diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
index cc2a2d9ae..ef2520dac 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ base_html_expands.append({u'desc': u'Underline', u'start tag': u'{u}',
     u'end tag': u'{/u}', u'end html': u'</span>', u'protected': True})
 
 def translate(context, text, comment=None,
-    encoding=QtCore.QCoreApplication.CodecForTr, n=-1):
+    encoding=QtCore.QCoreApplication.CodecForTr, n=-1,
+    translate=QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate):
     """
     A special shortcut method to wrap around the Qt4 translation functions.
     This abstracts the translation procedure so that we can change it if at a
@@ -102,8 +103,7 @@ def translate(context, text, comment=None,
         An identifying string for when the same text is used in different roles
         within the same context.
     """
-    return QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate(
-        context, text, comment, encoding, n)
+    return translate(context, text, comment, encoding, n)
 
 def get_text_file_string(text_file):
     """