diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
index bdd1c47..55597d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ function locale_translation_build_projects() {
   // Get the project list based on .info files.
   $projects = locale_translation_project_list();
 
-  $transaction = db_transaction();
-
   // Mark all previous projects as disabled and store new project data.
   db_update('locale_project')
     ->fields(array(
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ function locale_translation_default_translation_server() {
  * @param stdClass $project
  *   Project object containing data to be inserted in the template.
  * @param string $template
- *   String containing place holders. Available placeholders:
+ *   String containing placeholders. Available placeholders:
  *   - "%project": Project name.
  *   - "%version": Project version.
  *   - "%core": Project core version.
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ function locale_translation_default_translation_server() {
  *   - "%filename": Project file name.
  *
  * @return string
- *   String with replaced place holders.
+ *   String with replaced placeholders.
  */
 function locale_translation_build_server_pattern($project, $template) {
   $variables = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.install b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
index 3aec999..39f1f0d 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.install
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.install
@@ -679,9 +679,59 @@ function locale_update_8010() {
  */
 function locale_update_8011() {
   // Add a 'locale' cache table.
-  $table = drupal_get_schema_unprocessed('system', 'cache');
-  $table['description'] = 'Cache table for the locale module to store various data.';
-  db_create_table('cache_locale', $table);
+  db_create_table('cache_locale', array(
+    'description' => 'Cache table for the locale module to store various data.',
+    'fields' => array(
+      'cid' => array(
+        'description' => 'Primary Key: Unique cache ID.',
+        'type' => 'varchar',
+        'length' => 255,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => '',
+      ),
+      'data' => array(
+        'description' => 'A collection of data to cache.',
+        'type' => 'blob',
+        'not null' => FALSE,
+        'size' => 'big',
+      ),
+      'expire' => array(
+        'description' => 'A Unix timestamp indicating when the cache entry should expire, or 0 for never.',
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+      ),
+      'created' => array(
+        'description' => 'A Unix timestamp indicating when the cache entry was created.',
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+      ),
+      'serialized' => array(
+        'description' => 'A flag to indicate whether content is serialized (1) or not (0).',
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'size' => 'small',
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+      ),
+      'tags' => array(
+        'description' => 'Space-separated list of cache tags for this entry.',
+        'type' => 'text',
+        'size' => 'big',
+        'not null' => FALSE,
+      ),
+      'checksum' => array(
+        'description' => 'The tag invalidation sum when this entry was saved.',
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+      ),
+    ),
+    'indexes' => array(
+      'expire' => array('expire'),
+    ),
+    'primary key' => array('cid'),
+  );
 
   // Add locale_project table.
   db_create_table('locale_project', array(