diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
index dd420080a8..6af75cb579 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,19 @@ export class Et2Select extends Et2WithSearchMixin(Et2WidgetWithSelect)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * List of properties that get translated
+	 *
+	 * @returns object
+	 */
+	static get translate()
+	{
+		return {
+			...super.translate,
+			emptyLabel: true
+		}
+	}
+
 	get slots()
 	{
 		return {
@@ -332,7 +345,7 @@ export class Et2Select extends Et2WithSearchMixin(Et2WidgetWithSelect)
 			return html``;
 		}
 		return html`
-            <sl-menu-item value="">${this.egw().lang(this.emptyLabel)}</sl-menu-item>`;
+            <sl-menu-item value="">${this.emptyLabel}</sl-menu-item>`;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin.ts
index 5f4ef994f9..bdc3c39c81 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const Et2widgetWithSelectMixin = <T extends Constructor<LitElement>>(supe
 		 */
 		_emptyLabelTemplate() : TemplateResult
 		{
-			return html`${this.emptyLabel ? this.egw().lang(this.emptyLabel) : ''}`;
+			return html`${this.emptyLabel}`;
 		}
 
 		/**
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index 7e9f4aa311..286e041d8b 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -1413,15 +1413,15 @@ function transformAttributes(widget, mgr : et2_arrayMgr, attributes)
 				break;
 			default:
 				attrValue = mgr ? mgr.expandName("" + attrValue) : attrValue;
-				if(attrValue && typeof attrValue == "string" && !attributes.noLang && widget_class.translate[attribute])
+				if(attrValue && typeof attrValue == "string" && widget_class.translate[attribute])
 				{
 					// allow attribute to contain multiple translated sub-strings eg: {Firstname}.{Lastname}
 					if(attrValue.indexOf('{') !== -1)
 					{
-						attrValue = attrValue.replace(/{([^}]+)}/g, function(str, p1)
+						attrValue = attrValue.replace(/{([^}]+)}/g, (str, p1) =>
 						{
-							return this.egw().lang(p1);
-						}.bind(widget));
+							return widget.egw().lang(p1);
+						});
 					}
 					else
 					{