diff --git a/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/TranslatorText/TranslatorTextBuilder.cs b/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/TranslatorText/TranslatorTextBuilder.cs
index 42769576..48a1cc4e 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/TranslatorText/TranslatorTextBuilder.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/TranslatorText/TranslatorTextBuilder.cs
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Props.TranslatorText
 
                 // make an entry in the cache for all these spirals
 
-                if (nhBody.Cache != null) 
+                if (nhBody?.Cache != null) 
                 {
                     var cacheData = arranger.spirals.Select(spiralManipulator => new ArcCacheData() 
                     { 
diff --git a/NewHorizons/INewHorizons.cs b/NewHorizons/INewHorizons.cs
index 717819c0..c4447d28 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/INewHorizons.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/INewHorizons.cs
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ namespace NewHorizons
         /// <returns></returns>
         (CharacterDialogueTree, RemoteDialogueTrigger) CreateDialogueFromXML(string textAssetID, string xml, string dialogueInfo, GameObject planetGO);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Allows the creation of Nomai text by directly passing the xml and translatorTextInfo json contents as strings
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="xml">The contents of the translator text file as a string</param>
+        /// <param name="textInfo">The json translator text info as a string. See the documentation/schema for what this can contain.</param>
+        /// <param name="planetGO">The root planet rigidbody that this text is attached to. Any paths in the translatorTextInfo are relative to this body.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        GameObject CreateNomaiText(string xml, string textInfo, GameObject planetGO);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Directly add ship logs from XML. Call this method right before ShipLogManager awake.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/NewHorizons/NewHorizonsApi.cs b/NewHorizons/NewHorizonsApi.cs
index e395bfa1..5eaf322e 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/NewHorizonsApi.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/NewHorizonsApi.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using NewHorizons.Builder.Props;
 using NewHorizons.Builder.Props.Audio;
+using NewHorizons.Builder.Props.TranslatorText;
 using NewHorizons.Builder.ShipLog;
 using NewHorizons.External;
 using NewHorizons.External.Configs;
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ using NewHorizons.External.Modules;
 using NewHorizons.External.Modules.Props;
 using NewHorizons.External.Modules.Props.Audio;
 using NewHorizons.External.Modules.Props.Dialogue;
+using NewHorizons.External.Modules.TranslatorText;
 using NewHorizons.External.SerializableData;
 using NewHorizons.Utility;
 using NewHorizons.Utility.OWML;
@@ -259,6 +261,12 @@ namespace NewHorizons
             return DialogueBuilder.Make(planetGO, null, info, xml, textAssetID);
         }
 
+        public GameObject CreateNomaiText(string xml, string textInfo, GameObject planetGO)
+        {
+            var info = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TranslatorTextInfo>(textInfo);
+            return TranslatorTextBuilder.Make(planetGO, null, info, null, xml);
+        }
+
         public void AddShipLogXML(IModBehaviour mod, XElement xml, string planetName, string imageFolder, Dictionary<string, Vector2> entryPositions, Dictionary<string, (Color colour, Color highlight)> curiousityColours)
         {
             // This method has to be called each time the ship log manager is created, i.e. each time a system loads so it will only ever be relevant to the current one.