diff -u b/multifield.migrate.inc b/multifield.migrate.inc
--- b/multifield.migrate.inc
+++ b/multifield.migrate.inc
@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@
     $handler = new MigrateFieldsEntityHandler();
     $field = field_info_field($instance['field_name']);
     $machine_name = multifield_extract_multifield_machine_name($field);
-    return $handler->fields('multifield', $machine_name, $migration);
+    $fields = $handler->fields('multifield', $machine_name, $migration);
+    if (field_is_translatable($instance['entity_type'], $field)) {
+      $fields['language'] = t(
+        'Subfield: <a href="@doc">Language for the field</a>',
+        array('@doc' => 'http://drupal.org/node/1224042#language')
+      );
+    }
+    return $fields;
   }
 
   /**