diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php
index fa0b4a0..14ea5a6 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationWrapper;
 use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataDefinition;
 use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataReferenceDefinition;
 
@@ -82,19 +83,19 @@ public static function propertyDefinitions(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $fiel
 
     if ($target_id_data_type === 'integer') {
       $target_id_definition = DataDefinition::create('integer')
-        ->setLabel(t('@label ID', array($target_type_info->getLabel())))
+        ->setLabel(new TranslationWrapper('@label ID', array($target_type_info->getLabel())))
         ->setSetting('unsigned', TRUE);
     }
     else {
       $target_id_definition = DataDefinition::create('string')
-        ->setLabel(t('@label ID', array($target_type_info->getLabel())));
+        ->setLabel(new TranslationWrapper('@label ID', array($target_type_info->getLabel())));
     }
     $target_id_definition->setRequired(TRUE);
     $properties['target_id'] = $target_id_definition;
 
     $properties['entity'] = DataReferenceDefinition::create('entity')
       ->setLabel($target_type_info->getLabel())
-      ->setDescription(t('The referenced entity'))
+      ->setDescription(new TranslationWrapper('The referenced entity'))
       // The entity object is computed out of the entity ID.
       ->setComputed(TRUE)
       ->setReadOnly(FALSE)