diff --git a/Robust.Shared/Localization/ILocalizationManager.cs b/Robust.Shared/Localization/ILocalizationManager.cs
index 10c592086d8..802a446b27f 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/Localization/ILocalizationManager.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/Localization/ILocalizationManager.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Robust.Shared.ContentPack;
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ public interface ILocalizationManager
         /// </returns>
         string GetString(string messageId);
 
+        bool TryGetString(string messageId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? value);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Version of <see cref="GetString(string)"/> that supports arguments.
         /// </summary>
         string GetString(string messageId, params (string, object)[] args);
 
+        bool TryGetString(string messageId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? value, params (string, object)[] args);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Default culture used by other methods when no culture is explicitly specified.
         ///     Changing this also changes the current thread's culture.
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/Localization/Loc.cs b/Robust.Shared/Localization/Loc.cs
index 11b1b092ddc..9446374599b 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/Localization/Loc.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/Localization/Loc.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Robust.Shared.ContentPack;
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ public static string GetString(string messageId)
             return LocalizationManager.GetString(messageId);
         }
 
+        public static bool TryGetString(string messageId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? message)
+        {
+            return LocalizationManager.TryGetString(messageId, out message);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Version of <see cref="GetString(string)"/> that supports arguments.
         /// </summary>
@@ -44,6 +49,14 @@ public static string GetString(string messageId, params (string,object)[] args)
             return LocalizationManager.GetString(messageId, args);
         }
 
+        public static bool TryGetString(
+            string messageId,
+            [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? value,
+            params (string, object)[] args)
+        {
+            return LocalizationManager.TryGetString(messageId, out value, args);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Load data for a culture.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/Localization/LocalizationManager.cs b/Robust.Shared/Localization/LocalizationManager.cs
index ec3ef4b5416..be63a666eb0 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/Localization/LocalizationManager.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/Localization/LocalizationManager.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using Fluent.Net;
+using Fluent.Net.RuntimeAst;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Robust.Shared.ContentPack;
 using Robust.Shared.Log;
@@ -20,42 +22,107 @@ internal sealed class LocalizationManager : ILocalizationManagerInternal
         public string GetString(string messageId)
         {
             if (_defaultCulture == null)
-            {
                 return messageId;
-            }
-            var context = _contexts[_defaultCulture];
-            var message = context.GetMessage(messageId);
 
-            if (message == null)
+            if (!TryGetString(messageId, out var msg))
             {
                 Logger.WarningS("Loc", $"Unknown messageId ({_defaultCulture.IetfLanguageTag}): {messageId}");
-                return messageId;
+                msg = messageId;
             }
 
-            return context.Format(message, null, null);
+            return msg;
+        }
+
+        public bool TryGetString(string messageId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? value)
+        {
+            if (!TryGetNode(messageId, out var context, out var node))
+            {
+                value = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            value = context.Format(node, null, null);
+            return true;
         }
 
         public string GetString(string messageId, params (string, object)[] args0)
         {
             if (_defaultCulture == null)
-            {
                 return messageId;
+
+            if (!TryGetString(messageId, out var msg, args0))
+            {
+                Logger.WarningS("Loc", $"Unknown messageId ({_defaultCulture.IetfLanguageTag}): {messageId}");
+                msg = messageId;
             }
-            var context = _contexts[_defaultCulture];
-            var message = context.GetMessage(messageId);
+
+            return msg;
+        }
+
+        public bool TryGetString(string messageId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? value, params (string, object)[] args0)
+        {
+            if (!TryGetNode(messageId, out var context, out var node))
+            {
+                value = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+
             var args = new Dictionary<string, object>();
-            foreach (var vari in args0)
+            foreach (var (k, v) in args0)
             {
-                args.Add(vari.Item1, vari.Item2);
+                args.Add(k, v);
             }
 
+            value = context.Format(node, args, null);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool TryGetNode(
+            string messageId,
+            [NotNullWhen(true)] out MessageContext? ctx,
+            [NotNullWhen(true)] out Node? node)
+        {
+            if (_defaultCulture == null)
+            {
+                ctx = null;
+                node = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            ctx = _contexts[_defaultCulture];
+            string? attribName = null;
+
+            if (messageId.Contains('.'))
+            {
+                var split = messageId.Split('.');
+                messageId = split[0];
+                attribName = split[1];
+            }
+
+            var message = ctx.GetMessage(messageId);
+
             if (message == null)
             {
-                Logger.WarningS("Loc", $"Unknown messageId ({_defaultCulture.IetfLanguageTag}): {messageId}");
-                return messageId;
+                node = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (attribName != null)
+            {
+                if (!message.Attributes.TryGetValue(attribName, out var attrib))
+                {
+                    node = null;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                node = attrib;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                node = message;
             }
 
-            return context.Format(message, args, null);
+            return true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -94,7 +161,7 @@ public void LoadCulture(IResourceManager resourceManager, CultureInfo culture)
         {
             var context = new MessageContext(
                 culture.Name,
-                new MessageContextOptions { UseIsolating = false }
+                new MessageContextOptions {UseIsolating = false}
             );
 
             _contexts.Add(culture, context);
@@ -144,7 +211,8 @@ private static void _loadData(IResourceManager resourceManager, CultureInfo cult
             }
         }
 
-        private static void _loadFromFile(IResourceManager resourceManager, ResourcePath filePath, MessageContext context)
+        private static void _loadFromFile(IResourceManager resourceManager, ResourcePath filePath,
+            MessageContext context)
         {
             using (var fileStream = resourceManager.ContentFileRead(filePath))
             using (var reader = new StreamReader(fileStream, EncodingHelpers.UTF8))
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/Prototypes/EntityPrototype.cs b/Robust.Shared/Prototypes/EntityPrototype.cs
index 8f1eb86afed..fc50162c60e 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/Prototypes/EntityPrototype.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/Prototypes/EntityPrototype.cs
@@ -146,12 +146,18 @@ public EntityPrototype()
 
         public void LoadFrom(YamlMappingNode mapping)
         {
+            var loc = IoCManager.Resolve<ILocalizationManager>();
             ID = mapping.GetNode("id").AsString();
 
             if (mapping.TryGetNode("name", out var node))
             {
                 _nameModified = true;
-                Name = Loc.GetString(node.AsString());
+                Name = loc.GetString(node.AsString());
+            }
+            else if (loc.TryGetString($"ent-{CaseConversion.PascalToKebab(ID)}", out var name))
+            {
+                _nameModified = true;
+                Name = loc.GetString(name);
             }
 
             if (mapping.TryGetNode("parent", out node))
@@ -163,12 +169,17 @@ public void LoadFrom(YamlMappingNode mapping)
             if (mapping.TryGetNode("description", out node))
             {
                 _descriptionModified = true;
-                Description = Loc.GetString(node.AsString());
+                Description = loc.GetString(node.AsString());
+            }
+            else if (loc.TryGetString($"ent-{CaseConversion.PascalToKebab(ID)}.desc", out var name))
+            {
+                _descriptionModified = true;
+                Description = loc.GetString(name);
             }
 
             if (mapping.TryGetNode("suffix", out node))
             {
-                EditorSuffix = Loc.GetString(node.AsString());
+                EditorSuffix = loc.GetString(node.AsString());
             }
 
             // COMPONENTS
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/Utility/CaseConversion.cs b/Robust.Shared/Utility/CaseConversion.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a35fb4030d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Robust.Shared/Utility/CaseConversion.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Robust.Shared.Utility
+{
+    public static class CaseConversion
+    {
+        private static readonly Regex PascalToKebabRegex =
+            new Regex("(?<!^)([A-Z][a-z]|(?<=[a-z])[A-Z])", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        public static string PascalToKebab(string str)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str))
+                return str;
+
+            return PascalToKebabRegex.Replace(str, "-$1").Trim().ToLower();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Robust.UnitTesting/Shared/Utility/CaseConversionTest.cs b/Robust.UnitTesting/Shared/Utility/CaseConversionTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ec501d2199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Robust.UnitTesting/Shared/Utility/CaseConversionTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Robust.Shared.Utility;
+
+namespace Robust.UnitTesting.Shared.Utility
+{
+    [Parallelizable(ParallelScope.All)]
+    [TestFixture]
+    [TestOf(typeof(CaseConversion))]
+    public sealed class CaseConversionTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        [TestCase("FooBar", ExpectedResult = "foo-bar")]
+        [TestCase("Foo", ExpectedResult = "foo")]
+        [TestCase("FooBarBaz", ExpectedResult = "foo-bar-baz")]
+        [TestCase("AssistantPDA", ExpectedResult = "assistant-pda")] // incorrect abbreviations
+        [TestCase("AssistantPda", ExpectedResult = "assistant-pda")] // correct abbreviations
+        [TestCase("FileIO", ExpectedResult = "file-io")]
+        public string PascalToKebab(string input)
+        {
+            return CaseConversion.PascalToKebab(input);
+        }
+    }
+}