diff --git a/public/views/hedgedoc.ejs b/public/views/hedgedoc.ejs
index b4bf816e6..725e11c82 100644
--- a/public/views/hedgedoc.ejs
+++ b/public/views/hedgedoc.ejs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
  <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
+<html>
 
 <head>
     <%- include('hedgedoc/head') %>
 </head>
 
-<body>
+<body translate="no">
     <%- include('hedgedoc/header') %>
     <%- include('hedgedoc/body') %>
     <%- include('hedgedoc/footer') %>
diff --git a/public/views/html.hbs b/public/views/html.hbs
index 7ac972418..7e8268ba3 100644
--- a/public/views/html.hbs
+++ b/public/views/html.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 
-<html lang="en">
+<html>
 
 <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <![endif]-->
 </head>
 
-<body>
+<body translate="no">
     {{{html}}}
     <div class="ui-toc dropup unselectable hidden-print" style="display:none;">
         <div class="pull-right dropdown">
diff --git a/public/views/index.ejs b/public/views/index.ejs
index bd2c4fe6b..b88b66b13 100644
--- a/public/views/index.ejs
+++ b/public/views/index.ejs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
+<html>
 
 <head>
     <%- include('index/head') %>
diff --git a/public/views/pretty.ejs b/public/views/pretty.ejs
index 787952110..8dc8db1a1 100644
--- a/public/views/pretty.ejs
+++ b/public/views/pretty.ejs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="<%= lang || "en" %>">
+<html>
 
 <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             <% } %>
         </small>
     </div>
-    <div id="doc" class="container markdown-body"><%= body %></div>
+    <div id="doc" class="container markdown-body" <% if (lang) { %> lang="<%= lang %>"<% } %>><%= body %></div>
     <div class="ui-toc dropup unselectable hidden-print" style="display:none;">
         <div class="pull-right dropdown">
             <a id="tocLabel" class="ui-toc-label btn btn-default" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" title="Table of content">
diff --git a/public/views/slide.ejs b/public/views/slide.ejs
index bec8079ad..44ed8c709 100644
--- a/public/views/slide.ejs
+++ b/public/views/slide.ejs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!doctype html>
-<html lang="en">
+<html>
     <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8">
         <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[0].appendChild( link );
         </script>
     </head>
-    <body>
+    <body translate="no">
         <div class="container">
             <div class="reveal">
                 <div class="slides"><%= body %></div>
