diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/TranslationBlueprint.test.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/TranslationBlueprint.test.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { createExtensionTester } from '@backstage/frontend-test-utils';
+import {
+  createTranslationMessages,
+  createTranslationRef,
+} from '../translation';
+import { TranslationBlueprint } from './TranslationBlueprint';
+
+describe('TranslationBlueprint', () => {
+  const translationRef = createTranslationRef({
+    id: 'test',
+    messages: {
+      test: 'test',
+    },
+  });
+
+  const messages = createTranslationMessages({
+    ref: translationRef,
+    messages: {
+      test: 'test2',
+    },
+  });
+
+  it('should return an extension instance with sane defaults', () => {
+    expect(
+      TranslationBlueprint.make({
+        params: {
+          resource: messages,
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      {
+        "$$type": "@backstage/ExtensionDefinition",
+        "attachTo": {
+          "id": "app",
+          "input": "translations",
+        },
+        "configSchema": undefined,
+        "disabled": false,
+        "factory": [Function],
+        "inputs": {},
+        "kind": "translation",
+        "name": undefined,
+        "namespace": undefined,
+        "output": [
+          [Function],
+        ],
+        "toString": [Function],
+        "version": "v2",
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('should output a translation data ref', () => {
+    const extension = TranslationBlueprint.make({
+      params: {
+        resource: messages,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      createExtensionTester(extension).data(
+        TranslationBlueprint.dataRefs.translation,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(messages);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/TranslationBlueprint.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/TranslationBlueprint.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { createExtensionBlueprint } from '../wiring';
+import { createTranslationExtension } from './createTranslationExtension';
+import { TranslationMessages, TranslationResource } from '../translation';
+
+export const TranslationBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
+  kind: 'translation',
+  attachTo: { id: 'app', input: 'translations' },
+  output: [createTranslationExtension.translationDataRef],
+  dataRefs: {
+    translation: createTranslationExtension.translationDataRef,
+  },
+  factory: ({
+    resource,
+  }: {
+    resource: TranslationResource | TranslationMessages;
+  }) => [createTranslationExtension.translationDataRef(resource)],
+});