diff --git a/exercises/practice/pig-latin/build.gradle b/exercises/practice/pig-latin/build.gradle
index 8bd005d42..8ff4540b3 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/pig-latin/build.gradle
+++ b/exercises/practice/pig-latin/build.gradle
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ test {
     events = ["passed", "failed", "skipped"]
   }
 }
+
+tasks.named("compileTestJava").configure {
+  dependsOn("copyTestsFilteringIgnores")
+}
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diff --git a/exercises/practice/pig-latin/src/main/java/PigLatinTranslator.java b/exercises/practice/pig-latin/src/main/java/PigLatinTranslator.java
index 6178f1beb..90d6780a6 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/pig-latin/src/main/java/PigLatinTranslator.java
+++ b/exercises/practice/pig-latin/src/main/java/PigLatinTranslator.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-/*
+import java.lang.String;
+public class PigLatinTranslator {
+    public PigLatinTranslator() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Please implement the PigLatinTranslator constructor.");
+    }
 
-Since this exercise has a difficulty of > 4 it doesn't come
-with any starter implementation.
-This is so that you get to practice creating classes and methods
-which is an important part of programming in Java.
-
-Please remove this comment when submitting your solution.
-
-*/
+    public String translate(String text) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Please implement the PigLatinTranslator.translate method");
+    }
+}
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