diff --git a/app/models/i18n_content.rb b/app/models/i18n_content.rb
index 53af6f51e..1bcaea82b 100644
--- a/app/models/i18n_content.rb
+++ b/app/models/i18n_content.rb
@@ -94,4 +94,12 @@ class I18nContent < ApplicationRecord
       budgets.index.section_footer.description
     ]
   end
+
+  def self.translations_hash(locale)
+    Rails.cache.fetch(translation_class.where(locale: locale)) do
+      all.map do |content|
+        [content.key, translation_class.find_by(i18n_content_id: content, locale: locale)&.value]
+      end.to_h
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/i18n_translation.rb b/config/initializers/i18n_translation.rb
index 1b567065f..e681570a7 100644
--- a/config/initializers/i18n_translation.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/i18n_translation.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ module ActionView
 
       def t(key, options = {})
         current_locale = options[:locale].presence || I18n.locale
+        translation = I18nContent.translations_hash(current_locale)[key]
 
-        i18_content = I18nContent.find_by(key: key)
-        translation = I18nContentTranslation.find_by(i18n_content_id: i18_content&.id,
-                                                     locale: current_locale)&.value
         if translation.present?
           translation % options
         else
diff --git a/spec/models/i18n_content_spec.rb b/spec/models/i18n_content_spec.rb
index 6bda3e458..1a238cc61 100644
--- a/spec/models/i18n_content_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/i18n_content_spec.rb
@@ -118,4 +118,41 @@ RSpec.describe I18nContent, type: :model do
       })
     end
   end
+
+  describe ".translations_hash" do
+    let!(:content) { create(:i18n_content, key: "great", value_en: "Custom great", value_es: nil) }
+
+    it "gets the translations" do
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to eq "Custom great"
+    end
+
+    it "does not use fallbacks, so YAML files will be used instead" do
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:es)["great"]).to be nil
+    end
+
+    it "gets new translations after values are cached" do
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to eq "Custom great"
+
+      create(:i18n_content, key: "amazing", value_en: "Custom amazing")
+
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to eq "Custom great"
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["amazing"]).to eq "Custom amazing"
+    end
+
+    it "gets the updated translation after values are cached" do
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to eq "Custom great"
+
+      content.update!(value_en: "New great")
+
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to eq "New great"
+    end
+
+    it "does not get removed translations after values are cached" do
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to eq "Custom great"
+
+      I18nContent.delete_all
+
+      expect(I18nContent.translations_hash(:en)["great"]).to be nil
+    end
+  end
 end