message("uptime-about-musl-warning");
+    let about = translate!("uptime-about") + &translate!("uptime-about-musl-warning");
 
     let cmd = Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
         .about(about)
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("uptime-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("uptime-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::SINCE)
                 .short('s')
                 .long(options::SINCE)
-                .help(get_message("uptime-help-since"))
+                .help(translate!("uptime-help-since"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         );
     #[cfg(unix)]
     cmd.arg(
         Arg::new(options::PATH)
-            .help(get_message("uptime-help-path"))
+            .help(translate!("uptime-help-path"))
             .action(ArgAction::Set)
             .num_args(0..=1)
             .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
@@ -131,9 +130,9 @@ fn uptime_with_file(file_path: &OsString) -> UResult<()> {
         let bytes = file_path.as_os_str().as_bytes();
 
         if bytes[bytes.len() - 1] != b'x' {
-            show_error!("{}", get_message("uptime-error-couldnt-get-boot-time"));
+            show_error!("{}", translate!("uptime-error-couldnt-get-boot-time"));
             print_time();
-            print!("{}", get_message("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
+            print!("{}", translate!("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
             print_nusers(Some(0));
             print_loadavg();
             set_exit_code(1);
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ fn uptime_with_file(file_path: &OsString) -> UResult<()> {
 
     if non_fatal_error {
         print_time();
-        print!("{}", get_message("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
+        print!("{}", translate!("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
         print_nusers(Some(0));
         print_loadavg();
         return Ok(());
@@ -158,10 +157,10 @@ fn uptime_with_file(file_path: &OsString) -> UResult<()> {
         if let Some(time) = boot_time {
             print_uptime(Some(time))?;
         } else {
-            show_error!("{}", get_message("uptime-error-couldnt-get-boot-time"));
+            show_error!("{}", translate!("uptime-error-couldnt-get-boot-time"));
             set_exit_code(1);
 
-            print!("{}", get_message("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
+            print!("{}", translate!("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
         }
         user_count = count;
     }
@@ -172,10 +171,10 @@ fn uptime_with_file(file_path: &OsString) -> UResult<()> {
         if upsecs >= 0 {
             print_uptime(Some(upsecs))?;
         } else {
-            show_error!("{}", get_message("uptime-error-couldnt-get-boot-time"));
+            show_error!("{}", translate!("uptime-error-couldnt-get-boot-time"));
             set_exit_code(1);
 
-            print!("{}", get_message("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
+            print!("{}", translate!("uptime-output-unknown-uptime"));
         }
         user_count = get_nusers(file_path.to_str().expect("invalid utmp path file"));
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/users/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/users/Cargo.toml
index e45d8a040c4..1164aceedd9 100644
--- a/src/uu/users/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/users/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/users.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["utmpx"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "openbsd")'.dependencies]
 utmp-classic = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/users/src/users.rs b/src/uu/users/src/users.rs
index 67f7e5848cc..67761ca06a0 100644
--- a/src/uu/users/src/users.rs
+++ b/src/uu/users/src/users.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (paths) wtmp
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::path::Path;
 
@@ -13,14 +12,13 @@ use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use uucore::error::UResult;
 use uucore::format_usage;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "openbsd")]
 use utmp_classic::{UtmpEntry, parse_from_path};
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "openbsd"))]
 use uucore::utmpx::{self, Utmpx};
 
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
-
 #[cfg(target_os = "openbsd")]
 const OPENBSD_UTMP_FILE: &str = "/var/run/utmp";
 
@@ -32,10 +30,7 @@ fn get_long_usage() -> String {
     #[cfg(target_os = "openbsd")]
     let default_path: &str = OPENBSD_UTMP_FILE;
 
-    get_message_with_args(
-        "users-long-usage",
-        HashMap::from([("default_path".to_string(), default_path.to_string())]),
-    )
+    translate!("users-long-usage", "default_path" => default_path)
 }
 
 #[uucore::main]
@@ -88,14 +83,14 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     #[cfg(not(target_env = "musl"))]
-    let about = get_message("users-about");
+    let about = translate!("users-about");
     #[cfg(target_env = "musl")]
-    let about = get_message("users-about") + &get_message("users-about-musl-warning");
+    let about = translate!("users-about") + &translate!("users-about-musl-warning");
 
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
         .about(about)
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("users-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("users-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(ARG_FILE)
diff --git a/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml
index 9d43a2a229e..ec12222f68d 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "pipes", "quoting-style"] }
 bytecount = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-dispatch-simd"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/utf8/read.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/utf8/read.rs
index 2fb31012367..07c8593a1da 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/utf8/read.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/utf8/read.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore bytestream
 use super::*;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::{self, BufRead};
 use thiserror::Error;
-use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 /// Wraps a `std::io::BufRead` buffered byte stream and decode it as UTF-8.
 pub struct BufReadDecoder<B: BufRead> {
@@ -22,11 +21,11 @@ pub enum BufReadDecoderError<'a> {
     ///
     /// In lossy decoding, each such error should be replaced with U+FFFD.
     /// (See `BufReadDecoder::next_lossy` and `BufReadDecoderError::lossy`.)
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("decoder-error-invalid-byte-sequence", HashMap::from([("bytes".to_string(), format!("{:02x?}", .0))])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("decoder-error-invalid-byte-sequence", "bytes" => format!("{:02x?}", .0)))]
     InvalidByteSequence(&'a [u8]),
 
     /// An I/O error from the underlying byte stream
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("decoder-error-io", HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), .0.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("decoder-error-io", "error" => .0))]
     Io(#[source] io::Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
index 96a3093d7f4..5b5c2189ee8 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ mod word_count;
 use std::{
     borrow::{Borrow, Cow},
     cmp::max,
-    collections::HashMap,
     ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
     fs::{self, File},
     io::{self, Write},
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, builder::ValueParser};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 use utf8::{BufReadDecoder, BufReadDecoderError};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 use uucore::{
     error::{FromIo, UError, UResult},
@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
     fn path_display(&self) -> String {
         match self {
             Self::Path(path) => escape_name_wrapper(path.as_os_str()),
-            Self::Stdin(_) => get_message("wc-standard-input"),
+            Self::Stdin(_) => translate!("wc-standard-input"),
         }
     }
 
@@ -340,13 +339,13 @@ impl TotalWhen {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum WcError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("wc-error-files-disabled", HashMap::from([("extra".to_string(), extra.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("wc-error-files-disabled", "extra" => extra))]
     FilesDisabled { extra: Cow<'static, str> },
-    #[error("{}", get_message("wc-error-stdin-repr-not-allowed"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("wc-error-stdin-repr-not-allowed"))]
     StdinReprNotAllowed,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("wc-error-zero-length-filename"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("wc-error-zero-length-filename"))]
     ZeroLengthFileName,
-    #[error("{}", get_message_with_args("wc-error-zero-length-filename-ctx", HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.to_string()), ("idx".to_string(), idx.to_string())])))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("wc-error-zero-length-filename-ctx", "path" => path, "idx" => idx))]
     ZeroLengthFileNameCtx { path: Cow<'static, str>, idx: usize },
 }
 
@@ -388,29 +387,29 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("wc-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("wc-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("wc-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("wc-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)
                 .short('c')
                 .long(options::BYTES)
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-bytes"))
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-bytes"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CHAR)
                 .short('m')
                 .long(options::CHAR)
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-chars"))
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-chars"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::FILES0_FROM)
                 .long(options::FILES0_FROM)
                 .value_name("F")
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-files0-from"))
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-files0-from"))
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
@@ -418,14 +417,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::LINES)
                 .short('l')
                 .long(options::LINES)
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-lines"))
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-lines"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::MAX_LINE_LENGTH)
                 .short('L')
                 .long(options::MAX_LINE_LENGTH)
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-max-line-length"))
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-max-line-length"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -436,13 +435,13 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 ]))
                 .value_name("WHEN")
                 .hide_possible_values(true)
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-total")),
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-total")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::WORDS)
                 .short('w')
                 .long(options::WORDS)
-                .help(get_message("wc-help-words"))
+                .help(translate!("wc-help-words"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -747,17 +746,13 @@ fn files0_iter_file<'a>(path: &Path) -> UResult<impl Iterator<Item = InputIterIt
     match File::open(path) {
         Ok(f) => Ok(files0_iter(f, path.into())),
         Err(e) => Err(e.map_err_context(|| {
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "wc-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
-                HashMap::from([(
-                    "path".to_string(),
-                    quoting_style::locale_aware_escape_name(
-                        path.as_os_str(),
-                        QuotingStyle::SHELL_ESCAPE_QUOTE,
-                    )
-                    .into_string()
-                    .expect("All escaped names with the escaping option return valid strings."),
-                )]),
+            translate!("wc-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
+                "path" => quoting_style::locale_aware_escape_name(
+                    path.as_os_str(),
+                    QuotingStyle::SHELL_ESCAPE_QUOTE,
+                )
+                .into_string()
+                .expect("All escaped names with the escaping option return valid strings.")
             )
         })),
     }
@@ -788,12 +783,9 @@ fn files0_iter<'a>(
                         Ok(Input::Path(PathBuf::from(s).into()))
                     }
                 }
-                Err(e) => Err(e.map_err_context(|| {
-                    get_message_with_args(
-                        "wc-error-read-error",
-                        HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), escape_name_wrapper(&err_path))]),
-                    )
-                }) as Box<dyn UError>),
+                Err(e) => Err(e.map_err_context(
+                    || translate!("wc-error-read-error", "path" => escape_name_wrapper(&err_path)),
+                ) as Box<dyn UError>),
             }),
     );
     // Loop until there is an error; yield that error and then nothing else.
@@ -849,19 +841,16 @@ fn wc(inputs: &Inputs, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
             let maybe_title_str = maybe_title.as_deref();
             if let Err(err) = print_stats(settings, &word_count, maybe_title_str, number_width) {
                 let title = maybe_title_str.unwrap_or(OsStr::new("<stdin>"));
-                show!(err.map_err_context(|| get_message_with_args(
-                    "wc-error-failed-to-print-result",
-                    HashMap::from([("title".to_string(), title.to_string_lossy().to_string())])
-                )));
+                show!(err.map_err_context(|| translate!("wc-error-failed-to-print-result", "title" => title.to_string_lossy())));
             }
         }
     }
 
     if settings.total_when.is_total_row_visible(num_inputs) {
-        let wc_total_msg = get_message("wc-total");
+        let wc_total_msg = translate!("wc-total");
         let title = are_stats_visible.then_some(OsStr::new(&wc_total_msg));
         if let Err(err) = print_stats(settings, &total_word_count, title, number_width) {
-            show!(err.map_err_context(|| get_message("wc-error-failed-to-print-total")));
+            show!(err.map_err_context(|| translate!("wc-error-failed-to-print-total")));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/who/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/who/Cargo.toml
index b4578021387..bb6ec82bd48 100644
--- a/src/uu/who/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/who/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/who.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["utmpx"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "who"
diff --git a/src/uu/who/src/platform/openbsd.rs b/src/uu/who/src/platform/openbsd.rs
index 312857ed519..8e0bbd3b997 100644
--- a/src/uu/who/src/platform/openbsd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/who/src/platform/openbsd.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 use crate::uu_app;
 
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let _matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
-    println!("{}", get_message("who-unsupported-openbsd"));
+    println!("{}", translate!("who-unsupported-openbsd"));
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/who/src/platform/unix.rs b/src/uu/who/src/platform/unix.rs
index d2ff2b7e431..74032cb1a29 100644
--- a/src/uu/who/src/platform/unix.rs
+++ b/src/uu/who/src/platform/unix.rs
@@ -11,21 +11,18 @@ use crate::uu_app;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::libc::{S_IWGRP, STDIN_FILENO, ttyname};
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
+
 use uucore::utmpx::{self, Utmpx, time};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 fn get_long_usage() -> String {
-    get_message_with_args(
-        "who-long-usage",
-        HashMap::from([("default_file".to_string(), utmpx::DEFAULT_FILE.to_string())]),
-    )
+    translate!("who-long-usage", "default_file" => utmpx::DEFAULT_FILE)
 }
 
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -159,7 +156,7 @@ fn idle_string<'a>(when: i64, boottime: i64) -> Cow<'a, str> {
                 .into()
             }
         } else {
-            get_message("who-idle-old").into()
+            translate!("who-idle-old").into()
         }
     })
 }
@@ -209,13 +206,7 @@ impl Who {
                 .map(|ut| ut.user())
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
             println!("{}", users.join(" "));
-            println!(
-                "{}",
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "who-user-count",
-                    HashMap::from([("count".to_string(), users.len().to_string())])
-                )
-            );
+            println!("{}", translate!("who-user-count", "count" => users.len()));
         } else {
             let records = Utmpx::iter_all_records_from(f);
 
@@ -259,17 +250,9 @@ impl Who {
     fn print_runlevel(&self, ut: &Utmpx) {
         let last = (ut.pid() / 256) as u8 as char;
         let curr = (ut.pid() % 256) as u8 as char;
-        let runlvline = get_message_with_args(
-            "who-runlevel",
-            HashMap::from([("level".to_string(), curr.to_string())]),
-        );
-        let comment = get_message_with_args(
-            "who-runlevel-last",
-            HashMap::from([(
-                "last".to_string(),
-                (if last == 'N' { 'S' } else { 'N' }).to_string(),
-            )]),
-        );
+        let runlvline = translate!("who-runlevel", "level" => curr);
+        let comment =
+            translate!("who-runlevel-last", "last" => (if last == 'N' { 'S' } else { 'N' }));
 
         self.print_line(
             "",
@@ -288,7 +271,7 @@ impl Who {
         self.print_line(
             "",
             ' ',
-            &get_message("who-clock-change"),
+            &translate!("who-clock-change"),
             &time_string(ut),
             "",
             "",
@@ -299,13 +282,10 @@ impl Who {
 
     #[inline]
     fn print_login(&self, ut: &Utmpx) {
-        let comment = get_message_with_args(
-            "who-login-id",
-            HashMap::from([("id".to_string(), ut.terminal_suffix().to_string())]),
-        );
+        let comment = translate!("who-login-id", "id" => ut.terminal_suffix());
         let pidstr = format!("{}", ut.pid());
         self.print_line(
-            &get_message("who-login"),
+            &translate!("who-login"),
             ' ',
             &ut.tty_device(),
             &time_string(ut),
@@ -318,19 +298,10 @@ impl Who {
 
     #[inline]
     fn print_deadprocs(&self, ut: &Utmpx) {
-        let comment = get_message_with_args(
-            "who-login-id",
-            HashMap::from([("id".to_string(), ut.terminal_suffix().to_string())]),
-        );
+        let comment = translate!("who-login-id", "id" => ut.terminal_suffix());
         let pidstr = format!("{}", ut.pid());
         let e = ut.exit_status();
-        let exitstr = get_message_with_args(
-            "who-dead-exit-status",
-            HashMap::from([
-                ("term".to_string(), e.0.to_string()),
-                ("exit".to_string(), e.1.to_string()),
-            ]),
-        );
+        let exitstr = translate!("who-dead-exit-status", "term" => e.0, "exit" => e.1);
         self.print_line(
             "",
             ' ',
@@ -345,10 +316,7 @@ impl Who {
 
     #[inline]
     fn print_initspawn(&self, ut: &Utmpx) {
-        let comment = get_message_with_args(
-            "who-login-id",
-            HashMap::from([("id".to_string(), ut.terminal_suffix().to_string())]),
-        );
+        let comment = translate!("who-login-id", "id" => ut.terminal_suffix());
         let pidstr = format!("{}", ut.pid());
         self.print_line(
             "",
@@ -367,7 +335,7 @@ impl Who {
         self.print_line(
             "",
             ' ',
-            &get_message("who-system-boot"),
+            &translate!("who-system-boot"),
             &time_string(ut),
             "",
             "",
@@ -401,7 +369,7 @@ impl Who {
         }
 
         let idle = if last_change == 0 {
-            get_message("who-idle-unknown").into()
+            translate!("who-idle-unknown").into()
         } else {
             idle_string(last_change, 0)
         };
@@ -409,13 +377,7 @@ impl Who {
         let s = if self.do_lookup {
             ut.canon_host().map_err_context(|| {
                 let host = ut.host();
-                get_message_with_args(
-                    "who-canonicalize-error",
-                    HashMap::from([(
-                        "host".to_string(),
-                        host.split(':').next().unwrap_or(&host).quote().to_string(),
-                    )]),
-                )
+                translate!("who-canonicalize-error", "host" => host.split(':').next().unwrap_or(&host).quote())
                 .to_string()
             })?
         } else {
@@ -477,14 +439,14 @@ impl Who {
     #[inline]
     fn print_heading(&self) {
         self.print_line(
-            &get_message("who-heading-name"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-name"),
             ' ',
-            &get_message("who-heading-line"),
-            &get_message("who-heading-time"),
-            &get_message("who-heading-idle"),
-            &get_message("who-heading-pid"),
-            &get_message("who-heading-comment"),
-            &get_message("who-heading-exit"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-line"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-time"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-idle"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-pid"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-comment"),
+            &translate!("who-heading-exit"),
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/who/src/who.rs b/src/uu/who/src/who.rs
index 9faf5645d52..0f287821546 100644
--- a/src/uu/who/src/who.rs
+++ b/src/uu/who/src/who.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::format_usage;
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod platform;
 
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ mod options {
 
 fn get_runlevel_help() -> String {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-    return get_message("who-help-runlevel");
+    return translate!("who-help-runlevel");
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
-    return get_message("who-help-runlevel-non-linux");
+    return translate!("who-help-runlevel-non-linux");
 }
 
 #[uucore::main]
@@ -41,74 +41,74 @@ use platform::uumain;
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     #[cfg(not(target_env = "musl"))]
-    let about = get_message("who-about");
+    let about = translate!("who-about");
     #[cfg(target_env = "musl")]
-    let about = get_message("who-about") + &get_message("who-about-musl-warning");
+    let about = translate!("who-about") + &translate!("who-about-musl-warning");
 
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
         .about(about)
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("who-usage")))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("who-usage")))
         .infer_long_args(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ALL)
                 .long(options::ALL)
                 .short('a')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-all"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-all"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BOOT)
                 .long(options::BOOT)
                 .short('b')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-boot"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-boot"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DEAD)
                 .long(options::DEAD)
                 .short('d')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-dead"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-dead"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::HEADING)
                 .long(options::HEADING)
                 .short('H')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-heading"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-heading"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LOGIN)
                 .long(options::LOGIN)
                 .short('l')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-login"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-login"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::LOOKUP)
                 .long(options::LOOKUP)
-                .help(get_message("who-help-lookup"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-lookup"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::ONLY_HOSTNAME_USER)
                 .short('m')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-only-hostname-user"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-only-hostname-user"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::PROCESS)
                 .long(options::PROCESS)
                 .short('p')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-process"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-process"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COUNT)
                 .long(options::COUNT)
                 .short('q')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-count"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-count"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -122,21 +122,21 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::SHORT)
                 .long(options::SHORT)
                 .short('s')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-short"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-short"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::TIME)
                 .long(options::TIME)
                 .short('t')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-time"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-time"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::USERS)
                 .long(options::USERS)
                 .short('u')
-                .help(get_message("who-help-users"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-users"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('T')
                 .visible_short_alias('w')
                 .visible_aliases(["message", "writable"])
-                .help(get_message("who-help-mesg"))
+                .help(translate!("who-help-mesg"))
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml
index 0ba42e88f69..80e1358277f 100644
--- a/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/whoami.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["entries", "process"] }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/whoami/src/whoami.rs b/src/uu/whoami/src/whoami.rs
index 7e4276e9084..928e81edf12 100644
--- a/src/uu/whoami/src/whoami.rs
+++ b/src/uu/whoami/src/whoami.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use clap::Command;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use uucore::display::println_verbatim;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::translate;
 
 mod platform;
 
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@ mod platform;
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
     let username = whoami()?;
-    println_verbatim(username).map_err_context(|| get_message("whoami-error-failed-to-print"))?;
+    println_verbatim(username).map_err_context(|| translate!("whoami-error-failed-to-print"))?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Get the current username
 pub fn whoami() -> UResult<OsString> {
-    platform::get_username().map_err_context(|| get_message("whoami-error-failed-to-get"))
+    platform::get_username().map_err_context(|| translate!("whoami-error-failed-to-get"))
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("whoami-about"))
+        .about(translate!("whoami-about"))
         .override_usage(uucore::util_name())
         .infer_long_args(true)
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
index d9d5c028493..3b6e8d08fc1 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/yes.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
+fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["pipes", "signals"] }
diff --git a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
index 0db317ba31f..6b2bc6495d7 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
+++ b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // cSpell:ignore strs
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, builder::ValueParser};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
@@ -14,8 +13,7 @@ use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors;
-
-use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use uucore::translate;
 
 // it's possible that using a smaller or larger buffer might provide better performance on some
 // systems, but honestly this is good enough
@@ -34,10 +32,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => Ok(()),
         Err(err) => Err(USimpleError::new(
             1,
-            get_message_with_args(
-                "yes-error-standard-output",
-                HashMap::from([("error".to_string(), err.to_string())]),
-            ),
+            translate!("yes-error-standard-output", "error" => err),
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -45,8 +40,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     Command::new(uucore::util_name())
         .version(uucore::crate_version!())
-        .about(get_message("yes-about"))
-        .override_usage(format_usage(&get_message("yes-usage")))
+        .about(translate!("yes-about"))
+        .override_usage(format_usage(&translate!("yes-usage")))
         .arg(
             Arg::new("STRING")
                 .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
@@ -84,7 +79,7 @@ fn args_into_buffer<'a>(
         for part in itertools::intersperse(i.map(|a| a.to_str()), Some(" ")) {
             let bytes = match part {
                 Some(part) => part.as_bytes(),
-                None => return Err(get_message("yes-error-invalid-utf8").into()),
+                None => return Err(translate!("yes-error-invalid-utf8").into()),
             };
             buf.extend_from_slice(bytes);
         }
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/uptime.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/uptime.rs
index 141c3793ca5..38991a923b8 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/uptime.rs
@@ -13,21 +13,20 @@
 // See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7289 for discussion.
 
 use crate::error::{UError, UResult};
-use crate::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
+use crate::translate;
 use chrono::Local;
 use libc::time_t;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum UptimeError {
-    #[error("{}", get_message("uptime-lib-error-system-uptime"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-lib-error-system-uptime"))]
     SystemUptime,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("uptime-lib-error-system-loadavg"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-lib-error-system-loadavg"))]
     SystemLoadavg,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("uptime-lib-error-windows-loadavg"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-lib-error-windows-loadavg"))]
     WindowsLoadavg,
-    #[error("{}", get_message("uptime-lib-error-boot-time"))]
+    #[error("{}", translate!("uptime-lib-error-boot-time"))]
     BootTime,
 }
 
@@ -177,12 +176,10 @@ pub fn get_formatted_uptime(boot_time: Option<time_t>) -> UResult<String> {
     let up_hours = (up_secs - (up_days * 86400)) / 3600;
     let up_mins = (up_secs - (up_days * 86400) - (up_hours * 3600)) / 60;
 
-    Ok(get_message_with_args(
+    Ok(translate!(
         "uptime-format",
-        HashMap::from([
-            ("days".to_string(), up_days.to_string()),
-            ("time".to_string(), format!("{up_hours:02}:{up_mins:02}")),
-        ]),
+        "days" => up_days,
+        "time" => format!("{up_hours:02}:{up_mins:02}")
     ))
 }
 
@@ -310,9 +307,9 @@ pub fn get_nusers() -> usize {
 /// e.g. "0 users", "1 user", "2 users"
 #[inline]
 pub fn format_nusers(n: usize) -> String {
-    get_message_with_args(
+    translate!(
         "uptime-user-count",
-        HashMap::from([("count".to_string(), n.to_string())]),
+        "count" => n
     )
 }
 
@@ -372,13 +369,11 @@ pub fn get_loadavg() -> UResult<(f64, f64, f64)> {
 #[inline]
 pub fn get_formatted_loadavg() -> UResult<String> {
     let loadavg = get_loadavg()?;
-    Ok(get_message_with_args(
+    Ok(translate!(
         "uptime-lib-format-loadavg",
-        HashMap::from([
-            ("avg1".to_string(), format!("{:.2}", loadavg.0)),
-            ("avg5".to_string(), format!("{:.2}", loadavg.1)),
-            ("avg15".to_string(), format!("{:.2}", loadavg.2)),
-        ]),
+        "avg1" => format!("{:.2}", loadavg.0),
+        "avg5" => format!("{:.2}", loadavg.1),
+        "avg15" => format!("{:.2}", loadavg.2),
     ))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/locale.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/locale.rs
index 8a3664630cb..e92a2ae6b05 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/locale.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/locale.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 use crate::error::UError;
 use fluent::{FluentArgs, FluentBundle, FluentResource};
 use fluent_syntax::parser::ParserError;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -238,32 +237,18 @@ pub fn get_message(id: &str) -> String {
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use uucore::locale::get_message_with_args;
-/// use std::collections::HashMap;
+/// use fluent::FluentArgs;
 ///
 /// // For a Fluent message like: "Hello, { $name }! You have { $count } notifications."
-/// let mut args = HashMap::new();
-/// args.insert("name".to_string(), "Alice".to_string());
-/// args.insert("count".to_string(), "3".to_string());
+/// let mut args = FluentArgs::new();
+/// args.set("name".to_string(), "Alice".to_string());
+/// args.set("count".to_string(), 3);
 ///
 /// let message = get_message_with_args("notification", args);
 /// println!("{message}");
 /// ```
-pub fn get_message_with_args(id: &str, ftl_args: HashMap<String, String>) -> String {
-    let mut args = FluentArgs::new();
-
-    for (key, value) in ftl_args {
-        // Try to parse as number first for proper pluralization support
-        if let Ok(num_val) = value.parse::<i64>() {
-            args.set(key, num_val);
-        } else if let Ok(float_val) = value.parse::<f64>() {
-            args.set(key, float_val);
-        } else {
-            // Keep as string if not a number
-            args.set(key, value);
-        }
-    }
-
-    get_message_internal(id, Some(args))
+pub fn get_message_with_args(id: &str, ftl_args: FluentArgs) -> String {
+    get_message_internal(id, Some(ftl_args))
 }
 
 /// Function to detect system locale from environment variables
@@ -401,10 +386,72 @@ fn get_locales_dir(p: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, LocalizationError> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Macro for retrieving localized messages with optional arguments.
+///
+/// This macro provides a unified interface for both simple message retrieval
+/// and message retrieval with variable substitution. It accepts a message ID
+/// and optionally key-value pairs using the `"key" => value` syntax.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `$id` - The message identifier string
+/// * Optional key-value pairs in the format `"key" => value`
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use uucore::translate;
+/// use fluent::FluentArgs;
+///
+/// // Simple message without arguments
+/// let greeting = translate!("greeting");
+///
+/// // Message with one argument
+/// let welcome = translate!("welcome", "name" => "Alice");
+///
+/// // Message with multiple arguments
+/// let username = "user name";
+/// let item_count = 2;
+/// let notification = translate!(
+///     "user-stats",
+///     "name" => username,
+///     "count" => item_count,
+///     "status" => "active"
+/// );
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! translate {
+    // Case 1: Message ID only (no arguments)
+    ($id:expr) => {
+        $crate::locale::get_message($id)
+    };
+
+    // Case 2: Message ID with key-value arguments
+    ($id:expr, $($key:expr => $value:expr),+ $(,)?) => {
+        {
+            let mut args = fluent::FluentArgs::new();
+            $(
+                let value_str = $value.to_string();
+                if let Ok(num_val) = value_str.parse::<i64>() {
+                    args.set($key, num_val);
+                } else if let Ok(float_val) = value_str.parse::<f64>() {
+                    args.set($key, float_val);
+                } else {
+                    // Keep as string if not a number
+                    args.set($key, value_str);
+                }
+            )+
+            $crate::locale::get_message_with_args($id, args)
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+// Re-export the macro for easier access
+pub use translate;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use std::collections::HashMap;
     use std::env;
     use std::fs;
     use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -724,8 +771,8 @@ invalid-syntax = This is { $missing
 
             init_localization(&locale, temp_dir.path()).unwrap();
 
-            let mut args = HashMap::new();
-            args.insert("name".to_string(), "Bob".to_string());
+            let mut args = FluentArgs::new();
+            args.set("name".to_string(), "Bob".to_string());
 
             let message = get_message_with_args("welcome", args);
             assert_eq!(message, "Welcome, Bob!");
@@ -743,14 +790,14 @@ invalid-syntax = This is { $missing
             init_localization(&locale, temp_dir.path()).unwrap();
 
             // Test singular
-            let mut args1 = HashMap::new();
-            args1.insert("count".to_string(), "1".to_string());
+            let mut args1 = FluentArgs::new();
+            args1.set("count", 1);
             let message1 = get_message_with_args("count-items", args1);
             assert_eq!(message1, "You have 1 item");
 
             // Test plural
-            let mut args2 = HashMap::new();
-            args2.insert("count".to_string(), "5".to_string());
+            let mut args2 = FluentArgs::new();
+            args2.set("count", 5);
             let message2 = get_message_with_args("count-items", args2);
             assert_eq!(message2, "You have 5 items");
         })
@@ -954,14 +1001,14 @@ invalid-syntax = This is { $missing
             assert_eq!(message, "こんにちは、世界！");
 
             // Test Japanese with arguments
-            let mut args = HashMap::new();
-            args.insert("name".to_string(), "田中".to_string());
+            let mut args = FluentArgs::new();
+            args.set("name".to_string(), "田中".to_string());
             let welcome = get_message_with_args("welcome", args);
             assert_eq!(welcome, "ようこそ、田中さん！");
 
             // Test Japanese count (no pluralization)
-            let mut count_args = HashMap::new();
-            count_args.insert("count".to_string(), "5".to_string());
+            let mut count_args = FluentArgs::new();
+            count_args.set("count".to_string(), "5".to_string());
             let count_message = get_message_with_args("count-items", count_args);
             assert_eq!(count_message, "5個のアイテムがあります");
         })
@@ -983,39 +1030,39 @@ invalid-syntax = This is { $missing
             assert_eq!(message, "أهلاً بالعالم！");
 
             // Test Arabic with arguments
-            let mut args = HashMap::new();
-            args.insert("name".to_string(), "أحمد".to_string());
+            let mut args = FluentArgs::new();
+            args.set("name", "أحمد".to_string());
             let welcome = get_message_with_args("welcome", args);
 
             assert_eq!(welcome, "أهلاً وسهلاً، أحمد！");
 
             // Test Arabic pluralization (zero case)
-            let mut args_zero = HashMap::new();
-            args_zero.insert("count".to_string(), "0".to_string());
+            let mut args_zero = FluentArgs::new();
+            args_zero.set("count", 0);
             let message_zero = get_message_with_args("count-items", args_zero);
             assert_eq!(message_zero, "لديك لا عناصر");
 
             // Test Arabic pluralization (one case)
-            let mut args_one = HashMap::new();
-            args_one.insert("count".to_string(), "1".to_string());
+            let mut args_one = FluentArgs::new();
+            args_one.set("count", 1);
             let message_one = get_message_with_args("count-items", args_one);
             assert_eq!(message_one, "لديك عنصر واحد");
 
             // Test Arabic pluralization (two case)
-            let mut args_two = HashMap::new();
-            args_two.insert("count".to_string(), "2".to_string());
+            let mut args_two = FluentArgs::new();
+            args_two.set("count", 2);
             let message_two = get_message_with_args("count-items", args_two);
             assert_eq!(message_two, "لديك عنصران");
 
             // Test Arabic pluralization (few case - 3-10)
-            let mut args_few = HashMap::new();
-            args_few.insert("count".to_string(), "5".to_string());
+            let mut args_few = FluentArgs::new();
+            args_few.set("count", 5);
             let message_few = get_message_with_args("count-items", args_few);
             assert_eq!(message_few, "لديك 5 عناصر");
 
             // Test Arabic pluralization (other case - 11+)
-            let mut args_many = HashMap::new();
-            args_many.insert("count".to_string(), "15".to_string());
+            let mut args_many = FluentArgs::new();
+            args_many.set("count", 15);
             let message_many = get_message_with_args("count-items", args_many);
             assert_eq!(message_many, "لديك 15 عنصر");
         })
@@ -1023,6 +1070,48 @@ invalid-syntax = This is { $missing
         .unwrap();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arabic_localization_with_macro() {
+        std::thread::spawn(|| {
+            use self::translate;
+            let temp_dir = create_test_locales_dir();
+            let locale = LanguageIdentifier::from_str("ar-SA").unwrap();
+
+            let result = init_localization(&locale, temp_dir.path());
+            assert!(result.is_ok());
+
+            // Test Arabic greeting (RTL text)
+            let message = translate!("greeting");
+            assert_eq!(message, "أهلاً بالعالم！");
+
+            // Test Arabic with arguments
+            let welcome = translate!("welcome", "name" => "أحمد");
+            assert_eq!(welcome, "أهلاً وسهلاً، أحمد！");
+
+            // Test Arabic pluralization (zero case)
+            let message_zero = translate!("count-items", "count" => 0);
+            assert_eq!(message_zero, "لديك لا عناصر");
+
+            // Test Arabic pluralization (one case)
+            let message_one = translate!("count-items", "count" => 1);
+            assert_eq!(message_one, "لديك عنصر واحد");
+
+            // Test Arabic pluralization (two case)
+            let message_two = translate!("count-items", "count" => 2);
+            assert_eq!(message_two, "لديك عنصران");
+
+            // Test Arabic pluralization (few case - 3-10)
+            let message_few = translate!("count-items", "count" => 5);
+            assert_eq!(message_few, "لديك 5 عناصر");
+
+            // Test Arabic pluralization (other case - 11+)
+            let message_many = translate!("count-items", "count" => 15);
+            assert_eq!(message_many, "لديك 15 عنصر");
+        })
+        .join()
+        .unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_mixed_script_fallback() {
         std::thread::spawn(|| {
@@ -1053,8 +1142,8 @@ invalid-syntax = This is { $missing
 
             // Test that Latin script names are NOT isolated in RTL context
             // since we disabled Unicode directional isolation
-            let mut args = HashMap::new();
-            args.insert("name".to_string(), "John Smith".to_string());
+            let mut args = FluentArgs::new();
+            args.set("name".to_string(), "John Smith".to_string());
             let message = get_message_with_args("welcome", args);
 
             // The Latin name should NOT be wrapped in directional isolate characters