diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-terms-shake.md b/.changeset/lazy-terms-shake.md
index 03c0fee21f..efe89f1c12 100644
--- a/.changeset/lazy-terms-shake.md
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-terms-shake.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-linguist': patch
 ---
 
-Get component's title from translation file
+Get component's title from translation file. See: https://backstage.io/docs/plugins/internationalization#for-an-application-developer-overwrite-plugin-messages
diff --git a/plugins/linguist/api-report-alpha.md b/plugins/linguist/api-report-alpha.md
index 418439d331..4a250535b0 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist/api-report-alpha.md
+++ b/plugins/linguist/api-report-alpha.md
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { BackstagePlugin } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { TranslationRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api/alpha';
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 const _default: BackstagePlugin<{}, {}>;
 export default _default;
 
+// @alpha (undocumented)
+export const linguistTranslationRef: TranslationRef<
+  'linguist',
+  {
+    readonly 'component.title': 'Languages';
+    readonly 'component.noData': 'There is currently no language data for this entity.';
+  }
+>;
+
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/linguist/package.json b/plugins/linguist/package.json
index dbc5da2d31..4d308b2f73 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist/package.json
+++ b/plugins/linguist/package.json
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./src/index.ts",
     "./alpha": "./src/alpha.ts",
-    "./package.json": "./package.json",
-    "./src/translation": "./src/translation.ts"
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "typesVersions": {
     "*": {
diff --git a/plugins/linguist/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/linguist/src/alpha.ts
index e80f131817..287775ade0 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist/src/alpha.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export * from './alpha/index';
 export { default } from './alpha/index';
+export * from './translation';
diff --git a/plugins/linguist/src/components/LinguistCard/LinguistCard.tsx b/plugins/linguist/src/components/LinguistCard/LinguistCard.tsx
index 95aa5e0d89..3a07dd35e2 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist/src/components/LinguistCard/LinguistCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/linguist/src/components/LinguistCard/LinguistCard.tsx
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ export const LinguistCard = () => {
       <InfoCard title={t('component.title')} className={classes.infoCard}>
         <Grid container spacing={3}>
           <Box p={2}>
-            <Typography>
-              There is currently no language data for this entity.
-            </Typography>
+            <Typography>{t('component.noData')}</Typography>
           </Box>
         </Grid>
       </InfoCard>
diff --git a/plugins/linguist/src/translation.ts b/plugins/linguist/src/translation.ts
index 78a34f2f7e..f971b70490 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist/src/translation.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist/src/translation.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const linguistTranslationRef = createTranslationRef({
   messages: {
     component: {
       title: 'Languages',
+      noData: 'There is currently no language data for this entity.',
     },
   },
 });