diff --git a/hack/update-translations.sh b/hack/update-translations.sh
index aba316c13bb..fe4d3700f2c 100755
--- a/hack/update-translations.sh
+++ b/hack/update-translations.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
 
+TRANSLATIONS="staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations"
 KUBECTL_FILES="pkg/kubectl/cmd/*.go pkg/kubectl/cmd/*/*.go"
 
 generate_pot="false"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ if [[ "${generate_pot}" == "true" ]]; then
   perl -pi -e 's/\\\)/\\\\\)/g' tmp.pot
   kube::util::ensure-temp-dir
   if msgcat -s tmp.pot > "${KUBE_TEMP}/template.pot"; then
-    mv "${KUBE_TEMP}/template.pot" translations/kubectl/template.pot
+    mv "${KUBE_TEMP}/template.pot" "${TRANSLATIONS}/kubectl/template.pot"
     rm tmp.pot
   else
     echo "Failed to update template.pot"
@@ -81,12 +82,10 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${generate_mo}" == "true" ]]; then
   echo "Generating .po and .mo files"
-  for x in translations/*/*/*/*.po; do
+  for x in "${TRANSLATIONS}"/*/*/*/*.po; do
     msgcat -s "${x}" > tmp.po
     mv tmp.po "${x}"
     echo "generating .mo file for: ${x}"
     msgfmt "${x}" -o "$(dirname "${x}")/$(basename "${x}" .po).mo"
   done
 fi
-
-./hack/generate-bindata.sh
diff --git a/translations/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/OWNERS
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/OWNERS
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/OWNERS
diff --git a/translations/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/README.md
similarity index 83%
rename from translations/README.md
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/README.md
index af058e2727c..a63381a7478 100644
--- a/translations/README.md
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This is a basic sketch of the workflow needed to add translations:
 # Adding/Updating Translations
 
 ## New languages
-Create `translations/kubectl/<language>/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po`. There's
+Create `staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/<language>/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po`. There's
 no need to update `translations/test/...` which is only used for unit tests.
 
 There is an example [PR here](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40645) which adds support for French.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Once you've added a new language, you'll need to register it in
 `staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/i18n.go` by adding it to the `knownTranslations` map.
 
 ## Wrapping strings
-There is a simple script in `translations/extract.py` that performs
+There is a simple script in `staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/extract.py` that performs
 simple regular expression based wrapping of strings. It can always
 use improvements to understand additional strings.
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ will extract and sort any new strings.
 
 ## Adding new translations
 Edit the appropriate `k8s.po` file, `poedit` is a popular open source tool
-for translations. You can load the `translations/kubectl/template.pot` file
+for translations. You can load the `staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/template.pot` file
 to find messages that might be missing.
 
 Once you are done with your `k8s.po` file, generate the corresponding `k8s.mo`
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ binaries.
 
 ## Extracting strings
 
-There is a script in `translations/extract.py` that knows how to do some
+There is a script in `staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/extract.py` that knows how to do some
 simple extraction. It needs a lot of work.
 
 # Using translations
diff --git a/translations/extract.py b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/extract.py
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/extract.py
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/extract.py
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/OWNERS
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/OWNERS
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/OWNERS
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
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rename from translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
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rename from translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
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rename from translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/template.pot b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/template.pot
similarity index 100%
rename from translations/kubectl/template.pot
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/template.pot
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
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rename from translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
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rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
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rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
diff --git a/translations/kubectl/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
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rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/kubectl/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/test/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/test/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
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diff --git a/translations/test/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/test/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
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rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/test/default/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
diff --git a/translations/test/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/test/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.mo
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diff --git a/translations/test/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/translations/test/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/k8s.po
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