diff --git a/lib/server/find-strings-plugin.js b/lib/server/find-strings-plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05b93f1c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/server/find-strings-plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+/* find all strings with their descriptions that need to be translated and write
+   to i18n/en.json file */
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+module.exports = function findStringsPlugin(babel) {
+  const { types: t } = babel;
+
+  const translationsFile = process.cwd() + "/i18n/en.json";
+  let currentTranslations = JSON.parse(
+    fs.readFileSync(translationsFile, "utf8")
+  );
+
+  return {
+    visitor: {
+      JSXElement(path) {
+        if (path.node.openingElement.name.name !== "Translate") {
+          return;
+        }
+        const text = path.node.children[0].value.trim();
+        let description;
+        const attributes = path.node.openingElement.attributes;
+        for (let i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++) {
+          if (attributes[i].name.name === "desc") {
+            description = attributes[i].value.value;
+          }
+        }
+        if (!currentTranslations["pages-strings"]) {
+          currentTranslations["pages-strings"] = {};
+        }
+        currentTranslations["pages-strings"][text + "|" + description] = text;
+        fs.writeFileSync(translationsFile, JSON.stringify(currentTranslations));
+      }
+    }
+  };
+};
diff --git a/lib/server/writeTranslations.js b/lib/server/writeTranslations.js
index 5f9d7b579a..a9637cfd9b 100644
--- a/lib/server/writeTranslations.js
+++ b/lib/server/writeTranslations.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const path = require("path");
 const siteConfig = require(CWD + "/siteConfig.js");
 const babylon = require("babylon");
 const traverse = require("babel-traverse").default;
+const siteConfig = require(CWD + "/siteConfig.js");
 
 function writeFileAndCreateFolder(file, content) {
   mkdirp.sync(file.replace(new RegExp("/[^/]*$"), ""));
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ function execute() {
   });
 
   writeFileAndCreateFolder(CWD + "/i18n/en.json", JSON.stringify(translations));
+
 }
 
 module.exports = execute;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67d0a8cd27..5e474a52c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "examples": "./lib/copy-examples.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "babel-cli": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-register": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-traverse": "^6.25.0",