diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/LocaleTranslation.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringTranslation/Translator/LocaleTranslation.php
similarity index 93%
rename from core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/LocaleTranslation.php
rename to core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringTranslation/Translator/LocaleTranslation.php
index 0c405dd..4957106 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/LocaleTranslation.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringTranslation/Translator/LocaleTranslation.php
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 /**
  * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\Core\Language\LocaleTranslation.
+ * Contains \Drupal\locale\StringTranslation\Translator\LocaleTranslation.
  */
 
-namespace Drupal\locale;
+namespace Drupal\locale\StringTranslation\Translator;
 
 use Drupal\Core\DestructableInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class LocaleTranslation implements TranslatorInterface, DestructableInterface {
    *   Array of \Drupal\locale\LocaleLookup objects indexed by language code
    *   and context.
    */
-  protected $translations;
+  protected $translations = array();
 
   /**
    * Constructs a translator using a string storage.
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.services.yml b/core/modules/locale/locale.services.yml
index 2a1f8f2..5ab727a 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.services.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
     class: Drupal\locale\StringDatabaseStorage
     arguments: ['@database']
   string_translator.locale.lookup:
-    class: Drupal\locale\LocaleTranslation
+    class: Drupal\locale\StringTranslation\Translator\LocaleTranslation
     arguments: ['@locale.storage']
     tags:
       - { name: string_translator }
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/tests/Drupal/locale/Tests/StringTranslation/Translator/LocaleTranslationTest.php b/core/modules/locale/tests/Drupal/locale/Tests/StringTranslation/Translator/LocaleTranslationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5860bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/locale/tests/Drupal/locale/Tests/StringTranslation/Translator/LocaleTranslationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\locale\Tests\StringTranslation\Translator\LocaleTranslationTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\locale\Tests\StringTranslation\Translator;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Drupal\locale\StringTranslation\Translator\LocaleTranslation;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for locale translation class.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\locale\StringTranslation\Translator\LocaleTranslation
+ * @group locale
+ */
+class LocaleTranslationTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * A mocked storage to use when instantiating LocaleTranslation objects.
+   *
+   * @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+   */
+  protected $storage;
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Locale translation tests',
+      'description' => 'Test locale module translatiob implementation.',
+      'group' => 'locale',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    $this->storage = $this->getMock('Drupal\locale\StringStorageInterface');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests for \Drupal\locale\Tests\LocaleTranslationTest::destruct()
+   */
+  public function testDestruct() {
+    $translation = new LocaleTranslation($this->storage);
+    // Prove that destruction works without errors when translations are empty.
+    $this->assertAttributeEmpty('translations', $translation);
+    $translation->destruct();
+  }
+
+}