diff --git a/js/lab/src/global.env.ts b/js/lab/src/global.env.ts
index f253326d70..a453d880ba 100644
--- a/js/lab/src/global.env.ts
+++ b/js/lab/src/global.env.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@
 declare interface Window {
   beakerx: any
 }
+
+type Proxy<T> = {
+  get(): T;
+  set(value: T): void;
+}
+
+interface ProxyConstructor {
+  revocable<T extends object>(target: T, handler: ProxyHandler<T>): { proxy: T; revoke: () => void; };
+  new <T extends object>(target: T, handler: ProxyHandler<T>): T;
+}
+
+declare var Proxy: ProxyConstructor;
diff --git a/js/lab/src/plugin/autotranslation.ts b/js/lab/src/plugin/autotranslation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fb7589a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/lab/src/plugin/autotranslation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2018 TWO SIGMA OPEN SOURCE, LLC
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/// <reference path='../global.env.ts'/>
+
+import {BEAKER_AUTOTRANSLATION} from "./comm";
+
+export namespace Autotranslation {
+  export const LOCK_PROXY = 'LOCK_PROXY';
+  export const TABLE_FOCUSED = 'tableFocused';
+
+  export function proxify(beakerxInstance: any, kernelInstance): Proxy<any> {
+    let autotranslationComm;
+
+    kernelInstance.connectToComm(BEAKER_AUTOTRANSLATION)['then'](comm => {
+      autotranslationComm = comm;
+    });
+
+    const handler = {
+      get(obj, prop) {
+        return prop in obj ? obj[prop] : undefined;
+      },
+
+      set(obj, prop, value) {
+        obj[prop] = value;
+
+        if (prop !== LOCK_PROXY && prop !== TABLE_FOCUSED && !window.beakerx[LOCK_PROXY]) {
+          autotranslationComm.send({ name: prop, value });
+        }
+
+        return true;
+      }
+    };
+
+    return new Proxy<any>(beakerxInstance, handler);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/js/lab/src/plugin/comm.ts b/js/lab/src/plugin/comm.ts
index ec1799ee8a..5a9fa3c6ac 100644
--- a/js/lab/src/plugin/comm.ts
+++ b/js/lab/src/plugin/comm.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import { sendJupyterCodeCells, getCodeCellsByTag } from './codeCells';
 import {messageData, messageState} from '../interface/messageData';
 import { Kernel } from "@jupyterlab/services";
 import { CodeCell } from '@jupyterlab/cells';
+import {Autotranslation} from "./autotranslation";
+import LOCK_PROXY = Autotranslation.LOCK_PROXY;
 
 export const BEAKER_GETCODECELLS = 'beakerx.getcodecells';
 export const BEAKER_AUTOTRANSLATION = 'beakerx.autotranslation';
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ const getMsgHandlers = (
   [BEAKER_AUTOTRANSLATION]: (msg) => {
     const state: messageState = msg.content.data.state;
 
+    window.beakerx[LOCK_PROXY] = true;
     window.beakerx[state.name] = JSON.parse(state.value);
+    window.beakerx[LOCK_PROXY] = false;
   },
 
   [BEAKER_TAG_RUN]: (msg) => {
diff --git a/js/lab/src/plugin/index.ts b/js/lab/src/plugin/index.ts
index e59934fc91..d21f9b6765 100644
--- a/js/lab/src/plugin/index.ts
+++ b/js/lab/src/plugin/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import { registerCommTargets } from './comm';
 import { registerCommentOutCmd } from './codeEditor';
 import { enableInitializationCellsFeature } from './initializationCells';
 import UIOptionFeaturesHelper from "./UIOptionFeaturesHelper";
+import {Autotranslation} from "./autotranslation";
+import proxify = Autotranslation.proxify;
 
 function displayHTML(widget: Widget, html: string): void {
   if (!widget.node || !html) {
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ class BeakerxExtension implements DocumentRegistry.WidgetExtension {
       registerCommentOutCmd(panel);
       registerCommTargets(panel, context);
 
+      window.beakerx = proxify(window.beakerx, context.session.kernel);
+
       const originalProcessFn = app.commands.processKeydownEvent;
       app.commands.processKeydownEvent = (event) => {
         if (window.beakerx.tableFocused) {
diff --git a/js/notebook/src/types/global.env.d.ts b/js/notebook/src/types/global.env.d.ts
index a924f45f39..c0dbfab4b0 100644
--- a/js/notebook/src/types/global.env.d.ts
+++ b/js/notebook/src/types/global.env.d.ts
@@ -37,18 +37,6 @@ declare interface NumberConstructor {
   isFinite: (number: number) => boolean
 }
 
-type Proxy<T> = {
-  get(): T;
-  set(value: T): void;
-}
-
-interface ProxyConstructor {
-  revocable<T extends object>(target: T, handler: ProxyHandler<T>): { proxy: T; revoke: () => void; };
-  new <T extends object>(target: T, handler: ProxyHandler<T>): T;
-}
-
-declare var Proxy: ProxyConstructor;
-
 declare interface Array<T> {
   from: (arrayLike: any[]) => any[]
 }