diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6689dac..d7e4181 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ### Added
 - SC2254: Suggest quoting expansions in case statements
 - SC2255: Suggest using `$((..))` in `[ 2*3 -eq 6 ]`
+- SC2256: Warn about translated strings that are known variables
 
 ## v0.7.0 - 2019-07-28
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index 97054c1..a29d76d 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ nodeChecks = [
     ,checkRedirectionToCommand
     ,checkDollarQuoteParen
     ,checkUselessBang
+    ,checkTranslatedStringVariable
     ]
 
 optionalChecks = map fst optionalTreeChecks
@@ -3451,6 +3452,25 @@ checkDollarQuoteParen params t =
   where
     fix id = fixWith [replaceStart id params 2 "\"$"]
 
+prop_checkTranslatedStringVariable1 = verify checkTranslatedStringVariable "foo_bar2=val; $\"foo_bar2\""
+prop_checkTranslatedStringVariable2 = verifyNot checkTranslatedStringVariable "$\"foo_bar2\""
+prop_checkTranslatedStringVariable3 = verifyNot checkTranslatedStringVariable "$\"..\""
+prop_checkTranslatedStringVariable4 = verifyNot checkTranslatedStringVariable "var=val; $\"$var\""
+prop_checkTranslatedStringVariable5 = verifyNot checkTranslatedStringVariable "foo=var; bar=val2; $\"foo bar\""
+checkTranslatedStringVariable params (T_DollarDoubleQuoted id [T_Literal _ s]) =
+  fromMaybe (return ()) $ do
+    guard $ all isVariableChar s
+    Map.lookup s assignments
+    return $
+        warnWithFix id 2256 "This translated string is the name of a variable. Flip leading $ and \" if this should be a quoted substitution." (fix id)
+  where
+    assignments = foldl (flip ($)) Map.empty (map insertAssignment $ variableFlow params)
+    insertAssignment (Assignment (_, token, name, _)) | isVariableName name =
+        Map.insert name token
+    insertAssignment _ = Prelude.id
+    fix id = fixWith [replaceStart id params 2 "\"$"]
+checkTranslatedStringVariable _ _ = return ()
+
 prop_checkDefaultCase1 = verify checkDefaultCase "case $1 in a) true ;; esac"
 prop_checkDefaultCase2 = verify checkDefaultCase "case $1 in ?*?) true ;; *? ) true ;; esac"
 prop_checkDefaultCase3 = verifyNot checkDefaultCase "case $1 in x|*) true ;; esac"