diff --git a/share/qtcreator/translations/extract-snippets.xq b/share/qtcreator/translations/extract-snippets.xq
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b7e52d4766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/qtcreator/translations/extract-snippets.xq
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+let $prefix := string("QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP3("TextEditor::Internal::Snippets", "")
+let $midfix := string("", "")
+let $suffix := concat("")", codepoints-to-string(10))
+for $file in tokenize($files, string("\|"))
+    for $snippet in (doc($file)/*/snippet)
+        let $group := fn:concat(string("group:'"), data($snippet/@group), string("' "))
+        let $trigger := fn:concat(string("trigger:'"), data($snippet/@trigger), string("'"))
+        where ($snippet/@complement)
+        return fn:concat($prefix, data($snippet/@complement), $midfix, $group, $trigger, $suffix)
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro b/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
index 5f752f28551..9a3e296dda3 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ JSONWIZARD_TR_H = $$OUT_PWD/jsonwizard_tr.h
 QMLWIZARD_TR_H = $$OUT_PWD/qmlwizard_tr.h
 QTQUICKWIZARD_TR_H = $$OUT_PWD/qtquickwizard_tr.h
 EXTERNALTOOLS_TR_H = $$OUT_PWD/externaltools_tr.h
+SNIPPETS_TR_H = $$OUT_PWD/snippets_tr.h
 
 win32: \
     PREFIX = "file:///"
@@ -48,12 +49,16 @@ QTQUICKWIZARD_FILES = \"$$join(QTQUICKWIZARD_FILES, "|$$PREFIX", "$$PREFIX")\"
 for(file, $$list($$files($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/share/qtcreator/externaltools/*))):EXTERNALTOOLS_FILES += $$files($$file)
 EXTERNALTOOLS_FILES = \"$$join(EXTERNALTOOLS_FILES, "|$$PREFIX", "$$PREFIX")\"
 
+for(file, $$list($$files($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/share/qtcreator/snippets/*))):SNIPPETS_FILES += $$files($$file)
+SNIPPETS_FILES = \"$$join(SNIPPETS_FILES, "|$$PREFIX", "$$PREFIX")\"
+
 extract.commands += \
     $$XMLPATTERNS -output $$MIME_TR_H -param files=$$MIMETYPES_FILES $$PWD/extract-mimetypes.xq $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
     $$XMLPATTERNS -output $$CUSTOMWIZARD_TR_H -param files=$$CUSTOMWIZARD_FILES $$PWD/extract-customwizards.xq $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
     $$XMLPATTERNS -output $$QMLWIZARD_TR_H -param files=$$QMLWIZARD_FILES $$PWD/extract-qmlwizards.xq $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
     $$XMLPATTERNS -output $$QTQUICKWIZARD_TR_H -param files=$$QTQUICKWIZARD_FILES $$PWD/extract-qtquickwizards.xq $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
     $$XMLPATTERNS -output $$EXTERNALTOOLS_TR_H -param files=$$EXTERNALTOOLS_FILES $$PWD/extract-externaltools.xq $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+    $$XMLPATTERNS -output $$SNIPPETS_TR_H -param files=$$SNIPPETS_FILES $$PWD/extract-snippets.xq $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
     $(QMAKE) -o Makefile.jsonwizard JSONWIZARD_TR_H=\"$$JSONWIZARD_TR_H\" TOP_LEVEL=\"$$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards\" $$PWD/jsonwizard_tr.pro
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += extract
 
@@ -77,12 +82,12 @@ files = $$files($$PWD/*_??.ts) $$PWD/qtcreator_untranslated.ts
 for(file, files) {
     lang = $$replace(file, .*_([^/]*)\\.ts, \\1)
     v = ts-$${lang}.commands
-    $$v = cd $$wd && $$LUPDATE $$include_options $$sources $$MIME_TR_H $$CUSTOMWIZARD_TR_H $$JSONWIZARD_TR_H $$QMLWIZARD_TR_H $$QTQUICKWIZARD_TR_H $$EXTERNALTOOLS_TR_H -ts $$file
+    $$v = cd $$wd && $$LUPDATE $$include_options $$sources $$MIME_TR_H $$CUSTOMWIZARD_TR_H $$JSONWIZARD_TR_H $$QMLWIZARD_TR_H $$QTQUICKWIZARD_TR_H $$EXTERNALTOOLS_TR_H $$SNIPPETS_TR_H -ts $$file
     v = ts-$${lang}.depends
     $$v = extract
     QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += ts-$$lang
 }
-ts-all.commands = cd $$wd && $$LUPDATE $$include_options $$sources $$MIME_TR_H $$CUSTOMWIZARD_TR_H $$JSONWIZARD_TR_H $$QMLWIZARD_TR_H $$QTQUICKWIZARD_TR_H $$EXTERNALTOOLS_TR_H -ts $$files
+ts-all.commands = cd $$wd && $$LUPDATE $$include_options $$sources $$MIME_TR_H $$CUSTOMWIZARD_TR_H $$JSONWIZARD_TR_H $$QMLWIZARD_TR_H $$QTQUICKWIZARD_TR_H $$EXTERNALTOOLS_TR_H SNIPPETS_TR_H -ts $$files
 ts-all.depends = extract
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += ts-all
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetscollection.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetscollection.cpp
index 20c9615d5a6..2aeed388555 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetscollection.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetscollection.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
 using namespace TextEditor;
 using namespace Internal;
 
+/*  TRANSLATOR TextEditor::Internal::Snippets
+
+    Snippets are text fragments that can be inserted into an editor via the usual completion
+    mechanics using a trigger text. The translated text (trigger variant) is used to
+    disambiguate between snippets with the same trigger.
+*/
+
 namespace {
 
 static bool snippetComp(const Snippet &a, const Snippet &b)
@@ -359,7 +366,10 @@ QList<Snippet> SnippetsCollection::readXML(const QString &fileName, const QStrin
                         if (isGroupKnown(groupId) && (snippetId.isEmpty() || snippetId == id)) {
                             Snippet snippet(groupId, id);
                             snippet.setTrigger(atts.value(kTrigger).toString());
-                            snippet.setComplement(atts.value(kComplement).toString());
+                            snippet.setComplement(QCoreApplication::translate(
+                                                      "TextEditor::Internal::Snippets",
+                                                      atts.value(kComplement).toString().toLatin1(),
+                                                      atts.value(kId).toString().toLatin1()));
                             snippet.setIsRemoved(toBool(atts.value(kRemoved).toString()));
                             snippet.setIsModified(toBool(atts.value(kModified).toString()));