diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/PermissionManager.php b/core/modules/user/src/PermissionManager.php
index ddf5c0f..f0ec3e7 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/PermissionManager.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/PermissionManager.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 namespace Drupal\user;
 use Drupal\Component\Discovery\YamlDiscovery;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface;
 
 /**
  * Provides the available permissions based on hook_permission and yml files.
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@
  */
 class PermissionManager implements PermissionManagerInterface {
 
+  use StringTranslationTrait;
+
   /**
    * The module handler.
    *
@@ -44,10 +48,13 @@ class PermissionManager implements PermissionManagerInterface {
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
    *   The module handler.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface $string_translation
+   *   The string translation.
    */
-  public function __construct(ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
+  public function __construct(ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, TranslationInterface $string_translation) {
     $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
     $this->ymlDiscovery = new YamlDiscovery('permissions', $this->moduleHandler->getModuleDirectories());
+    $this->stringTranslation = $string_translation;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -78,6 +85,13 @@ protected function buildPermissions() {
 
     foreach ($this->ymlDiscovery->findAll() as $provider => $permissions) {
       foreach ($permissions as &$permission) {
+        if (!is_array($permission)) {
+          $permission = array(
+            'title' => $permission,
+          );
+        }
+        $permission['title'] = $this->t($permission['title']);
+        $permission['description'] = isset($permission['description']) ? $this->t($permission['description']) : NULL;
         $permission['provider'] = $provider;
       }
       $all_permissions += $permissions;
@@ -85,6 +99,11 @@ protected function buildPermissions() {
     foreach ($this->moduleHandler->getImplementations('permission') as $provider) {
       $permissions = $this->moduleHandler->invoke($provider, 'permission');
       foreach ($permissions as &$permission) {
+        if (!is_array($permission)) {
+          $permission = array(
+            'title' => $permission,
+          );
+        }
         $permission['provider'] = $provider;
       }
       $all_permissions += $permissions;
diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.services.yml b/core/modules/user/user.services.yml
index 58c9239..8cb08b7 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.services.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ services:
     arguments: ['@serialization.phpserialize', '@database', '@lock', '%user.tempstore.expire%']
   user.permissions:
     class: Drupal\user\PermissionManager
-    arguments: ['@module_handler']
+    arguments: ['@module_handler', '@string_translation']
 
 parameters:
   user.tempstore.expire: 604800