diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb
index 4c920f24b..c8a381a9c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module Vagrant
         @key = key
         @data = data
 
-        message = Vagrant::Util::Errors.error_string(key, data)
+        message = Vagrant::Util::Translator.t(key, data)
         super(message)
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util.rb b/lib/vagrant/util.rb
index ed917109d..d13879696 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module Vagrant
 =====================================================================
 Vagrant experienced an error!
 
-#{Errors.error_string(key, data).chomp}
+#{Translator.error_string(key, data).chomp}
 =====================================================================
 error
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/errors.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/errors.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 124a69f04..000000000
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/errors.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-require 'yaml'
-
-module Vagrant
-  module Util
-    # This class is responsible for outputting errors. It retrieves the errors,
-    # based on their key, from the error file, and then outputs it.
-    class Errors
-      @@errors = nil
-
-      class <<self
-        # Resets the internal errors hash to nil, forcing a reload on the next
-        # access of {errors}.
-        def reset!
-          @@errors = nil
-        end
-
-        # Returns the hash of errors from the error YML files. This only loads once,
-        # then returns a cached value until {reset!} is called.
-        #
-        # @return [Hash]
-        def errors
-          @@errors ||= YAML.load_file(File.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "templates", "errors.yml"))
-        end
-
-        # Renders the error with the given key and data parameters and returns
-        # the rendered result.
-        #
-        # @return [String]
-        def error_string(key, data = {})
-          template = errors[key] || "Unknown error key: #{key}"
-          TemplateRenderer.render_string(template, data)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/translator.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/translator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89f651dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/translator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'yaml'
+
+module Vagrant
+  module Util
+    # This class is responsible for reading static messages from the strings.yml file.
+    class Translator
+      @@strings = nil
+
+      class <<self
+        # Resets the internal strings hash to nil, forcing a reload on the next
+        # access of {strings}.
+        def reset!
+          @@strings = nil
+        end
+
+        # Returns the hash of strings from the error YML files. This only loads once,
+        # then returns a cached value until {reset!} is called.
+        #
+        # @return [Hash]
+        def strings
+          @@strings ||= YAML.load_file(File.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "templates", "strings.yml"))
+        end
+
+        # Renders the string with the given key and data parameters and returns
+        # the rendered result.
+        #
+        # @return [String]
+        def t(key, data = {})
+          template = strings[key] || "Unknown strings key: #{key}"
+          TemplateRenderer.render_string(template, data)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/errors.yml b/templates/strings.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/errors.yml
rename to templates/strings.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/util/errors_test.rb b/test/vagrant/util/translator_test.rb
similarity index 53%
rename from test/vagrant/util/errors_test.rb
rename to test/vagrant/util/translator_test.rb
index a9f16aabe..b84af69b7 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/util/errors_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/util/translator_test.rb
@@ -1,56 +1,60 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'test_helper')
 
-class ErrorsUtilTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class TranslatorUtilTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Vagrant::Util
 
+  setup do
+    @klass = Translator
+  end
+
   context "loading the errors from the YML" do
     setup do
       YAML.stubs(:load_file)
-      Errors.reset!
+      @klass.reset!
     end
 
     should "load the file initially, then never again unless reset" do
-      YAML.expects(:load_file).with(File.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "templates", "errors.yml")).once
-      Errors.errors
-      Errors.errors
-      Errors.errors
-      Errors.errors
+      YAML.expects(:load_file).with(File.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "templates", "strings.yml")).once
+      @klass.strings
+      @klass.strings
+      @klass.strings
+      @klass.strings
     end
 
     should "reload if reset! is called" do
-      YAML.expects(:load_file).with(File.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "templates", "errors.yml")).twice
-      Errors.errors
-      Errors.reset!
-      Errors.errors
+      YAML.expects(:load_file).with(File.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "templates", "strings.yml")).twice
+      @klass.strings
+      @klass.reset!
+      @klass.strings
     end
   end
 
-  context "getting the error string" do
+  context "getting the string translated" do
     setup do
-      @errors = {}
-      @errors[:foo] = "foo bar baz"
-      Errors.stubs(:errors).returns(@errors)
+      @strings = {}
+      @strings[:foo] = "foo bar baz"
+      @klass.stubs(:strings).returns(@strings)
     end
 
     should "render the error string" do
-      TemplateRenderer.expects(:render_string).with(@errors[:foo], anything).once
-      Errors.error_string(:foo)
+      TemplateRenderer.expects(:render_string).with(@strings[:foo], anything).once
+      @klass.t(:foo)
     end
 
     should "pass in any data entries" do
       data = mock("data")
-      TemplateRenderer.expects(:render_string).with(@errors[:foo], data).once
-      Errors.error_string(:foo, data)
+      TemplateRenderer.expects(:render_string).with(@strings[:foo], data).once
+      @klass.t(:foo, data)
     end
 
     should "return the result of the render" do
       result = mock("result")
       TemplateRenderer.expects(:render_string).returns(result)
-      assert_equal result, Errors.error_string(:foo)
+      assert_equal result, @klass.t(:foo)
     end
 
     should "return an unknown if the key doesn't exist" do
-      result = Errors.error_string(:unknown)
+      result = @klass.t(:unknown)
       assert result =~ /Unknown/i
     end
   end