diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textarea/Et2TextareaReadonly.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textarea/Et2TextareaReadonly.ts
index e098d75b19..7b90b84a4d 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textarea/Et2TextareaReadonly.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textarea/Et2TextareaReadonly.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import {Et2Description} from "../Et2Description/Et2Description";
  */
 export class Et2TextareaReadonly extends Et2Description
 {
+	constructor()
+	{
+		super();
+
+		this.noLang = true;	// never translation r/o textareas
+	}
 }
 
 // We can't bind the same class to a different tag
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2TextboxReadonly.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2TextboxReadonly.ts
index 1fdb99a215..065262f9b6 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2TextboxReadonly.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2TextboxReadonly.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import {Et2Description} from "../Et2Description/Et2Description";
  */
 export class Et2TextboxReadonly extends Et2Description
 {
+	constructor()
+	{
+		super();
+		this.noLang = true;	// never translation r/o textboxes
+	}
 }
 
 // We can't bind the same class to a different tag