diff --git a/src/components/donations/DonationsOverview.svelte b/src/components/donations/DonationsOverview.svelte
index 44c674c1..c165451c 100644
--- a/src/components/donations/DonationsOverview.svelte
+++ b/src/components/donations/DonationsOverview.svelte
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       class="bg-teal-lightest border-t-4 border-teal rounded-b text-teal-darkest px-4 py-3 shadow-md my-2"
       role="alert"
     >
-      <p class="font-bold">donations are being loaded</p>
+      <p class="font-bold">{$_('donations-are-being-loaded')}</p>
       <p class="text-sm">{$_("this-might-take-a-moment")}</p>
     </div>
   {:else if current_donations.length === 0}
diff --git a/src/locales/de.json b/src/locales/de.json
index c357cac5..c8e1f4d5 100644
--- a/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/src/locales/de.json
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
     "donation-updated": "Sponsoring wurde aktualisiert",
     "donation_added": "Sponsoring hinzugefügt",
     "donations": "Sponsorings",
+    "donations-are-being-loaded": "Sponsorings werden geladen...",
     "donor": "Sponsor:in",
     "donor-added": "Sponsor:in hinzugefügt",
     "donor-deleted": "Sponsor:in gelöscht",
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 88ca61b6..1e760eb1 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
     "donation-updated": "Donation updated",
     "donation_added": "Donation_added",
     "donations": "Donations",
+    "donations-are-being-loaded": "donations are being loaded",
     "donor": "Donor",
     "donor-added": "Donor added",
     "donor-deleted": "donor deleted",