diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/globalize.js b/app/assets/javascripts/globalize.js
index 2b2a24aaf..8e323ee0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/globalize.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/globalize.js
@@ -75,11 +75,9 @@
       App.Globalize.display_translations(locale);
     },
     update_description: function() {
-      var count, description;
+      var count;
       count = App.Globalize.enabled_locales().length;
-      description = App.I18n.pluralize($(".globalize-languages").data("languages-description"), count);
-
-      $(".js-languages-description").text(description);
+      App.I18n.set_pluralize($(".js-languages-description"), count);
     },
     initialize: function() {
       $(".js-add-language").on("change", function() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/i18n.js b/app/assets/javascripts/i18n.js
index c044aac4e..de502a5b2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/i18n.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/i18n.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 (function() {
   "use strict";
   App.I18n = {
+    set_pluralize: function(element, count) {
+      element.text(this.pluralize(element.data("texts"), count));
+    },
     pluralize: function(texts, count) {
       return this.raw_text(texts, count).replace("%{count}", count);
     },
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_common_globalize_locales.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_common_globalize_locales.html.erb
index a66bf4426..2ead5fd8c 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_common_globalize_locales.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_common_globalize_locales.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-<div class="row globalize-languages column padding-top <%= highlight_translation_html_class %>"
-     data-languages-description="<%= t("shared.translations.languages_in_use").to_json %>">
+<div class="row globalize-languages column padding-top <%= highlight_translation_html_class %>">
   <div class="small-6 large-3 column">
     <span class="small">
-      <strong class="js-languages-description"><%= selected_languages_description(resource) %></strong>
+      <strong class="js-languages-description"
+        data-texts="<%= t("shared.translations.languages_in_use").to_json %>">
+        <%= selected_languages_description(resource) %>
+      </strong>
     </span>
     <%= select_tag :select_language,
                    options_for_select_language(resource),