diff --git c/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityDeleteForm.php w/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityDeleteForm.php
index 590b80f..6116520 100644
--- c/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityDeleteForm.php
+++ w/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityDeleteForm.php
@@ -7,11 +7,95 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\Entity;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+
 /**
  * Provides a generic base class for a content entity deletion form.
  */
 class ContentEntityDeleteForm extends ContentEntityConfirmFormBase {
 
-  use EntityDeleteFormTrait;
+  use EntityDeleteFormTrait {
+    getQuestion as traitGetQuestion;
+    logDeletionMessage as traitLogDeletionMessage;
+    getDeletionMessage as traitGetDeletionMessage;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity */
+    $entity = $this->getEntity();
+
+    // Make sure that deleting a translation does not delete the whole entity.
+    if (!$entity->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      $untranslated_entity = $entity->getUntranslated();
+      $untranslated_entity->removeTranslation($entity->language()->getId());
+      $untranslated_entity->save();
+      $form_state->setRedirectUrl($untranslated_entity->urlInfo('canonical'));
+    }
+    else {
+      $entity->delete();
+      $form_state->setRedirectUrl($this->getCancelUrl());
+    }
+
+    drupal_set_message($this->getDeletionMessage());
+    $this->logDeletionMessage();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function getDeletionMessage() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity */
+    $entity = $this->getEntity();
+
+    if (!$entity->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      return $this->t('The @entity-type %label @language translation has been deleted.', [
+        '@entity-type' => $entity->getEntityType()->getLowercaseLabel(),
+        '%label'       => $entity->label(),
+        '@language'    => $entity->language()->getName(),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    return $this->traitGetDeletionMessage();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function logDeletionMessage() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity */
+    $entity = $this->getEntity();
+
+    if (!$entity->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      $this->logger($entity->getEntityType()->getProvider())->notice('The @entity-type %label @language translation has been deleted.', [
+        '@entity-type' => $entity->getEntityType()->getLowercaseLabel(),
+        '%label'       => $entity->label(),
+        '@language'    => $entity->language()->getName(),
+      ]);
+    }
+    else {
+      $this->traitLogDeletionMessage();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getQuestion() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity */
+    $entity = $this->getEntity();
+
+    if (!$entity->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      return $this->t('Are you sure you want to delete @language translation of the @entity-type %label?', array(
+        '@language' => $entity->language()->getName(),
+        '@entity-type' => $this->getEntity()->getEntityType()->getLowercaseLabel(),
+        '%label' => $this->getEntity()->label(),
+      ));
+    }
+
+    return $this->traitGetQuestion();
+  }
 
 }
diff --git c/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.module w/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.module
index 1f1a0eb..5448046 100644
--- c/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.module
+++ w/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.module
@@ -281,7 +281,12 @@ function content_translation_form_alter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_s
 
   if ($entity instanceof ContentEntityInterface && $entity->isTranslatable() && count($entity->getTranslationLanguages()) > 1) {
     $controller = \Drupal::entityManager()->getHandler($entity->getEntityTypeId(), 'translation');
-    $controller->entityFormAlter($form, $form_state, $entity);
+    if ($form_object->getOperation() == 'delete') {
+      $controller->entityDeleteFormAlter($form, $form_state, $entity);
+    }
+    else {
+      $controller->entityFormAlter($form, $form_state, $entity);
+    }
 
     // @todo Move the following lines to the code generating the property form
     //   elements once we have an official #multilingual FAPI key.
diff --git c/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php w/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php
index 0bd26f4..3f82a78 100644
--- c/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php
+++ w/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandler.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResult;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityHandlerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
  */
 class ContentTranslationHandler implements ContentTranslationHandlerInterface, EntityHandlerInterface {
   use DependencySerializationTrait;
+  use StringTranslationTrait;
 
   /**
    * The type of the entity being translated.
@@ -602,6 +605,33 @@ function entityFormDelete($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function entityDeleteFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, ContentEntityInterface $entity) {
+    if ($entity->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      $languages = [];
+      foreach ($entity->getTranslationLanguages() as $language) {
+        $languages[] = $language->getName();
+      }
+
+      if (count($languages) > 1) {
+        $form['entity_deletes'] = array(
+          '#theme' => 'item_list',
+          '#title' => $this->t('The following @entity-type translations will be deleted:', [
+            '@entity-type' => $entity->getEntityType()->getLowercaseLabel()
+          ]),
+          '#items' => $languages,
+        );
+
+        $form['actions']['submit']['#value'] = $this->t('Delete all translations');
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      $form['actions']['submit']['#value'] = $this->t('Delete @language translation', array('@language' => $entity->language()->getName()));;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Form submission handler for ContentTranslationHandler::entityFormAlter().
    *
    * Takes care of content translation deletion.
diff --git c/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandlerInterface.php w/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandlerInterface.php
index 12f59c1..759c3b7 100644
--- c/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandlerInterface.php
+++ w/core/modules/content_translation/src/ContentTranslationHandlerInterface.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\content_translation;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 
@@ -76,4 +77,16 @@ public function retranslate(EntityInterface $entity, $langcode = NULL);
    */
   public function entityFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, EntityInterface $entity);
 
+  /**
+   * Performs the needed alterations to the entity delete form.
+   *
+   * @param array $form
+   *   The entity delete form to be altered to provide the translation workflow.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
+   *   The current state of the form.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity being deleted.
+   */
+  public function entityDeleteFormAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, ContentEntityInterface $entity);
+
 }
diff --git c/core/modules/node/src/Form/NodeDeleteForm.php w/core/modules/node/src/Form/NodeDeleteForm.php
index 16c86e6..cd36d98 100644
--- c/core/modules/node/src/Form/NodeDeleteForm.php
+++ w/core/modules/node/src/Form/NodeDeleteForm.php
@@ -18,13 +18,44 @@ class NodeDeleteForm extends ContentEntityDeleteForm {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
-    $this->entity->delete();
-    $this->logger('content')->notice('@type: deleted %title.', array('@type' => $this->entity->bundle(), '%title' => $this->entity->label()));
+  protected function getDeletionMessage() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeInterface $entity */
+    $entity = $this->getEntity();
+
     $node_type_storage = $this->entityManager->getStorage('node_type');
-    $node_type = $node_type_storage->load($this->entity->bundle())->label();
-    drupal_set_message(t('@type %title has been deleted.', array('@type' => $node_type, '%title' => $this->entity->label())));
-    $form_state->setRedirect('<front>');
+    $node_type = $node_type_storage->load($entity->bundle())->label();
+
+    if (!$entity->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      return $this->t('@language translation of the @type %label has been deleted.', [
+        '@language' => $entity->language()->getName(),
+        '@type' => $node_type,
+        '%label' => $entity->label(),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    return $this->t('The @type %title has been deleted.', array(
+      '@type' => $node_type,
+      '%title' => $this->getEntity()->label(),
+    ));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    parent::submitForm($form, $form_state);
+    if ($this->getEntity()->isDefaultTranslation()) {
+      $form_state->setRedirect('<front>');
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function logDeletionMessage() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeInterface $entity */
+    $entity = $this->getEntity();
+    $this->logger('content')->notice('@type: deleted %title.', ['@type' => $entity->getType(), '%title' => $entity->label()]);
   }
 
 }
diff --git c/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php w/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php
index 3692c8b..d720ebe 100644
--- c/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php
+++ w/core/modules/node/src/NodeTranslationHandler.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\node;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityDeleteForm;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\content_translation\ContentTranslationHandler;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
diff --git c/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFormTest.php w/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFormTest.php
index 307b69a..7edde9f 100644
--- c/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFormTest.php
+++ w/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFormTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Entity;
 
+use Drupal\language\Entity\ConfigurableLanguage;
 use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
 
 /**
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
     $web_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer entity_test content'));
     $this->drupalLogin($web_user);
+
+    // Add a language.
+    ConfigurableLanguage::createFromLangcode('ro')->save();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -40,6 +44,16 @@ function testFormCRUD() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Tests basic multilingual form CRUD functionality.
+   */
+  public function testMultilingualFormCRUD() {
+    // All entity variations have to have the same results.
+    foreach (entity_test_entity_types(ENTITY_TEST_TYPES_MULTILINGUAL) as $entity_type) {
+      $this->doTestMultilingualFormCRUD($entity_type);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Tests hook_entity_form_display_alter().
    *
    * @see entity_test_entity_form_display_alter()
@@ -85,12 +99,54 @@ protected function doTestFormCRUD($entity_type) {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Executes the multilingual form CRUD tests for the given entity type ID.
+   *
+   * @param string $entity_type_id
+   *   The ID of entity type to run the tests with.
+   */
+  protected function doTestMultilingualFormCRUD($entity_type_id) {
+    $name1 = $this->randomMachineName(8);
+    $name1_ro = $this->randomMachineName(9);
+    $name2_ro = $this->randomMachineName(11);
+
+    $edit = array(
+      'name[0][value]' => $name1,
+      'field_test_text[0][value]' => $this->randomMachineName(16),
+    );
+
+    $this->drupalPostForm($entity_type_id . '/add', $edit, t('Save'));
+    $entity = $this->loadEntityByName($entity_type_id, $name1);
+    $this->assertTrue($entity, format_string('%entity_type: Entity found in the database.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type_id)));
+
+    // Add a translation to the newly created entity without using the Content
+    // translation module.
+    $entity->addTranslation('ro', ['name' => $name1_ro])->save();
+    $translated_entity = $this->loadEntityByName($entity_type_id, $name1)->getTranslation('ro');
+    $this->assertEqual($translated_entity->name->value, $name1_ro, format_string('%entity_type: The translation has been added.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type_id)));
+
+    $edit['name[0][value]'] = $name2_ro;
+    $this->drupalPostForm('ro/' . $entity_type_id . '/manage/' . $entity->id(), $edit, t('Save'));
+    $translated_entity = $this->loadEntityByName($entity_type_id, $name1)->getTranslation('ro');
+    $this->assertTrue($translated_entity, format_string('%entity_type: Modified translation found in the database.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type_id)));
+    $this->assertEqual($translated_entity->name->value, $name2_ro, format_string('%entity_type: The name of the translation has been modified.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type_id)));
+
+    $this->drupalGet('ro/' . $entity_type_id . '/manage/' . $entity->id());
+    $this->clickLink(t('Delete'));
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array(), t('Delete'));
+    $entity = $this->loadEntityByName($entity_type_id, $name1);
+    $this->assertNotNull($entity, format_string('%entity_type: The original entity still exists.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type_id)));
+    $this->assertFalse($entity->hasTranslation('ro'), format_string('%entity_type: Entity translation does not exist anymore.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type_id)));
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Loads a test entity by name always resetting the storage cache.
    */
   protected function loadEntityByName($entity_type, $name) {
     // Always load the entity from the database to ensure that changes are
     // correctly picked up.
-    $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorage($entity_type)->resetCache();
-    return current(entity_load_multiple_by_properties($entity_type, array('name' => $name)));
+    $entity_storage = $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorage($entity_type);
+    $entity_storage->resetCache();
+    $entities = $entity_storage->loadByProperties(array('name' => $name));
+    return $entities ? current($entities) : NULL;
   }
 }
diff --git c/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Form/TermDeleteForm.php w/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Form/TermDeleteForm.php
index fdbdf68..a51aab7 100644
--- c/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Form/TermDeleteForm.php
+++ w/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Form/TermDeleteForm.php
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@ class TermDeleteForm extends ContentEntityDeleteForm {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function getFormId() {
-    return 'taxonomy_term_confirm_delete';
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function getQuestion() {
-    return $this->t('Are you sure you want to delete the term %title?', array('%title' => $this->entity->getName()));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   public function getCancelUrl() {
     // The cancel URL is the vocabulary collection, terms have no global
     // list page.
diff --git c/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php w/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php
index f6c7480..00df789 100644
--- c/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php
+++ w/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Tests/VocabularyPermissionsTest.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function testVocabularyPermissionsTaxonomyTerm() {
 
     // Delete the vocabulary.
     $this->drupalGet('taxonomy/term/' . $term->id() . '/delete');
-    $this->assertRaw(t('Are you sure you want to delete the term %name?', array('%name' => $edit['name[0][value]'])), 'Delete taxonomy term form opened successfully.');
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Are you sure you want to delete the @entity-type %label?', array('@entity-type' => 'taxonomy term', '%label' => $edit['name[0][value]'])), 'Delete taxonomy term form opened successfully.');
 
     // Confirm deletion.
     $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, NULL, t('Delete'));
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function testVocabularyPermissionsTaxonomyTerm() {
 
     // Delete the vocabulary.
     $this->drupalGet('taxonomy/term/' . $term->id() . '/delete');
-    $this->assertRaw(t('Are you sure you want to delete the term %name?', array('%name' => $term->getName())), 'Delete taxonomy term form opened successfully.');
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Are you sure you want to delete the @entity-type %label?', array('@entity-type' => 'taxonomy term', '%label' => $term->getName())), 'Delete taxonomy term form opened successfully.');
 
     // Confirm deletion.
     $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, NULL, t('Delete'));