diff --git a/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/templates/web_form.html b/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/templates/web_form.html
index f6ac2c7d26..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._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 484ebc7e27..0ba80a4591 100644
--- a/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/web_form.py
+++ b/frappe/website/doctype/web_form/web_form.py
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ def get_context(context):
 			context.max_attachment_size = get_max_file_size() / 1024 / 1024
 
 		context.show_in_grid = self.show_in_grid
+		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'''