diff --git a/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp b/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp
index 96a6aebe2..6ecd85bfe 100644
--- a/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp
+++ b/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp
@@ -144,3 +144,32 @@ string CharStream::singleLineSnippet(string const& _sourceCode, SourceLocation c
 
 	return cut;
 }
+
+optional<int> CharStream::translateLineColumnToPosition(LineColumn const& _lineColumn) const
+{
+	return translateLineColumnToPosition(m_source, _lineColumn);
+}
+
+optional<int> CharStream::translateLineColumnToPosition(std::string const& _text, LineColumn const& _input)
+{
+	if (_input.line < 0)
+		return nullopt;
+
+	size_t offset = 0;
+	for (int i = 0; i < _input.line; i++)
+	{
+		offset = _text.find('\n', offset);
+		if (offset == _text.npos)
+			return nullopt;
+		offset++; // Skip linefeed.
+	}
+
+	size_t endOfLine = _text.find('\n', offset);
+	if (endOfLine == string::npos)
+		endOfLine = _text.size();
+
+	if (offset + static_cast<size_t>(_input.column) > endOfLine)
+		return nullopt;
+	return offset + static_cast<size_t>(_input.column);
+}
+
diff --git a/liblangutil/CharStream.h b/liblangutil/CharStream.h
index 2e5d79d93..08f86129b 100644
--- a/liblangutil/CharStream.h
+++ b/liblangutil/CharStream.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <utility>
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ public:
 	LineColumn translatePositionToLineColumn(int _position) const;
 	///@}
 
+	/// Translates a line:column to the absolute position.
+	std::optional<int> translateLineColumnToPosition(LineColumn const& _lineColumn) const;
+
+	/// Translates a line:column to the absolute position for the given input text.
+	static std::optional<int> translateLineColumnToPosition(std::string const& _text, LineColumn const& _input);
+
 	/// Tests whether or not given octet sequence is present at the current position in stream.
 	/// @returns true if the sequence could be found, false otherwise.
 	bool prefixMatch(std::string_view _sequence)
diff --git a/test/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp b/test/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp
index 9321b14e0..766a70098 100644
--- a/test/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp
+++ b/test/liblangutil/CharStream.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,33 @@
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
+using namespace std;
+using namespace solidity::test;
+
+namespace boost::test_tools::tt_detail
+{
+
+template<>
+struct print_log_value<std::optional<int>>
+{
+	void operator()(std::ostream& _out, std::optional<int> const& _value) const
+	{
+		_out << (_value ? to_string(*_value) : "[nullopt]");
+	}
+};
+
+template<>
+struct print_log_value<nullopt_t>
+{
+	void operator()(std::ostream& _out, nullopt_t const&) const
+	{
+		_out << "[nullopt]";
+	}
+};
+
+} // namespace boost::test_tools::tt_detail
+
+
 namespace solidity::langutil::test
 {
 
@@ -48,6 +75,62 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_fail)
 	);
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+std::optional<int> toPosition(int _line, int _column, string const& _text)
+{
+	return CharStream{_text, "source"}.translateLineColumnToPosition(
+		LineColumn{_line, _column}
+	);
+}
+
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(translateLineColumnToPosition)
+{
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(-1, 0, "ABC"), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, -1, "ABC"), nullopt);
+
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 0, ""), 0);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 0, ""), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 1, ""), nullopt);
+
+	// With last line containing no LF
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 0, "ABC"), 0);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 1, "ABC"), 1);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 2, "ABC"), 2);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 3, "ABC"), 3);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 4, "ABC"), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 0, "ABC"), nullopt);
+
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 3, "ABC\nDEF"), 3);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 4, "ABC\nDEF"), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 0, "ABC\nDEF"), 4);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 1, "ABC\nDEF"), 5);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 2, "ABC\nDEF"), 6);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 3, "ABC\nDEF"), 7);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 4, "ABC\nDEF"), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 0, "ABC\nDEF"), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 1, "ABC\nDEF"), nullopt);
+
+	// With last line containing LF
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 0, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 0);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 1, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 1);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(0, 2, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 2);
+
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 0, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 4);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 1, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 5);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 2, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 6);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 3, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 7);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(1, 4, "ABC\nDEF\n"), nullopt);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 0, "ABC\nDEF\n"), 8);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 1, "ABC\nDEF\n"), nullopt);
+
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 0, "ABC\nDEF\nGHI\n"), 8);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 1, "ABC\nDEF\nGHI\n"), 9);
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(toPosition(2, 2, "ABC\nDEF\nGHI\n"), 10);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
 
-} // end namespaces
+}