diff --git a/news/303.bugfix b/news/303.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad85419a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/303.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Get the object to be translated correctly
+[erral]
diff --git a/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/javascript/babel_helper.js b/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/javascript/babel_helper.js
index cae87ed9b..4f2867d3a 100644
--- a/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/javascript/babel_helper.js
+++ b/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/javascript/babel_helper.js
@@ -137,11 +137,17 @@
                 original_field.prepend("<div class='translator-widget' id='item_translation_" + order + "'></div>");
                 original_field.children('.translator-widget').click(function () {
                     var field = $(value).attr("rel");
-                        // Fetch source of text to translate.
+                    // Fetch source of text to translate.
+
+                    // we use the current URL to get the context's UID
+                    var url_parts = document.location.pathname.split('++addtranslation++')
+
                     var jsondata = {
-                            'field': field,
-                            'lang_source': langSource
-                        };
+                        'field': field,
+                        'lang_source': langSource,
+                        // we use the second part of the url_parts, the uid itself
+                        'context_uid': url_parts[1]
+                      };
                     var targetelement = destination_field.find('textarea');
                     var tiny_editor = destination_field.find("textarea.mce_editable");
                     if (!targetelement.length) {
diff --git a/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/translate.py b/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/translate.py
index cb702e41c..51cc5184d 100644
--- a/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/translate.py
+++ b/src/plone/app/multilingual/browser/translate.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from plone.app.multilingual import _
 from plone.app.multilingual.interfaces import IMultiLanguageExtraOptionsSchema
 from plone.app.multilingual.interfaces import ITranslationManager
+from plone.app.uuid import uuidToObject
 from plone.base.interfaces import ILanguage
 from plone.registry.interfaces import IRegistry
 from plone.uuid.interfaces import IUUID
@@ -57,7 +58,17 @@ def __call__(self):
         ):
             return _("Need a field")
         else:
-            manager = ITranslationManager(self.context)
+            context_uid = self.request.form.get("context_uid", None)
+            if context_uid is None:
+                # try with context if no translation uid is present
+                manager = ITranslationManager(self.context)
+            else:
+                context = uuidToObject(context_uid)
+                if context is not None:
+                    manager = ITranslationManager(context)
+                else:
+                    manager = ITranslationManager(self.context)
+
             registry = getUtility(IRegistry)
             settings = registry.forInterface(
                 IMultiLanguageExtraOptionsSchema, prefix="plone"