diff --git a/src/js/client.js b/src/js/client.js
index 1db984705..b9cd3396c 100644
--- a/src/js/client.js
+++ b/src/js/client.js
@@ -112,27 +112,27 @@ angular.module('Application').filter('trKeyFromPeriod', function () {
     };
 });
 
-angular.module('Application').filter('prettyDate', function () {
+angular.module('Application').filter('prettyDate', function ($translate) {
     // http://ejohn.org/files/pretty.js
     return function prettyDate(utc) {
         var date = new Date(utc), // this converts utc into browser timezone and not cloudron timezone!
             diff = (((new Date()).getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000) + 30, // add 30seconds for clock skew
             day_diff = Math.floor(diff / 86400);
 
-        if (isNaN(day_diff) || day_diff < 0)
-            return 'just now';
+        if (isNaN(day_diff) || day_diff < 0) return $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.justNow', {});
 
         return day_diff === 0 && (
-            diff < 60 && 'just now' ||
-                diff < 120 && '1 minute ago' ||
-                diff < 3600 && Math.floor( diff / 60 ) + ' minutes ago' ||
-                diff < 7200 && '1 hour ago' ||
-                diff < 86400 && Math.floor( diff / 3600 ) + ' hours ago') ||
-            day_diff === 1 && 'Yesterday' ||
-            day_diff < 7 && day_diff + ' days ago' ||
-            day_diff < 31 && Math.ceil( day_diff / 7 ) + ' weeks ago' ||
-            day_diff < 365 && Math.round( day_diff / 30 ) +  ' months ago' ||
-                              Math.round( day_diff / 365 ) + ' years ago';
+                diff < 60 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.justNow', {}) ||
+                diff < 120 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.minutesAgo', { m: 1 }) ||
+                diff < 3600 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.minutesAgo', { m: Math.floor( diff / 60 ) }) ||
+                diff < 7200 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.hoursAgo', { h: 1 }) ||
+                diff < 86400 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.hoursAgo', { h: Math.floor( diff / 3600 ) })
+            ) ||
+            day_diff === 1 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.yeserday', {}) ||
+            day_diff < 7 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.daysAgo', { d: day_diff }) ||
+            day_diff < 31 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.weeksAgo', { w: Math.ceil( day_diff / 7 ) }) ||
+            day_diff < 365 && $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.monthsAgo', { m: Math.round( day_diff / 30 ) }) ||
+                              $translate.instant('main.prettyDate.yearsAgo', { m: Math.round( day_diff / 365 ) });
     };
 });
 
diff --git a/src/translation/de.json b/src/translation/de.json
index a5df6369d..dc05a6ada 100644
--- a/src/translation/de.json
+++ b/src/translation/de.json
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
             "selected": "{{ n }} ausgewählt",
             "select": "Auswählen",
             "filterPlaceholder": "Tippen um zu filtern"
+        },
+        "prettyDate": {
+            "justNow": "gerade eben"
         }
     },
     "network": {
diff --git a/src/translation/en.json b/src/translation/en.json
index 3eab54da9..2bf20c30e 100644
--- a/src/translation/en.json
+++ b/src/translation/en.json
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
             "selected": "{{ n }} selected",
             "select": "Select",
             "filterPlaceholder": "Type to filter options"
+        },
+        "prettyDate": {
+            "justNow": "just now",
+            "yeserday": "Yesterday",
+            "minutesAgo": "{{ m }} minutes ago",
+            "hoursAgo": "{{ h }} hours ago",
+            "daysAgo": "{{ d }} days ago",
+            "weeksAgo": "{{ w }} weeks ago",
+            "monthsAgo": "{{ m }} months ago",
+            "yearsAgo": "{{ y }} years ago"
         }
     },
     "appstore": {