diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index e13babb97..6d63e2c1e 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 Other changes:
 --------------
+* Translate task logs a debug message specifying the number of files
+  that it processed.  Bugzilla Report 13938.
 
 Changes from Ant 1.5.4 to Ant 1.6Beta1
 ======================================
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
index a7d58963d..8af387b81 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ public class Translate extends MatchingTask {
      * newer than the destination file.
      */
     private void translate() throws BuildException {
+        int filesProcessed = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++) {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet) filesets.elementAt(i);
             DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner(getProject());
@@ -646,6 +647,7 @@ public class Translate extends MatchingTask {
                         if (out != null) {
                             out.close();
                         }
+                        ++filesProcessed;
                     } else {
                         log("Skipping " + srcFiles[j]
                             + " as destination file is up to date",
@@ -656,5 +658,6 @@ public class Translate extends MatchingTask {
                 }
             }
         }
+        log("Translation performed on " + filesProcessed + " file(s).", Project.MSG_DEBUG);
     }
 }