diff --git a/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb b/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
index 2b537630..cbb05b95 100644
--- a/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class InboxController < ApplicationController
 
         if @inbox_author.empty?
           @empty = true
-          flash.now[:info] = "No questions from @#{params[:author]} found, showing default entries instead!"
+          flash.now[:info] = t(".author.info", author: params[:author])
         else
           @inbox = @inbox_author
           @inbox_count = @inbox_author_count
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class InboxController < ApplicationController
         end
       rescue => e
         Sentry.capture_exception(e)
-        flash.now[:error] = "No user with the name @#{params[:author]} found, showing default entries instead!"
+        flash.now[:error] = t(".author.error", author: params[:author])
         @not_found = true
       end
     end
diff --git a/config/locales/controllers.en.yml b/config/locales/controllers.en.yml
index efed0466..1010678c 100644
--- a/config/locales/controllers.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/controllers.en.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ en:
     destroy:
       success: "Announcement has been deleted successfully."
       error: "Unable to delete announcement."
+  inbox:
+    author:
+      info: "No questions from @%{author} found, showing default entries instead!"
+      error: "No user with the name @%{author} found, showing default entries instead!"
   services:
     create:
       success: "Service connected successfully."