diff --git a/MenuItem.php b/MenuItem.php
index 2362e12..1fd401e 100644
--- a/MenuItem.php
+++ b/MenuItem.php
@@ -27,19 +27,22 @@ class MenuItem extends AbstractItem {
 	protected function setTargetFromType() : void {
 		global $INFO;
 		global $plugin_controller;
+		$language = null;
+		// If one of the "translate" or "translation" plugins is activated, get the language code for the current page
 		if ( ! $plugin_controller->isdisabled('translate') ) {
-			// If the "translate" plugin is activated, the language code should stay the top-level namespace
 			$translate_plugin =& $plugin_controller->load('helper', 'translate');
 			$language = $translate_plugin->getPageLanguage();
-			if ( $language !== null && preg_match("/^$language:/", $INFO['id']) ) {
-				$this->id = preg_replace(
-					"/^$language:/",
-					"$language:".$this->type.':',
-					$INFO['id']
-				);
-			} else {
-				$this->id = $this->type.':'.$INFO['id'];
-			}
+		} elseif ( ! $plugin_controller->isdisabled('translation') ) {
+			$translation_plugin =& $plugin_controller->load('helper', 'translation');
+			$language = $translation_plugin->getLangPart($INFO['id']);
+		}
+		// If the top level namespace is a language one, the children namespace should be inserted inside it
+		if ( $language !== null && preg_match("/^$language:/", $INFO['id']) ) {
+			$this->id = preg_replace(
+				"/^$language:/",
+				"$language:".$this->type.':',
+				$INFO['id']
+			);
 		} else {
 			$this->id = $this->type.':'.$INFO['id'];
 		}
diff --git a/action.php b/action.php
index d64ccf8..9062349 100644
--- a/action.php
+++ b/action.php
@@ -81,15 +81,18 @@ class action_plugin_childrenpages extends DokuWiki_Action_Plugin {
 	protected function getTopLevelNamespace() : ?string {
 		global $INFO;
 		global $plugin_controller;
+		$language = null;
+		// If one of the "translate" or "translation" plugins is activated, get the language code for the current page
 		if ( ! $plugin_controller->isdisabled('translate') ) {
-			// Skip top-level namespace added by "translate" plugin
 			$translate_plugin =& $plugin_controller->load('helper', 'translate');
 			$language = $translate_plugin->getPageLanguage();
-			if ( $language !== null && preg_match("/^$language:/", $INFO['id']) ) {
-				return explode(':', $INFO['namespace'])[1];
-			} else {
-				return explode(':', $INFO['namespace'])[0];
-			}
+		} elseif ( ! $plugin_controller->isdisabled('translation') ) {
+			$translation_plugin =& $plugin_controller->load('helper', 'translation');
+			$language = $translation_plugin->getLangPart($INFO['id']);
+		}
+		// Skip top-level language namespace if one is in use
+		if ( $language !== null && preg_match("/^$language:/", $INFO['id']) ) {
+			return explode(':', $INFO['namespace'])[1];
 		} else {
 			return explode(':', $INFO['namespace'])[0];
 		}