diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Releases.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Releases.kt
index ed3960c77b..0c6f736dfa 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Releases.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Releases.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ object Releases {
 
   object Common {
     const val artifactId = "common"
-    const val version = "0.1.0-alpha01"
+    const val version = "0.1.0-alpha02"
     const val name = "Android FHIR Common Library"
   }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypes.kt b/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypes.kt
index 1a2932c6d1..3adcdc2c66 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypes.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypes.kt
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package com.google.android.fhir
 
 import java.util.Calendar
 import java.util.Date
+import java.util.Locale
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Coding
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Quantity
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.StringType
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Type
 
 /**
@@ -89,3 +91,7 @@ private fun clearTimeFromDateValue(dateValue: Date): Date {
   calendarValue.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0)
   return calendarValue.time
 }
+
+fun StringType.getLocalizedText(lang: String = Locale.getDefault().toLanguageTag()): String? {
+  return getTranslation(lang) ?: getTranslation(lang.split("-").firstOrNull()) ?: value
+}
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypesTest.kt b/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypesTest.kt
index 1288402185..81a7f379bf 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypesTest.kt
+++ b/common/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/MoreTypesTest.kt
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ package com.google.android.fhir
 import android.os.Build
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import java.util.Calendar
+import java.util.Locale
 import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Attachment
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.BooleanType
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Coding
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.DateType
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.DecimalType
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Extension
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.IntegerType
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Quantity
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Reference
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.StringType
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.utils.ToolingExtensions
 import org.junit.Assert.assertThrows
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
@@ -238,4 +242,72 @@ class MoreTypesTest {
       value.compareTo(otherValue)
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun localizedText_swahiliTranslation_shouldReturnTranslatedText() {
+    Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag("sw"))
+
+    val displayElement =
+      StringType("Man").apply {
+        addExtension(
+          Extension(ToolingExtensions.EXT_TRANSLATION).apply {
+            addExtension(Extension("lang", StringType("sw")))
+            addExtension(Extension("content", StringType("Mwanaume")))
+          }
+        )
+      }
+
+    assertThat(displayElement.getLocalizedText()).isEqualTo("Mwanaume")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun localizedText_swahiliTranslationWithLocale_shouldReturnTranslatedText() {
+    Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag("sw-KE"))
+
+    val displayElement =
+      StringType("Woman").apply {
+        addExtension(
+          Extension(ToolingExtensions.EXT_TRANSLATION).apply {
+            addExtension(Extension("lang", StringType("sw-KE")))
+            addExtension(Extension("content", StringType("Mwanamke")))
+          }
+        )
+      }
+
+    assertThat(displayElement.getLocalizedText()).isEqualTo("Mwanamke")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun localizedText_noMatchingLocaleTranslation_shouldReturnDefaultText() {
+    Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag("sw-KE"))
+
+    val displayElement =
+      StringType("Woman").apply {
+        addExtension(
+          Extension(ToolingExtensions.EXT_TRANSLATION).apply {
+            addExtension(Extension("lang", StringType("fr-FR")))
+            addExtension(Extension("content", StringType("Femme")))
+          }
+        )
+      }
+
+    assertThat(displayElement.getLocalizedText()).isEqualTo("Woman")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun localizedText_localeTagWithCountry_shouldReturnTranslatedText() {
+    Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag("fr-FR"))
+
+    val displayElement =
+      StringType("Woman").apply {
+        addExtension(
+          Extension(ToolingExtensions.EXT_TRANSLATION).apply {
+            addExtension(Extension("lang", StringType("fr")))
+            addExtension(Extension("content", StringType("Femme")))
+          }
+        )
+      }
+
+    assertThat(displayElement.getLocalizedText()).isEqualTo("Femme")
+  }
 }