diff --git a/examples/_d2n-flake-parts/flake.nix b/examples/_d2n-flake-parts/flake.nix
index c612fb1ec8..8313ea2224 100644
--- a/examples/_d2n-flake-parts/flake.nix
+++ b/examples/_d2n-flake-parts/flake.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     dream2nix.url = "github:nix-community/dream2nix";
     nixpkgs.follows = "dream2nix/nixpkgs";
     flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
-    src.url = "github:prettier/prettier/2.4.1";
+    src.url = "github:DavHau/prettier/master";
     src.flake = false;
   };
 
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
             prettier = {
               name = "prettier";
               subsystem = "nodejs";
-              translator = "yarn-lock";
+              translator = "package-lock";
+              translatorArgs.package-lock = {
+                nodejs = "18";
+              };
             };
           };
         };
diff --git a/src/modules/flake-parts/callMakeOutputs.nix b/src/modules/flake-parts/callMakeOutputs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..776de23e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/flake-parts/callMakeOutputs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+This adapter is needed because our interface diverges from what `makeOutputs`
+accepts.
+# TODO: remove this adapter and change makeOutputs to acceppt the new style
+  of arguments directly.
+*/
+{
+  lib,
+  makeOutputs,
+}: input: let
+  l = lib // builtins;
+
+  mkProject = project:
+    (l.removeAttrs project ["translatorArgs"])
+    // {
+      subsystemInfo = project.translatorArgs.${project.translator};
+    };
+
+  finalProjects = l.mapAttrs (_: mkProject) input.projects;
+
+  makeOutputsArgs = {
+    inherit
+      (input)
+      source
+      pname
+      settings
+      packageOverrides
+      sourceOverrides
+      inject
+      ;
+    projects = finalProjects;
+  };
+in
+  makeOutputs makeOutputsArgs
diff --git a/src/modules/flake-parts/implementation.nix b/src/modules/flake-parts/implementation.nix
index ed9441e3c1..479bc9611b 100644
--- a/src/modules/flake-parts/implementation.nix
+++ b/src/modules/flake-parts/implementation.nix
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@ in {
         inherit (d2n) config;
       };
 
+      callMakeOutputs = import ./callMakeOutputs.nix {
+        inherit lib;
+        inherit (instance.dream2nix-interface) makeOutputs;
+      };
+
       outputs =
         l.mapAttrs
-        (_: args: instance.dream2nix-interface.makeOutputs args)
+        (_: input: callMakeOutputs input)
         config.dream2nix.inputs;
 
       getAttrFromOutputs = attrName:
diff --git a/src/modules/flake-parts/makeOutputsArgs.nix b/src/modules/flake-parts/inputs.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from src/modules/flake-parts/makeOutputsArgs.nix
rename to src/modules/flake-parts/inputs.nix
index 5774143059..09a56f9221 100644
--- a/src/modules/flake-parts/makeOutputsArgs.nix
+++ b/src/modules/flake-parts/inputs.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{lib, ...}: let
+{
+  lib,
+  framework,
+  ...
+}: let
   l = lib // builtins;
   t = l.types;
   mkOption = l.options.mkOption;
@@ -15,13 +19,18 @@
       type = t.str;
     };
 
-    # TODO(antotocar34) make a smart enum of all available translators conditional on the given the subsystem? Is this possible?
     translator = mkOption {
       description = "Translators to use";
-      example = ["yarn-lock" "package-json"];
-      type = t.str;
+      example = "package-json";
+      type = t.enum (l.attrNames framework.translators);
     };
 
+    # this generates options like: translatorArgs.package-lock.nodejs = ...;
+    translatorArgs =
+      l.mapAttrs
+      (name: translator: translator.translatorOptions)
+      framework.translators;
+
     # TODO(antotocar34) make an enum of all available subsystems?
     subsystem = mkOption {
       description = ''Name of subsystem to use. Examples: rust, python, nodejs'';
diff --git a/src/modules/flake-parts/interface.nix b/src/modules/flake-parts/interface.nix
index 451b1dd0cb..7d08a569f0 100644
--- a/src/modules/flake-parts/interface.nix
+++ b/src/modules/flake-parts/interface.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in {
     };
     perSystem =
       flake-parts-lib.mkPerSystemOption
-      ({...}: {
+      ({config, ...}: {
         options = {
           dream2nix = {
             instance = l.mkOption {
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ in {
               '';
             };
             inputs = l.mkOption {
-              type = t.attrsOf (t.submodule ./makeOutputsArgs.nix);
+              type = t.attrsOf (t.submoduleWith {
+                modules = [./inputs.nix];
+                specialArgs = {
+                  framework = config.dream2nix.instance;
+                };
+              });
               default = {};
               description = ''
                 A list of inputs to generate outputs from.
diff --git a/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/default.nix b/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0a7730f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./implementation.nix
+    ./interface.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/implementation.nix b/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/implementation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0d4945da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/implementation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+migrated from src/subsystems/nodejs/translators/utils.nix
+TODO: get rid of the original and remove this comment
+*/
+{config, ...}: let
+  l = config.lib // builtins;
+  dlib = config.dlib;
+  getMetaFromPackageJson = packageJson:
+    {license = dlib.parseSpdxId (packageJson.license or "");}
+    // (
+      l.filterAttrs
+      (n: v: l.any (on: n == on) ["description" "homepage"])
+      packageJson
+    );
+
+  getPackageJsonDeps = packageJson: noDev:
+    (packageJson.dependencies or {})
+    // (l.optionalAttrs (! noDev) (packageJson.devDependencies or {}));
+
+  getWorkspaceParent = project:
+    if project ? subsystemInfo.workspaceParent
+    then "${project.subsystemInfo.workspaceParent}"
+    else "${project.relPath}";
+
+  getWorkspaceLockFile = tree: project: fname: let
+    # returns the parsed package-lock.json for a given project
+    dirRelPath = getWorkspaceParent project;
+
+    packageJson =
+      (tree.getNodeFromPath "${dirRelPath}/package.json").jsonContent;
+
+    hasNoDependencies =
+      ((packageJson.dependencies or {}) == {})
+      && ((packageJson.devDependencies or {}) == {})
+      && (! packageJson ? workspaces);
+  in
+    if hasNoDependencies
+    then null
+    else tree.getNodeFromPath "${dirRelPath}/${fname}";
+
+  getWorkspacePackageJson = tree: workspaces:
+    l.genAttrs
+    workspaces
+    (wsRelPath:
+      (tree.getNodeFromPath "${wsRelPath}/package.json").jsonContent);
+
+  getWorkspacePackages = tree: workspaces:
+    l.mapAttrs'
+    (wsRelPath: json:
+      l.nameValuePair
+      json.name
+      json.version)
+    (getWorkspacePackageJson tree workspaces);
+in {
+  config.functions.translators.nodejs = {
+    inherit
+      getMetaFromPackageJson
+      getPackageJsonDeps
+      getWorkspaceLockFile
+      getWorkspacePackageJson
+      getWorkspacePackages
+      getWorkspaceParent
+      ;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/interface.nix b/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/interface.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dde93a102b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/functions.translators.nodejs/interface.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{config, ...}: let
+  lib = config.lib;
+  t = lib.types;
+  functionOption = lib.mkOption {
+    type = t.uniq (t.functionTo t.attrs);
+  };
+in {
+  options.functions.translators.nodejs = {
+    getMetaFromPackageJson = functionOption;
+    getPackageJsonDeps = functionOption;
+    getWorkspaceLockFile = functionOption;
+    getWorkspacePackageJson = functionOption;
+    getWorkspacePackages = functionOption;
+    getWorkspaceParent = functionOption;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/interfaces.translator/interface.nix b/src/modules/interfaces.translator/interface.nix
index 3d3af146e5..388cd9108a 100644
--- a/src/modules/interfaces.translator/interface.nix
+++ b/src/modules/interfaces.translator/interface.nix
@@ -75,5 +75,11 @@ in {
       type = t.int;
       default = 2;
     };
+    translatorOptions = lib.mkOption {
+      type = t.attrs;
+      # TODO: remove the default once the `extraArgs` field of translators is
+      #   deprecated.
+      default = {};
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/top-level.nix b/src/modules/top-level.nix
index 886a045036..ab90a16a85 100644
--- a/src/modules/top-level.nix
+++ b/src/modules/top-level.nix
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ in {
     ./functions.default-fetcher
     ./functions.combined-fetcher
     ./functions.translators
+    ./functions.translators.nodejs
     ./functions.updaters
     ./apps
     ./builders
     ./discoverers
     ./discoverers.default-discoverer
     ./fetchers
+    ./translators.package-lock
     ./translators
     ./indexers
     ./utils
diff --git a/src/modules/translators.package-lock/default.nix b/src/modules/translators.package-lock/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a2977247d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/translators.package-lock/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./implementation.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/src/subsystems/nodejs/translators/package-lock/default.nix b/src/modules/translators.package-lock/implementation.nix
similarity index 82%
rename from src/subsystems/nodejs/translators/package-lock/default.nix
rename to src/modules/translators.package-lock/implementation.nix
index b3ac1c516c..02a718b166 100644
--- a/src/subsystems/nodejs/translators/package-lock/default.nix
+++ b/src/modules/translators.package-lock/implementation.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
-  dlib,
   lib,
-  utils,
-  name,
+  config,
   ...
 }: let
-  l = lib // builtins;
-  nodejsUtils = import ../utils.nix {inherit dlib lib;};
+  l = config.lib // builtins;
+  t = l.types;
+  dlib = config.dlib;
+
+  nodejsUtils = config.functions.translators.nodejs;
 
   getPackageLockPath = tree: project: let
     parent = nodejsUtils.getWorkspaceParent project;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@
       url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/${name}/-/${name}-${version}.tgz";
     };
   in
-    utils.simpleTranslate
+    config.utils.simpleTranslate
     ({
       getDepByNameVer,
       dependenciesByOriginalID,
@@ -272,39 +273,68 @@
       getDependencies = dependencyObject:
         dependencyObject.depsExact;
     });
-in rec {
-  version = 2;
-
-  type = "pure";
-
-  inherit translate;
-
-  extraArgs = {
-    name = {
-      description = "The name of the main package";
-      examples = [
-        "react"
-        "@babel/code-frame"
-      ];
-      default = "{automatic}";
-      type = "argument";
+in {
+  translators.package-lock = {
+    version = 2;
+    name = "package-lock";
+    type = "pure";
+    subsystem = "nodejs";
+    inherit translate;
+
+    /*
+    Currently this duplicates the information declared in extraArgs.
+    `extraArgs` is currently still needed by some internals but could probably
+    be factored out.
+
+    TODO: remove `extraArgs`
+    */
+    translatorOptions = {
+      name = l.mkOption {
+        description = "The name of the main package";
+        example = "@babel/code-frame";
+        default = "{automatic}";
+        type = t.str;
+      };
+      noDev = l.mkOption {
+        description = "Exclude development dependencies";
+        type = t.bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+      nodejs = l.mkOption {
+        description = "nodejs version to use for building";
+        default = "14";
+        example = "16";
+        type = t.str;
+      };
     };
 
-    noDev = {
-      description = "Exclude development dependencies";
-      type = "flag";
-    };
+    extraArgs = {
+      name = {
+        description = "The name of the main package";
+        examples = [
+          "react"
+          "@babel/code-frame"
+        ];
+        default = "{automatic}";
+        type = "argument";
+      };
+
+      noDev = {
+        description = "Exclude development dependencies";
+        type = "flag";
+      };
 
-    # TODO: this should either be removed or only used to select
-    # the nodejs version for translating, not for building.
-    nodejs = {
-      description = "nodejs version to use for building";
-      default = "14";
-      examples = [
-        "14"
-        "16"
-      ];
-      type = "argument";
+      # TODO: this should either be removed or only used to select
+      # the nodejs version for translating, not for building.
+      nodejs = {
+        description = "nodejs version to use for building";
+        default = "14";
+        examples = [
+          "14"
+          "16"
+        ];
+        type = "argument";
+      };
     };
   };
 }