diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/statscreen/statscreen.zs b/wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/statscreen/statscreen.zs
index 1339cad728..31b69e19a2 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/statscreen/statscreen.zs
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/statscreen/statscreen.zs
@@ -862,10 +862,10 @@ class StatusScreen abstract play version("2.5")
 		enteringPatch = TexMan.CheckForTexture("WIENTER", TexMan.Type_MiscPatch);	// "entering"
 		finishedPatch = TexMan.CheckForTexture("WIF", TexMan.Type_MiscPatch);			// "finished"
 
-		lnametexts[0] = wbstartstruct.thisname;		
-		lnametexts[1] = wbstartstruct.nextname;
-		authortexts[0] = wbstartstruct.thisauthor;
-		authortexts[1] = wbstartstruct.nextauthor;
+		lnametexts[0] = StringTable.Localize(wbstartstruct.thisname);		
+		lnametexts[1] = StringTable.Localize(wbstartstruct.nextname);
+		authortexts[0] = StringTable.Localize(wbstartstruct.thisauthor);
+		authortexts[1] = StringTable.Localize(wbstartstruct.nextauthor);
 
 		bg = InterBackground.Create(wbs);
 		noautostartmap = bg.LoadBackground(false);