diff --git a/src/Rooms.ts b/src/Rooms.ts
index 9bb43c3d8c..32419080ac 100644
--- a/src/Rooms.ts
+++ b/src/Rooms.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
 
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from './MatrixClientPeg';
 import AliasCustomisations from './customisations/Alias';
-import DMRoomMap from "./utils/DMRoomMap";
-import SpaceStore from "./stores/spaces/SpaceStore";
-import { _t } from "./languageHandler";
 
 /**
  * Given a room object, return the alias we should use for it,
@@ -157,48 +154,3 @@ function guessDMRoomTargetId(room: Room, myUserId: string): string {
     if (oldestUser === undefined) return myUserId;
     return oldestUser.userId;
 }
-
-export function spaceContextDetailsText(space: Room): string {
-    if (!space.isSpaceRoom()) return undefined;
-
-    const [parent, secondParent, ...otherParents] = SpaceStore.instance.getKnownParents(space.roomId);
-    if (secondParent && !otherParents?.length) {
-        // exactly 2 edge case for improved i18n
-        return _t("%(space1Name)s and %(space2Name)s", {
-            space1Name: space.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
-            space2Name: space.client.getRoom(secondParent)?.name,
-        });
-    } else if (parent) {
-        return _t("%(spaceName)s and %(count)s others", {
-            spaceName: space.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
-            count: otherParents.length,
-        });
-    }
-
-    return space.getCanonicalAlias();
-}
-
-export function roomContextDetailsText(room: Room): string {
-    if (room.isSpaceRoom()) return undefined;
-
-    const dmPartner = DMRoomMap.shared().getUserIdForRoomId(room.roomId);
-    if (dmPartner) {
-        return dmPartner;
-    }
-
-    const [parent, secondParent, ...otherParents] = SpaceStore.instance.getKnownParents(room.roomId);
-    if (secondParent && !otherParents?.length) {
-        // exactly 2 edge case for improved i18n
-        return _t("%(space1Name)s and %(space2Name)s", {
-            space1Name: room.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
-            space2Name: room.client.getRoom(secondParent)?.name,
-        });
-    } else if (parent) {
-        return _t("%(spaceName)s and %(count)s others", {
-            spaceName: room.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
-            count: otherParents.length,
-        });
-    }
-
-    return room.getCanonicalAlias();
-}
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
index d3f38fa9d1..0a063df9c7 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ import QueryMatcher from "../../../autocomplete/QueryMatcher";
 import TruncatedList from "../elements/TruncatedList";
 import EntityTile from "../rooms/EntityTile";
 import BaseAvatar from "../avatars/BaseAvatar";
-import { roomContextDetailsText } from "../../../Rooms";
 import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import { ViewRoomPayload } from "../../../dispatcher/payloads/ViewRoomPayload";
 import { ButtonEvent } from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
+import { roomContextDetailsText } from "../../../utils/i18n-helpers";
 
 const AVATAR_SIZE = 30;
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx
index da13b85919..8b4e8ed701 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import DMRoomMap from "../../../utils/DMRoomMap";
 import { mediaFromMxc } from "../../../customisations/Media";
 import BaseAvatar from "../avatars/BaseAvatar";
 import Spinner from "../elements/Spinner";
-import { roomContextDetailsText, spaceContextDetailsText } from "../../../Rooms";
 import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar";
 import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import Modal from "../../../Modal";
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ import { getKeyBindingsManager } from "../../../KeyBindingsManager";
 import { KeyBindingAction } from "../../../accessibility/KeyboardShortcuts";
 import { PosthogAnalytics } from "../../../PosthogAnalytics";
 import { getCachedRoomIDForAlias } from "../../../RoomAliasCache";
+import { roomContextDetailsText, spaceContextDetailsText } from "../../../utils/i18n-helpers";
 
 const MAX_RECENT_SEARCHES = 10;
 const SECTION_LIMIT = 50; // only show 50 results per section for performance reasons
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RecentlyViewedButton.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RecentlyViewedButton.tsx
index 5a5ec1520e..9fd71d50e2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RecentlyViewedButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RecentlyViewedButton.tsx
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import { useEventEmitterState } from "../../../hooks/useEventEmitter";
 import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import dis from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import InteractiveTooltip, { Direction } from "../elements/InteractiveTooltip";
-import { roomContextDetailsText } from "../../../Rooms";
 import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar";
 import { ViewRoomPayload } from "../../../dispatcher/payloads/ViewRoomPayload";
+import { roomContextDetailsText } from "../../../utils/i18n-helpers";
 
 const RecentlyViewedButton = () => {
     const tooltipRef = useRef<InteractiveTooltip>();
diff --git a/src/utils/i18n-helpers.ts b/src/utils/i18n-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce1d04f9f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/i18n-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
+
+import SpaceStore from "../stores/spaces/SpaceStore";
+import { _t } from "../languageHandler";
+import DMRoomMap from "./DMRoomMap";
+
+export function spaceContextDetailsText(space: Room): string {
+    if (!space.isSpaceRoom()) return undefined;
+
+    const [parent, secondParent, ...otherParents] = SpaceStore.instance.getKnownParents(space.roomId);
+    if (secondParent && !otherParents?.length) {
+        // exactly 2 edge case for improved i18n
+        return _t("%(space1Name)s and %(space2Name)s", {
+            space1Name: space.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
+            space2Name: space.client.getRoom(secondParent)?.name,
+        });
+    } else if (parent) {
+        return _t("%(spaceName)s and %(count)s others", {
+            spaceName: space.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
+            count: otherParents.length,
+        });
+    }
+
+    return space.getCanonicalAlias();
+}
+
+export function roomContextDetailsText(room: Room): string {
+    if (room.isSpaceRoom()) return undefined;
+
+    const dmPartner = DMRoomMap.shared().getUserIdForRoomId(room.roomId);
+    if (dmPartner) {
+        return dmPartner;
+    }
+
+    const [parent, secondParent, ...otherParents] = SpaceStore.instance.getKnownParents(room.roomId);
+    if (secondParent && !otherParents?.length) {
+        // exactly 2 edge case for improved i18n
+        return _t("%(space1Name)s and %(space2Name)s", {
+            space1Name: room.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
+            space2Name: room.client.getRoom(secondParent)?.name,
+        });
+    } else if (parent) {
+        return _t("%(spaceName)s and %(count)s others", {
+            spaceName: room.client.getRoom(parent)?.name,
+            count: otherParents.length,
+        });
+    }
+
+    return room.getCanonicalAlias();
+}