diff --git a/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb b/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
index 88d06b35fe2..e878e3374e9 100644
--- a/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
+++ b/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
@@ -13,12 +13,20 @@ module I18n
     def translate(*args)
       @cache ||= LruRedux::ThreadSafeCache.new(LRU_CACHE_SIZE)
       found = true
-      k = [args,config.locale,config.backend.object_id]
-      t  = @cache.fetch(k){found=false}
+      k = [args, config.locale, config.backend.object_id]
+      t = @cache.fetch(k) { found = false }
       unless found
-        t = @cache[k] = translate_no_cache(*args).freeze
+        begin
+          t = translate_no_cache(*args)
+        rescue MissingInterpolationArgument
+          options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop.dup : {}
+          options.merge!(locale: config.default_locale)
+          key = args.shift
+          t = translate_no_cache(key, options)
+        ensure
+          t = @cache[k] = t.freeze
+        end
       end
-
       t
     end