diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.module b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
index aba3fd0..10f7c2a 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -505,6 +505,19 @@ function locale_cron() {
   if ($frequency = config('locale.settings')->get('translation.update_interval_days')) {
     module_load_include('compare.inc', 'locale');
     $result = locale_translation_update_cron(1, REQUEST_TIME - $frequency * 24 * 3600);
+    /* TODO: the call to locale_translation_update_cron should result in queue items
+     * /
+    $queue = Drupal::queue('locale_translation_update');
+    foreach ($result as $task) {
+      // transform $task into $item if necessary
+      $item = array(
+        'name' => $name,
+        'x' => 'X',
+      );
+      watchdog('locale', 'Queued: ' . $name);
+      $queue->createItem($graph);
+    }
+     */
     // @todo Use the code below for development. It reduces the cron threshold from days to minutes.
     //$result = locale_translation_update_cron(1, REQUEST_TIME - $frequency * 60);
     if ($result) {
@@ -514,6 +527,31 @@ function locale_cron() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_queue_info().
+ */
+function locale_queue_info() {
+  $queues['locale_translation_update'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Updates the translations'),
+    'worker callback' => 'locale_translation_update_worker',
+    'cron' => array(
+      'time' => 60,
+    ),
+  );
+  return $queues;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Process 1 file download
+ *
+ * TODO: define type for item: object or custom class or array.
+ * @param type $item
+ *
+ * @see locale_cron().
+ */
+function locale_translation_update_worker($item) {
+}
+
+/**
  * Imports translations when new modules or themes are installed.
  *
  * This function will start a batch to import translations for the added