diff --git a/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/templates/web_form.html b/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/templates/web_form.html
index dc9450642a..eb16f24fa1 100644
--- a/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/templates/web_form.html
+++ b/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/templates/web_form.html
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ frappe.boot = {
 };
 // for backward compatibility of some libs
 frappe.sys_defaults = frappe.boot.sysdefaults;
-frappe.boot.lang_dict = {{ lang_dict }};
+frappe._messages = {{ translated_messages }};
 $(".file-size").each(function() {
 	$(this).text(frappe.form.formatters.FileSize($(this).text()));
 });
diff --git a/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/web_form.py b/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/web_form.py
index d1bb80a9ed..0ba80a4591 100644
--- a/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/web_form.py
+++ b/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/web_form.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from frappe.website.utils import get_comment_list
 from frappe.custom.doctype.customize_form.customize_form import docfield_properties
 from frappe.core.doctype.file.file import get_max_file_size
 from frappe.core.doctype.file.file import remove_file_by_url
-from frappe.translate import get_lang_dict
 from frappe.modules.utils import export_module_json, get_doc_module
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from frappe.integrations.utils import get_payment_gateway_controller
@@ -174,7 +173,11 @@ def get_context(context):
 			context.max_attachment_size = get_max_file_size() / 1024 / 1024
 
 		context.show_in_grid = self.show_in_grid
-		context.lang_dict = frappe.as_json(get_lang_dict())
+		self.load_translations(context)
+
+	def load_translations(self, context):
+		translated_messages = frappe.translate.get_dict('doctype', self.doc_type)
+		context.translated_messages = frappe.as_json(translated_messages)
 
 	def load_document(self, context):
 		'''Load document `doc` and `layout` properties for template'''