diff --git a/src/Pluf.php b/src/Pluf.php
index 62b3e3f..2b3a1ee 100644
--- a/src/Pluf.php
+++ b/src/Pluf.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Pluf
         $GLOBALS['_PX_starttime'] = microtime(true);
         $GLOBALS['_PX_uniqid'] = uniqid($GLOBALS['_PX_starttime'], true);
         $GLOBALS['_PX_signal'] = array();
+        $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'] = array();
         Pluf::loadConfig($config);
         date_default_timezone_set(Pluf::f('time_zone', 'Europe/Berlin'));
         mb_internal_encoding(Pluf::f('encoding', 'UTF-8'));
diff --git a/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php b/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php
index 8d5ce09..a48cf1a 100644
--- a/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php
+++ b/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php
@@ -58,14 +58,7 @@ class Pluf_Middleware_Translation
             // will default to 'en'
             $lang = Pluf_Translation::getAcceptedLanguage(Pluf::f('languages', array('en')));
         }
-        $GLOBALS['_PX_current_locale'] = $lang;
-        $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'] = array();
-        $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] = array();
-        foreach (Pluf::f('installed_apps') as $app) {
-            if (false != ($pofile=Pluf::fileExists($app.'/locale/'.$lang.'/'.strtolower($app).'.po'))) {
-                $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] += Pluf_Translation::readPoFile($pofile);
-            }
-        }
+        Pluf_Translation::loadSetLocale($lang);
         $request->language_code = $lang;
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/Pluf/Translation.php b/src/Pluf/Translation.php
index a4ab431..8e2ede9 100644
--- a/src/Pluf/Translation.php
+++ b/src/Pluf/Translation.php
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ class Pluf_Translation
                          'de' => 'plural_2not1',
                                         );
 
+    public static function loadSetLocale($lang)
+    {
+        $GLOBALS['_PX_current_locale'] = $lang;
+        if (isset($GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang])) {
+            return; // We consider that it was already loaded.
+        }
+        $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] = array();
+        foreach (Pluf::f('installed_apps') as $app) {
+            if (false != ($pofile=Pluf::fileExists($app.'/locale/'.$lang.'/'.strtolower($app).'.po'))) {
+                $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] += Pluf_Translation::readPoFile($pofile);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function getLocale()
+    {
+        return $GLOBALS['_PX_current_locale'];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the plural form for a given locale.
      */