diff --git a/plugins/plugin-i18n/src/index.mjs b/plugins/plugin-i18n/src/index.mjs
index 0a11050daf1..0b6c439c726 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin-i18n/src/index.mjs
+++ b/plugins/plugin-i18n/src/index.mjs
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ export const plugin = {
   version,
   hooks: {
     insertText: (locale, text, t, pattern) => {
-      if (t instanceof Function) return t(text)
+      if (t instanceof Function) return t(text, locale)
+      else if (typeof t[locale] === 'object') return t[locale][text] || text
       else {
         const msg =
-          "No translation method was passed to the i18n plugin. This plugin won't do anything without a translation method"
+          "No translation method or object was passed to the i18n plugin. This plugin won't do anything without that"
         if (pattern?.store?.log?.warning) {
           if (!pattern.store.get(['plugins', 'plugin-i18n', 'missingMethodWarning'])) {
             pattern.store.set(['plugins', 'plugin-i18n', 'missingMethodWarning'], true)
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-i18n/tests/plugin.test.mjs b/plugins/plugin-i18n/tests/plugin.test.mjs
index 75ce66c7339..b05abdb24d0 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin-i18n/tests/plugin.test.mjs
+++ b/plugins/plugin-i18n/tests/plugin.test.mjs
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import { plugin } from '../src/index.mjs'
 const expect = chai.expect
 
 const content = {
-  strings: {
-    en: {
-      testString: 'This is a test string for the i18n plugin',
-    },
+  en: {
+    testString: 'This is a test string for the i18n plugin',
   },
 }
 
@@ -31,6 +29,6 @@ describe('I18n Plugin Tests', () => {
     const Pattern = new Design({ parts: [part] })
     const pattern = new Pattern()
     const svg = pattern.draft().render()
-    expect(svg).to.contain(content.strings.en.testString)
+    expect(svg).to.contain(content.en.testString)
   })
 })