diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 760cd6842..92d3fbd9d 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2440,11 +2440,12 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, InventoryHolder, IPlayer{
 	 */
 	public function sendMessage($message){
 		if($message instanceof TextContainer){
-			if($message instanceof TranslationContainer){
-				$this->sendTranslation($message->getText(), $message->getParameters());
-				return;
-			}
-			$message = $message->getText();
+				if ($message instanceof TranslationContainer) {
+					$this->sendTranslation($message->getText(), $message->getParameters());
+					return;
+				}
+				$message = $message->getText();
+
 		}
 
 		$mes = explode("\n", $this->server->getLanguage()->translateString($message));
@@ -2460,12 +2461,17 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, InventoryHolder, IPlayer{
 
 	public function sendTranslation($message, array $parameters = []){
 		$pk = new TextPacket();
-		$pk->type = TextPacket::TYPE_TRANSLATION;
-		$pk->message = $this->server->getLanguage()->translateString($message, [], "pocketmine.");
-		foreach($parameters as $i => $p){
-			$parameters[$i] = $this->server->getLanguage()->translateString($p, [], "pocketmine.");
+		if(!$this->server->isLanguageForced()){
+			$pk->type = TextPacket::TYPE_TRANSLATION;
+			$pk->message = $this->server->getLanguage()->translateString($message, [], "pocketmine.");
+			foreach($parameters as $i => $p){
+				$parameters[$i] = $this->server->getLanguage()->translateString($p, [], "pocketmine.");
+			}
+			$pk->parameters = $parameters;
+		}else{
+			$pk->type = TextPacket::TYPE_RAW;
+			$pk->message = $this->server->getLanguage()->translateString($message, $parameters);
 		}
-		$pk->parameters = $parameters;
 		$this->dataPacket($pk);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Server.php b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
index d2748a2f7..1b8fb4541 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Server.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ class Server{
 	/** @var BaseLang */
 	private $baseLang;
 
+	private $forceLanguage = false;
+
 	private $serverID;
 
 	private $autoloader;
@@ -1515,6 +1517,7 @@ class Server{
 			"auto-save" => true,
 		]);
 
+		$this->forceLanguage = $this->getProperty("settings.force-language", false);
 		$this->baseLang = new BaseLang($this->getProperty("settings.language", BaseLang::FALLBACK_LANGUAGE));
 		$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("language.selected", [$this->getLanguage()->getName(), $this->getLanguage()->getLang()]));
 
@@ -2262,6 +2265,13 @@ class Server{
 		return $this->baseLang;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function isLanguageForced(){
+		return $this->forceLanguage;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return Network
 	 */
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/event/TextContainer.php b/src/pocketmine/event/TextContainer.php
index 149b3c90f..151787a5d 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/event/TextContainer.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/event/TextContainer.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace pocketmine\event;
 
-use pocketmine\Player;
-
 class TextContainer{
 
 	/** @var string $text */
@@ -43,10 +41,6 @@ class TextContainer{
 		return $this->text;
 	}
 
-	public function send(Player $p){
-		$p->sendMessage($this->getText());
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return string
 	 */
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/event/TranslationContainer.php b/src/pocketmine/event/TranslationContainer.php
index cebd8505a..44c650d27 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/event/TranslationContainer.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/event/TranslationContainer.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace pocketmine\event;
 
-use pocketmine\Player;
-
 class TranslationContainer extends TextContainer{
 
 	/** @var string[] $params */
@@ -77,8 +75,4 @@ class TranslationContainer extends TextContainer{
 			++$i;
 		}
 	}
-
-	public function send(Player $p){
-		$p->sendTranslation($this->getText(), $this->getParameters());
-	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/resources/pocketmine.yml b/src/pocketmine/resources/pocketmine.yml
index b7a45f81b..62e438c09 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/resources/pocketmine.yml
+++ b/src/pocketmine/resources/pocketmine.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ settings:
  #Three-letter language code for server-side localization
  #Check your language code on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes
  language: "eng"
+ #Whether to send all strings translated to server locale or let the device handle them
+ force-language: false
  shutdown-message: "Server closed"
  #Allow listing plugins via Query
  query-plugins: true