diff --git a/resources/static/shared/gettext.js b/resources/static/shared/gettext.js
index d93f1d5b59e21ba44cbd6903b514e8e17a953cc5..46cca99b19b90f4f11cf02373ddca53062ac3e57 100644
--- a/resources/static/shared/gettext.js
+++ b/resources/static/shared/gettext.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ function Gettext(params) {
       gettext: function (msgid) {
         if (json_locale_data && json_locale_data["client"]) {
         var dict = json_locale_data["client"];
-          if (dict[msgid] && dict[msgid].length >= 2) {
+          if (dict[msgid] && dict[msgid].length >= 2 &&
+              dict[msgid][1].trim() != "") {
             return dict[msgid][1];
           }
       }