diff --git a/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb
index 763bc3886b4..d32bdf1ea3e 100644
--- a/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/post_action_type_serializer.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ class PostActionTypeSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
 
   protected
 
-    def i18n(field, vars={})
-      I18n.t("post_action_types.#{object.name_key}.#{field}", vars)
+    def i18n(field, vars=nil)
+      key = "post_action_types.#{object.name_key}.#{field}"
+      vars ? I18n.t(key, vars) : I18n.t(key)
     end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/topic_flag_type_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/topic_flag_type_serializer.rb
index f95cf6a8d97..a764d1a8209 100644
--- a/app/serializers/topic_flag_type_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/topic_flag_type_serializer.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ class TopicFlagTypeSerializer < PostActionTypeSerializer
 
   protected
 
-    def i18n(field, vars={})
-      I18n.t("topic_flag_types.#{object.name_key}.#{field}", vars)
+    def i18n(field, vars=nil)
+      key = "topic_flag_types.#{object.name_key}.#{field}"
+      vars ? I18n.t(key,vars) : I18n.t(key)
     end
 
 end
diff --git a/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb b/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
index af237e9b6f3..95f9f9d0b12 100644
--- a/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
+++ b/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module I18n
   class << self
     alias_method :translate_no_cache, :translate
     alias_method :reload_no_cache!, :reload!
-    LRU_CACHE_SIZE = 2000
+    LRU_CACHE_SIZE = 300
 
     def reload!
       @loaded_locales = []
@@ -59,25 +59,16 @@ module I18n
       end
     end
 
-    def translate(*args)
+    def translate(key, *args)
+      load_locale(config.locale) unless @loaded_locales.include?(config.locale)
+      return translate_no_cache(key, *args) if args.length > 0
+
       @cache ||= LruRedux::ThreadSafeCache.new(LRU_CACHE_SIZE)
-      found = true
-      k = [args, config.locale, config.backend.object_id]
-      t = @cache.fetch(k) { found = false }
-      unless found
-        load_locale(config.locale) unless @loaded_locales.include?(config.locale)
-        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
+      k = "#{key}#{config.locale}#{config.backend.object_id}"
+
+      @cache.getset(k) do
+        translate_no_cache(key).freeze
       end
-      t
     end
 
     alias_method :t, :translate