diff --git a/client/src/components/chat.vue b/client/src/components/chat.vue
index 0b4e8eb..619909a 100644
--- a/client/src/components/chat.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/chat.vue
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <div v-if="!muted" class="chat-send">
       <div class="accent" />
       <div class="text-container">
-        <textarea ref="input" placeholder="Send a message" @keydown="onKeyDown" v-model="content" />
+        <textarea ref="input" :placeholder="$t('send_a_message')" @keydown="onKeyDown" v-model="content" />
         <neko-emoji v-if="emoji" @picked="onEmojiPicked" @done="emoji = false" />
         <i class="emoji-menu fas fa-laugh" @click.stop.prevent="onEmoji"></i>
       </div>
diff --git a/client/src/locale/en-us.ts b/client/src/locale/en-us.ts
index cc17149..895ac20 100644
--- a/client/src/locale/en-us.ts
+++ b/client/src/locale/en-us.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const unsupported = 'this browser does not support webrtc'
 export const admin_loggedin = 'You are logged in as an admin'
 export const you = 'You'
 export const ok = 'ok'
+export const send_a_message = 'Send a message'
 export const connected = 'connected'
 export const disconnected = 'disconnected'