diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index cee6db199..11e4cae8c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     home_page? ? '' : 'results'
   end
 
-  def available_locales_to_switch
-    I18n.available_locales - [I18n.locale]
+  def available_locale_options_for_select
+    options_for_select(available_locales_array, I18n.locale)
   end
+
+  private
+    def available_locales_array
+      I18n.available_locales.map { |loc| [I18n.t('locale', locale: loc), loc] }
+    end
+
 end