Index: config/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hk2/config/WriteableView.java
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--- config/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hk2/config/WriteableView.java	(revision 1993)
+++ config/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hk2/config/WriteableView.java	(working copy)
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 
                 ValidatorFactory validatorFactory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
                 ValidatorContext validatorContext = validatorFactory.usingContext();
+                validatorContext.messageInterpolator(new MessageInterpolatorImpl(validatorFactory.getMessageInterpolator()));
                     beanValidator = validatorContext.traversableResolver(
                             traversableResolver).getValidator();
             } finally {
Index: config/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hk2/config/MessageInterpolatorImpl.java
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--- config/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hk2/config/MessageInterpolatorImpl.java	(revision 0)
+++ config/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hk2/config/MessageInterpolatorImpl.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+
+/*
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+ */
+
+package org.jvnet.hk2.config;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.MissingResourceException;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.validation.MessageInterpolator;
+import javax.validation.Payload;
+import javax.validation.metadata.ConstraintDescriptor;
+
+
+
+public class MessageInterpolatorImpl implements MessageInterpolator{
+
+    private MessageInterpolator parent;
+
+    public MessageInterpolatorImpl(MessageInterpolator parent) {
+        this.parent = parent;
+    }
+
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String interpolate(String string, Context cntxt) {
+        Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
+        return interpolate(string, cntxt, locale);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String interpolate(String string, Context cntxt, Locale locale) {
+        String result = loadMessageFromPayload(string, cntxt, locale);
+        if (null == result) {
+            result = parent.interpolate(string, cntxt);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private String loadMessageFromPayload(String messageString, Context context, Locale locale) {
+        String result = null;
+        ConstraintDescriptor descriptor = context.getConstraintDescriptor();
+        Set<Class<? extends Payload>> payload = descriptor.getPayload();
+        Map<String, Object> attrs = descriptor.getAttributes();
+
+        // Load the LogStrings.properties for the argument Locale, fromthe ClassLoader
+        // of the payload.
+        if (!payload.isEmpty()) {
+            Class payloadClass = payload.iterator().next();
+            String baseName = payloadClass.getPackage().getName() + ".LocalStrings";
+            ClassLoader cl = payloadClass.getClassLoader();
+            try {
+                ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName, locale, cl);
+            } catch (MissingResourceException mre) {
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+
+}