diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
index 350d6ac9b..f40eb36b9 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2274,7 +2274,9 @@
     <plurals name="lang_name_fmt">
       <item quantity="one">%1$s (%2$d wordlist)</item>
       <item quantity="other">%1$s (%2$d wordlists)</item>
-    </plurals>    
+    </plurals>
+
+    <string name="dict_desc_fmt">%1$s (%2$s/%3$d words)</string>
 
     <string name="lang_unknown">Unknown</string>
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictLangCache.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictLangCache.java
index 7bfe77aec..1c66db0e5 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictLangCache.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictLangCache.java
@@ -135,12 +135,10 @@ public class DictLangCache {
             int wordCount = info.wordCount;
             
             String langName = getLangName( context, dal.name );
-            if ( 0 == wordCount ) {
-                result = String.format( "%s (%s)", dal.name, langName );
-            } else {
-                result = String.format( "%s (%s/%d)", dal.name, langName, 
-                                        wordCount );
-            }
+            String locName = LocUtils.xlateLang( context, langName );
+            result = LocUtils.getString( context, R.string.dict_desc_fmt, 
+                                         dal.name, locName,
+                                         wordCount );
         }
         return result;
     }