diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
 		timedata_tests.cpp
 		torcontrol_tests.cpp
 		transaction_tests.cpp
+		translation_tests.cpp
 		txindex_tests.cpp
 		txpackage_tests.cpp
 		txrequest_tests.cpp
diff --git a/src/test/translation_tests.cpp b/src/test/translation_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/translation_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <tinyformat.h>
+#include <util/translation.h>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(translation_tests)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(translation_namedparams) {
+    bilingual_str arg{"original", "translated"};
+    bilingual_str format{"original [%s]", "translated [%s]"};
+    bilingual_str result{strprintf(format, arg)};
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(result.original, "original [original]");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(result.translated, "translated [translated]");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/src/util/translation.h b/src/util/translation.h
--- a/src/util/translation.h
+++ b/src/util/translation.h
@@ -37,12 +37,25 @@
     return {original, original};
 }
 
+// Provide an overload of tinyformat::format which can take bilingual_str
+// arguments.
 namespace tinyformat {
+// clang-format off
 template <typename... Args>
 bilingual_str format(const bilingual_str &fmt, const Args &...args) {
-    return bilingual_str{format(fmt.original, args...),
-                         format(fmt.translated, args...)};
+    const auto translate_arg{
+        [](const auto &arg, [[maybe_unused]] bool translated) -> const auto & {
+        if constexpr (std::is_same_v<decltype(arg), const bilingual_str &>) {
+            return translated ? arg.translated : arg.original;
+        } else {
+            return arg;
+        }
+    }};
+    return bilingual_str{
+        tfm::format(fmt.original, translate_arg(args, false)...),
+        tfm::format(fmt.translated, translate_arg(args, true)...)};
 }
+// clang-format on
 } // namespace tinyformat
 
 /** Translate a message to the native language of the user. */
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py b/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
--- a/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
+++ b/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "src/util/system.cpp",
         "strprintf(_(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS).translated, COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION)",
     ),
+    ("src/test/translation_tests.cpp", "strprintf(format, arg)"),
     (
         "src/validationinterface.cpp",
         'LogPrint(BCLog::VALIDATION, fmt "\\n", __VA_ARGS__)',