diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 3e16c5de..2e96880a 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
   "pad.modals.connected": "Connected.",
   "pad.modals.reconnecting": "Reconnecting to your pad..",
   "pad.modals.forcereconnect": "Force reconnect",
+  "pad.modals.reconnecttimer": "This pad will be automatically reconnected in ",
+  "pad.modals.cancel": "Cancel",
 
   "pad.modals.userdup": "Opened in another window",
   "pad.modals.userdup.explanation": "This pad seems to be opened in more than one browser window on this computer.",
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_automatic_reconnect.js b/src/static/js/pad_automatic_reconnect.js
index 6474838c..3de5ff62 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_automatic_reconnect.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_automatic_reconnect.js
@@ -22,16 +22,23 @@ var createCountDownElementsIfNecessary = function($modal) {
 
     // create extra DOM elements, if they don't exist
     var $reconnectTimerMessage = $('<p class="reconnecttimer"> \
-                                      <span data-l10n-id="pad.modals.reconnecttimer">This window will automatically reconnect in </span> \
+                                      <span data-l10n-id="pad.modals.reconnecttimer">This pad will be automatically reconnected in </span> \
                                       <span class="timetoexpire"></span> \
                                     </p>');
     var $cancelReconnect = $('<button id="cancelreconnect" data-l10n-id="pad.modals.cancel">Cancel</button>');
 
+    localize($reconnectTimerMessage);
+    localize($cancelReconnect);
+
     $reconnectTimerMessage.insertAfter($defaultMessage);
     $cancelReconnect.insertAfter($reconnectButton);
   }
 }
 
+var localize = function($element) {
+  html10n.translateElement(html10n.translations, $element.get(0));
+};
+
 var createTimerForModal = function($modal) {
   var timer = new CountDownTimer(clientVars.automaticReconnectionTimeout);