diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/pngtranslator/PNGTranslator.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/pngtranslator/PNGTranslator.cpp
index 30a0b485b6..32834db993 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/pngtranslator/PNGTranslator.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/pngtranslator/PNGTranslator.cpp
@@ -278,18 +278,6 @@ PNGTranslator::DerivedIdentify(BPositionIO *inSource,
 	return identify_png_header(inSource, outInfo);
 }
 
-void
-translate_direct_copy(BPositionIO *inSource, BPositionIO *outDestination)
-{
-	const size_t kbufsize = 2048;
-	uint8 buffer[kbufsize];
-	ssize_t ret = inSource->Read(buffer, kbufsize);
-	while (ret > 0) {
-		outDestination->Write(buffer, ret);
-		ret = inSource->Read(buffer, kbufsize);
-	}
-}
-
 status_t
 PNGTranslator::translate_from_png_to_bits(BPositionIO *inSource,
 	BPositionIO *outDestination)
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.cpp
index 476a0807dd..74cb10c7b2 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.cpp
@@ -685,3 +685,14 @@ BaseTranslator::NewConfigView(TranslatorSettings *settings)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void
+translate_direct_copy(BPositionIO *inSource, BPositionIO *outDestination)
+{
+	const size_t kbufsize = 2048;
+	uint8 buffer[kbufsize];
+	ssize_t ret = inSource->Read(buffer, kbufsize);
+	while (ret > 0) {
+		outDestination->Write(buffer, ret);
+		ret = inSource->Read(buffer, kbufsize);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.h b/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.h
index 447229ecd7..7897757b9c 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/shared/BaseTranslator.h
@@ -150,5 +150,7 @@ private:
 	uint32 fTranType;
 };
 
+void translate_direct_copy(BPositionIO *inSource, BPositionIO *outDestination);
+
 #endif // #ifndef BASE_TRANSLATOR_H