diff --git a/src/GF/API.hs b/src/GF/API.hs
index ff199f589..6ba3c261a 100644
--- a/src/GF/API.hs
+++ b/src/GF/API.hs
@@ -369,11 +369,8 @@ applyTransfer opts gr trs (mm,f) t =
      Just m -> maybe empty id $ lookup m trs
      _ -> ifNull empty (snd . head) trs
 
-   -- these are missing
-   trans = error "no transfer yet" 
-           ----- core2exp . T.appTransfer tr . exp2core
-   empty = error "emptyEnv" 
-           ---- T.emptyEnv
+   trans tr f = core2exp . T.evaluateExp tr . exp2core f
+   empty = T.builtin
 
 {-
 optTransfer :: Options -> StateGrammar -> G.Term -> G.Term
diff --git a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Transfer.hs b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Transfer.hs
index 3a4aadf96..f219554cf 100644
--- a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Transfer.hs
+++ b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Transfer.hs
@@ -20,13 +20,45 @@ import GF.Grammar.AbsCompute
 import qualified GF.Canon.GFC as GFC
 import GF.Grammar.LookAbs
 import GF.Grammar.MMacros
+import GF.Grammar.Macros
+import GF.Grammar.PrGrammar
 import GF.Grammar.TypeCheck
 
 import GF.Infra.Ident
 import GF.Data.Operations
 
+import qualified Transfer.Core.Abs as T
+
 import Control.Monad
 
+
+-- transfer is done in T.Exp - we only need these conversions.
+
+exp2core :: Ident -> Exp -> T.Exp
+exp2core f = T.EApp (T.EVar (var f)) . exp2c where
+ exp2c e = case e of
+  App f a -> T.EApp (exp2c f) (exp2c a)
+  Abs x b -> T.EAbs (T.PVVar (var x)) (exp2c b) ---- should be syntactic abstr
+  Q  _ c  -> T.EVar (var c)
+  QC _ c  -> T.EVar (var c)
+  K s     -> T.EStr s
+  EInt i  -> T.EInt $ toInteger i
+  Meta m  -> T.EMeta (T.TMeta (prt m))   ---- which meta symbol?
+  Vr x    -> T.EVar (var x)              ---- should be syntactic var
+
+ var x = T.CIdent $ prt x
+
+core2exp :: T.Exp -> Exp
+core2exp e = case e of
+  T.EApp f a -> App (core2exp f) (core2exp a)
+  T.EAbs (T.PVVar x) b -> Abs (var x) (core2exp b) ---- only from syntactic abstr
+  T.EVar c   -> Vr (var c)               -- GF annotates to Q or QC
+ where
+   var (T.CIdent x) = zIdent x
+
+
+
+-- The following are now obsolete (30/11/2005)
 -- linearize, parse, etc, by transfer. AR 9/10/2003
 
 doTransfer :: GFC.CanonGrammar -> Ident -> Tree -> Err Tree