diff --git a/i18n/de.toml b/i18n/de.toml
index 11c8fdb..d54cf08 100644
--- a/i18n/de.toml
+++ b/i18n/de.toml
@@ -34,5 +34,13 @@ other = "Senden"
 [taxonomyPageList]
 other = "Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “{{ .Title }}”"
 
+[readingTime]
+one = "Eine Minute"
+other = "{{ .Count }} Minuten"
+
+[wordCount]
+one = "Ein Wort"
+other = "{{ .Count }} Wörter"
+
 [pageTitle]
 other = "{{ .Name }} Seite"
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diff --git a/i18n/en.toml b/i18n/en.toml
index 5adbe27..755e3b0 100644
--- a/i18n/en.toml
+++ b/i18n/en.toml
@@ -34,5 +34,13 @@ other = "Send"
 [taxonomyPageList]
 other = "Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “{{ .Title }}”"
 
+[readingTime]
+one = "One minute read"
+other = "{{ .Count }} minutes read"
+
+[wordCount]
+one = "One word"
+other = "{{ .Count }} words"
+
 [pageTitle]
-other = "{{ .Name }} page"
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+other = "{{ .Name }} page"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 2f2eed3..0c7b97b 100755
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
           3) A page front matter value is set `show_reading_time = true`
         */}}
       {{ if (or (eq (.Param "show_reading_time") true) (eq $section.Params.show_reading_time true) )}}
-        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ .ReadingTime}} minutes read</span>
-        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ .WordCount}} words</span>
+        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "readingTime" .ReadingTime }} </span>
+        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "wordCount" .WordCount }} </span>
       {{ end }}
     </header>
     <div class="nested-copy-line-height lh-copy {{ $.Param "post_content_classes"  | default "serif"}} f4 nested-links nested-img mid-gray pr4-l w-two-thirds-l">