diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.module b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
index aba3fd0..6c15dac 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -502,15 +502,77 @@ function locale_themes_disabled($themes) {
  * Implements hook_cron().
  */
 function locale_cron() {
-  if ($frequency = config('locale.settings')->get('translation.update_interval_days')) {
-    module_load_include('compare.inc', 'locale');
-    $result = locale_translation_update_cron(1, REQUEST_TIME - $frequency * 24 * 3600);
-    // @todo Use the code below for development. It reduces the cron threshold from days to minutes.
-    //$result = locale_translation_update_cron(1, REQUEST_TIME - $frequency * 60);
-    if ($result) {
-      watchdog('locale', 'Automatically updated @checked translations.', array('@checked' => $result));
+  //if ($frequency = config('locale.settings')->get('translation.update_interval_days')) {
+  if (TRUE) {
+    module_load_include('inc', 'locale', 'locale.translation');
+    $projects = array_keys(locale_translation_get_projects());
+    $langcodes = array_keys(locale_translatable_language_list());
+
+    module_load_include('inc', 'locale', 'locale.compare');
+    $operations = _locale_translation_batch_status_operations($projects, $langcodes);
+
+    $queue = Drupal::queue('locale_translation_update');
+    foreach($operations as $operation) {
+      $callback = $operation[0];
+      list($projects, $langcodes) = $operation[1];
+      //TODO: why are these arrays for local and not remote $callback?
+      if (!is_array($projects)) $projects = array($projects);
+      if (!is_array($langcodes)) $langcodes = array($langcodes);
+      
+      foreach($projects as $project) {
+        foreach($langcodes as $langcode) {
+          // transform $task into $item if necessary
+          $item = array(
+            'callback' => $callback,
+            'project' => $project,
+            'langcode' => $langcode,
+          );
+          watchdog('locale', 'Queued for !callback: !project (!langcode)', array('callback'=>$callback,'!project'=>$project, '!langcode'=>$langcode));
+          $queue->createItem($item);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * 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) {
+  module_load_include('inc', 'locale', 'locale.batch');
+
+  $callback = $item['callback'];
+  $project = $item['project'];
+  $langcode = $item['langcode'];
+  $context = array();
+  if (function_exists($callback)) {
+    if ($callback == 'locale_translation_batch_status_fetch_local') {
+      locale_translation_batch_status_fetch_local(array($project), array($langcode), $context);
+    }
+    else {
+      locale_translation_batch_status_fetch_remote($project, $langcode, $context);
     }
   }
+  watchdog('locale', 'Translation downloaded !callback: !project (!langcode)', array('callback'=>$callback,'!project'=>$project, '!langcode'=>$langcode));
 }
 
 /**