diff --git a/CRM/Core/BAO/TranslateGetWrapper.php b/CRM/Core/BAO/TranslateGetWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67214b242605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRM/Core/BAO/TranslateGetWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper to swap in translated text.
+ */
+class CRM_Core_BAO_TranslateGetWrapper {
+
+  protected $fields;
+  protected $translatedLanguage;
+
+  /**
+   * CRM_Core_BAO_TranslateGetWrapper constructor.
+   *
+   * This wrapper replaces values with configured translated values, if any exist.
+   *
+   * @param array $translated
+   */
+  public function __construct($translated) {
+    $this->fields = $translated['fields'];
+    $this->translatedLanguage = $translated['language'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   */
+  public function fromApiInput($apiRequest) {
+    return $apiRequest;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   */
+  public function toApiOutput($apiRequest, $result) {
+    foreach ($result as &$value) {
+      if (!isset($value['id'], $this->fields[$value['id']])) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      $toSet = array_intersect_key($this->fields[$value['id']], $value);
+      $value = array_merge($value, $toSet);
+      $value['actual_language'] = $this->translatedLanguage;
+    }
+    return $result;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/CRM/Core/BAO/Translation.php b/CRM/Core/BAO/Translation.php
index c7ab686cce8b..3d631015192f 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/BAO/Translation.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/BAO/Translation.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
  */
 
+use Civi\Api4\Generic\AbstractAction;
+use Civi\Api4\Translation;
+
 /**
  *
  * @package CRM
@@ -144,4 +147,122 @@ public static function self_civi_api4_validate(\Civi\Api4\Event\ValidateValuesEv
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Callback for hook_civicrm_post().
+   *
+   * Flush out cached values.
+   *
+   * @param \Civi\Core\Event\PostEvent $event
+   */
+  public static function self_hook_civicrm_post(\Civi\Core\Event\PostEvent $event): void {
+    unset(Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements hook_civicrm_apiWrappers().
+   *
+   * @link https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/hooks/hook_civicrm_apiWrappers/
+   *
+   * @see \CRM_Utils_Hook::apiWrappers()
+   * @throws \CRM_Core_Exception
+   */
+  public static function hook_civicrm_apiWrappers(&$wrappers, $apiRequest): void {
+    // Only implement for apiv4 & not in a circular way.
+    if ($apiRequest['entity'] === 'Translation'
+      || $apiRequest['entity'] === 'Entity'
+      || !$apiRequest instanceof AbstractAction
+      // Only intervene in 'get'. Code handling save type actions left out of scope.
+      || $apiRequest['action'] !== 'get'
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    $apiLanguage = $apiRequest->getLanguage();
+    if (!$apiLanguage || $apiRequest->getLanguage() === Civi::settings()->get('lcMessages')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if ($apiRequest['action'] === 'get') {
+      if (!isset(\Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]['translate_fields'][$apiRequest['entity']][$apiRequest->getPreferredLanguage()])) {
+        $translated = self::getTranslatedFieldsForRequest($apiRequest);
+        // @todo - once https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/24063 is merged
+        // this could set any defined translation fields that don't have a translation
+        // for one or more fields in the set to '' - ie 'if any are defined for
+        // an entity/language then all must be' - it seems like being strict on this
+        // now will make it easier later....
+        if (!empty($translated['fields']['msg_html']) && !isset($translated['fields']['msg_text'])) {
+          $translated['fields']['msg_text'] = '';
+        }
+        foreach ($translated['fields'] as $field) {
+          \Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]['translate_fields'][$apiRequest['entity']][$apiRequest->getLanguage()]['fields'][$field['entity_id']][$field['entity_field']] = $field['string'];
+          \Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]['translate_fields'][$apiRequest['entity']][$apiRequest->getLanguage()]['language'] = $translated['language'];
+        }
+      }
+      if (!empty(\Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]['translate_fields'][$apiRequest['entity']][$apiRequest->getLanguage()])) {
+        $wrappers[] = new CRM_Core_BAO_TranslateGetWrapper(\Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]['translate_fields'][$apiRequest['entity']][$apiRequest->getLanguage()]);
+      }
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param \Civi\Api4\Generic\AbstractAction $apiRequest
+   * @return array translated fields.
+   *
+   * @throws \CRM_Core_Exception
+   */
+  protected static function getTranslatedFieldsForRequest(AbstractAction $apiRequest): array {
+    $translations = Translation::get()
+      ->addWhere('entity_table', '=', CRM_Core_DAO_AllCoreTables::getTableForEntityName($apiRequest['entity']))
+      ->setCheckPermissions(FALSE)
+      ->setSelect(['entity_field', 'entity_id', 'string', 'language']);
+    if ((substr($apiRequest->getLanguage(), '-3', '3') !== '_NO')) {
+      // Generally we want to check for any translations of the base language
+      // and prefer, for example, French French over US English for French Canadians.
+      // Sites that genuinely want to cater to both will add translations for both
+      // and we work through preferences below.
+      $translations->addWhere('language', 'LIKE', substr($apiRequest->getLanguage(), 0, 2) . '%');
+    }
+    else {
+      // And here we have ... the Norwegians. They have three main variants which
+      // share the same country suffix but not language prefix. As with other languages
+      // any Norwegian is better than no Norwegian and sites that care will do multiple
+      $translations->addWhere('language', 'LIKE', '%_NO');
+    }
+    $fields = $translations->execute();
+    $languages = [];
+    foreach ($fields as $index => $field) {
+      $languages[$field['language']][$index] = $field;
+    }
+    if (isset($languages[$apiRequest->getLanguage()])) {
+      return ['fields' => $languages[$apiRequest->getLanguage()], 'language' => $apiRequest->getLanguage()];
+    }
+    if (count($languages) === 1) {
+      return ['fields' => reset($languages), 'language' => key($languages)];
+    }
+    if (count($languages) > 1) {
+      // In this situation we have multiple language options but no exact match.
+      // This might be, for example, a case where we have, for example, a US English and
+      // a British English, but no Kiwi English. In that case the best is arguable
+      // but I think we all agree that we want to avoid Aussie English here.
+      $defaultLanguages = [
+        'de' => 'de_DE',
+        'en' => 'en_US',
+        'fr' => 'fr_FR',
+        'es' => 'es_ES',
+        'nl' => 'nl_NL',
+        'pt' => 'pt_PT',
+        'zh' => 'zh_TW',
+      ];
+      $defaultLanguage = $defaultLanguages[substr($apiRequest->getLanguage()(), 0, 2)] ?? NULL;
+      if (isset($languages[$defaultLanguage])) {
+        return ['fields' => $languages[$defaultLanguage], 'language' => $defaultLanguage];
+      }
+      // We have no way to determine which is best from the available variants.
+      // If the site wants more control they can translate to the variants.
+      return ['fields' => reset($languages), 'language' => key($languages)];
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/Civi/Api4/Generic/AbstractAction.php b/Civi/Api4/Generic/AbstractAction.php
index 9347394ada9d..eee6b91e430d 100644
--- a/Civi/Api4/Generic/AbstractAction.php
+++ b/Civi/Api4/Generic/AbstractAction.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
  * @method bool getDebug()
  * @method $this setChain(array $chain)
  * @method array getChain()
+ * @method $this setLanguage(string|null $language)
+ * @method string|null getLanguage()
  */
 abstract class AbstractAction implements \ArrayAccess {
 
@@ -44,6 +46,18 @@ abstract class AbstractAction implements \ArrayAccess {
    */
   protected $version = 4;
 
+  /**
+   * Preferred Language (optional).
+   *
+   * If set then listeners such as the Translation subsystem may alter
+   * the output.
+   *
+   * @optionsCallback getPreferredLanguageOptions
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $language;
+
   /**
    * Additional api requests - will be called once per result.
    *
@@ -564,4 +578,15 @@ protected function addCallbackToDebugOutput($callable) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get available preferred languages.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   */
+  protected function getPreferredLanguageOptions(): array {
+    $languages = \CRM_Contact_BAO_Contact::buildOptions('preferred_language');
+    ksort($languages);
+    return array_keys($languages);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/MessageTemplateTest.php b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/MessageTemplateTest.php
index 0f44b3a9aaa4..165e4b53142b 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/MessageTemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/MessageTemplateTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use Civi\Api4\Address;
 use Civi\Api4\Contact;
 use Civi\Api4\MessageTemplate;
+use Civi\Api4\Translation;
 use Civi\Token\TokenProcessor;
 
 /**
@@ -200,6 +201,40 @@ public function testCaseActivityCopyTemplate():void {
     $this->assertStringContainsString('Case ID : 1234', $message);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test that translated strings are rendered for templates where they exist.
+   *
+   * @throws \API_Exception|\CRM_Core_Exception
+   */
+  public function testGetTranslatedTemplate(): void {
+    $this->individualCreate(['preferred_language' => 'fr_FR']);
+    $this->contributionCreate(['contact_id' => $this->ids['Contact']['individual_0']]);
+    $this->addTranslation();
+
+    $messageTemplate = MessageTemplate::get()
+      ->addWhere('is_default', '=', 1)
+      ->addWhere('workflow_name', 'IN', ['contribution_online_receipt', 'contribution_offline_receipt'])
+      ->addSelect('id', 'msg_subject', 'msg_html', 'workflow_name')
+      ->setLanguage('fr_FR')
+      ->execute()->indexBy('workflow_name');
+
+    $this->assertFrenchTranslationRetrieved($messageTemplate['contribution_online_receipt']);
+
+    $this->assertStringContainsString('{ts}Contribution Receipt{/ts}', $messageTemplate['contribution_offline_receipt']['msg_subject']);
+    $this->assertStringContainsString('Below you will find a receipt', $messageTemplate['contribution_offline_receipt']['msg_html']);
+    $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('actual_language', $messageTemplate['contribution_offline_receipt']);
+
+    $messageTemplate = MessageTemplate::get()
+      ->addWhere('is_default', '=', 1)
+      ->addWhere('workflow_name', 'IN', ['contribution_online_receipt', 'contribution_offline_receipt'])
+      ->addSelect('id', 'msg_subject', 'msg_html', 'workflow_name')
+      ->setLanguage('fr_CA')
+      ->execute()->indexBy('workflow_name');
+
+    $this->assertFrenchTranslationRetrieved($messageTemplate['contribution_online_receipt']);
+
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test rendering of domain tokens.
    *
@@ -919,4 +954,38 @@ protected function getExpectedContactOutputNewStyle($id, array $tokenData, strin
     return $expected;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return mixed
+   * @throws \API_Exception
+   * @throws \Civi\API\Exception\UnauthorizedException
+   */
+  private function addTranslation() {
+    $messageTemplateID = MessageTemplate::get()
+      ->addWhere('is_default', '=', 1)
+      ->addWhere('workflow_name', '=', 'contribution_online_receipt')
+      ->addSelect('id')
+      ->execute()->first()['id'];
+
+    Translation::save()->setRecords([
+      ['entity_field' => 'msg_subject', 'string' => 'Bonjour'],
+      ['entity_field' => 'msg_html', 'string' => 'Voila!'],
+      ['entity_field' => 'msg_text', 'string' => '{contribution.total_amount}'],
+    ])->setDefaults([
+      'entity_table' => 'civicrm_msg_template',
+      'entity_id' => $messageTemplateID,
+      'status_id:name' => 'active',
+      'language' => 'fr_FR',
+    ])->execute();
+    return $messageTemplateID;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param $contribution_online_receipt
+   */
+  private function assertFrenchTranslationRetrieved($contribution_online_receipt): void {
+    $this->assertEquals('Bonjour', $contribution_online_receipt['msg_subject']);
+    $this->assertEquals('Voila!', $contribution_online_receipt['msg_html']);
+    $this->assertEquals('fr_FR', $contribution_online_receipt['actual_language']);
+  }
+
 }