diff --git a/Keyboards/DataManager/LanguageDBManager.swift b/Keyboards/DataManager/LanguageDBManager.swift
index ad928099..b91be42f 100644
--- a/Keyboards/DataManager/LanguageDBManager.swift
+++ b/Keyboards/DataManager/LanguageDBManager.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ class LanguageDBManager {
 
     private init(translate: Bool) {
         if translate {
-            database = openDBQueue("TranslationData")
+            database = openDownloadedDBQueue("TranslationData")
+            if database == nil {
+                database = openDBQueue("TranslationData")
+            }
         } else {
             database = openDownloadedDBQueue(
                 "\(getControllerLanguageAbbr().uppercased())LanguageData"
@@ -23,8 +26,10 @@ class LanguageDBManager {
     }
 
     /// Makes a connection to the language database given the value for controllerLanguage.
-    private func openDBQueue(_ dbName: String) -> DatabaseQueue {
-        let dbResourcePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: dbName, ofType: "sqlite")!
+    private func openDBQueue(_ dbName: String) -> DatabaseQueue? {
+        guard let dbResourcePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: dbName, ofType: "sqlite") else {
+            return nil
+        }
         let fileManager = FileManager.default
         do {
             let dbPath =
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ class LanguageDBManager {
             return try DatabaseQueue(path: dbPath)
         } catch {
             print("An error occurred: UILexicon not available")
-            return try! DatabaseQueue(path: dbResourcePath)
+            return try? DatabaseQueue(path: dbResourcePath)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Keyboards/KeyboardsBase/ScribeFunctionality/Translate.swift b/Keyboards/KeyboardsBase/ScribeFunctionality/Translate.swift
index 8672e868..3a7a284c 100644
--- a/Keyboards/KeyboardsBase/ScribeFunctionality/Translate.swift
+++ b/Keyboards/KeyboardsBase/ScribeFunctionality/Translate.swift
@@ -32,16 +32,22 @@ func queryTranslation(commandBar: UILabel) {
 func queryWordToTranslate(queriedWordToTranslate: String) {
     wordToTranslate = String(queriedWordToTranslate.trailingSpacesTrimmed)
 
+    guard !wordToTranslate.isEmpty else {
+        commandState = .invalid
+        return
+    }
+
     // Check to see if the input was uppercase to return an uppercase conjugation.
     inputWordIsCapitalized = wordToTranslate.substring(toIdx: 1).isUppercase
 
-    wordToReturn =
-        LanguageDBManager.translations.queryTranslation(of: wordToTranslate.lowercased())[0]
-
-    if wordToReturn.isEmpty {
-        wordToReturn = LanguageDBManager.translations.queryTranslation(of: wordToTranslate)[0]
-        guard !wordToReturn.isEmpty
-        else {
+    let translations = LanguageDBManager.translations.queryTranslation(of: wordToTranslate.lowercased())
+    if let firstTranslation = translations.first, !firstTranslation.isEmpty {
+        wordToReturn = firstTranslation
+    } else {
+        let fallbackTranslations = LanguageDBManager.translations.queryTranslation(of: wordToTranslate)
+        if let firstFallback = fallbackTranslations.first, !firstFallback.isEmpty {
+            wordToReturn = firstFallback
+        } else {
             commandState = .invalid
             return
         }
diff --git a/Scribe.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Scribe.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 6980936d..c1690429 100644
--- a/Scribe.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Scribe.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
 		D16151062E9DBDED00131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D16150FB2E9DBDC500131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite */; };
 		D16151072E9DBDED00131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D16150FB2E9DBDC500131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite */; };
 		D16151082E9DBDED00131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D16150FB2E9DBDC500131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite */; };
+		D1E385102C977FD200DCE538 /* TranslationData.sqlite in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D1E3850F2C977FD100DCE538 /* TranslationData.sqlite */; };
 		D1671A67275A1E8700A7C118 /* Russian.appex in Embed Foundation Extensions */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D1671A60275A1E8700A7C118 /* Russian.appex */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (RemoveHeadersOnCopy, ); }; };
 		D1671A71275A1FA200A7C118 /* RUKeyboardViewController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D1671A70275A1FA200A7C118 /* RUKeyboardViewController.swift */; };
 		D1671A72275A1FC000A7C118 /* Extensions.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 38DD94F022D6A40000FF8845 /* Extensions.swift */; };
@@ -1076,6 +1077,7 @@
 		D1608667270B6D3C00134D48 /* ESKeyboardViewController.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = ESKeyboardViewController.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D1608669270B6D3C00134D48 /* Info.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; path = Info.plist; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D16150FB2E9DBDC500131732 /* IDLanguageData.sqlite */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = file; path = IDLanguageData.sqlite; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		D1E3850F2C977FD100DCE538 /* TranslationData.sqlite */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = file; path = Data/TranslationData.sqlite; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D166FCF1275A197B0047E62B /* Info.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; path = Info.plist; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D1671A60275A1E8700A7C118 /* Russian.appex */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = "wrapper.app-extension"; includeInIndex = 0; path = Russian.appex; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
 		D1671A70275A1FA200A7C118 /* RUKeyboardViewController.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = RUKeyboardViewController.swift; path = Keyboards/LanguageKeyboards/Russian/RUKeyboardViewController.swift; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
@@ -1968,6 +1970,7 @@
 				EDC364682AE408F20001E456 /* InterfaceConstants.swift */,
 				19DC85F92C7772FC006E32FD /* KeyboardBuilder.swift */,
 				198369CB2C7980BA00C1B583 /* KeyboardProvider.swift */,
+				D1E3850F2C977FD100DCE538 /* TranslationData.sqlite */,
 				E9B89DCD2F226757003E396F /* DataManager */,
 				E98E73BF2F20D8C3005EEDA3 /* DataContracts */,
 			);
@@ -2676,6 +2679,7 @@
 				E93179A42F03AE78002ED334 /* Localizable.xcstrings in Resources */,
 				38BD213922D5907F00C6795D /* AppScreen.storyboard in Resources */,
 				38BD213E22D5908100C6795D /* Assets.xcassets in Resources */,
+				D1E385102C977FD200DCE538 /* TranslationData.sqlite in Resources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/Scribe/AppDelegate.swift b/Scribe/AppDelegate.swift
index e86a60b8..a5faf0a2 100644
--- a/Scribe/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Scribe/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
         _: UIApplication,
         didFinishLaunchingWithOptions _: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?
     ) -> Bool {
+        copyTranslationDataToSharedContainer()
         initializeFontSize()
         // Override point for customization after application launch.
         if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
@@ -35,6 +36,38 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
         return true
     }
 
+    private func copyTranslationDataToSharedContainer() {
+        let fileManager = FileManager.default
+        guard let containerURL = fileManager.containerURL(forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: "group.be.scri.userDefaultsContainer") else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        let destURL = containerURL.appendingPathComponent("TranslationData.sqlite")
+        guard let bundlePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "TranslationData", ofType: "sqlite") else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        var shouldCopy = false
+        if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: destURL.path) {
+            shouldCopy = true
+        } else {
+            // Check if the bundle database is newer.
+            if let bundleAttributes = try? fileManager.attributesOfItem(atPath: bundlePath),
+               let destAttributes = try? fileManager.attributesOfItem(atPath: destURL.path),
+               let bundleModDate = bundleAttributes[.modificationDate] as? Date,
+               let destModDate = destAttributes[.modificationDate] as? Date {
+                if bundleModDate > destModDate {
+                    shouldCopy = true
+                    try? fileManager.removeItem(at: destURL)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if shouldCopy {
+            try? fileManager.copyItem(atPath: bundlePath, toPath: destURL.path)
+        }
+    }
+
     func applicationWillResignActive(_: UIApplication) {
         /*
           Sent when the application is about to move from active to inactive state.