diff --git a/js/controller/ActivityController.js b/js/controller/ActivityController.js
index 4740bd4d1..6e1cd6b68 100644
--- a/js/controller/ActivityController.js
+++ b/js/controller/ActivityController.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class ActivityController {
 			commentCreateLoading: false
 		};
 		this.$scope.newComment = '';
+		this.$scope.newCommentString = 'New comment…';
 
 		this.currentUser = OC.getCurrentUser();
 
diff --git a/templates/part.card.activity.html b/templates/part.card.activity.html
index a4db25167..a779db2ec 100644
--- a/templates/part.card.activity.html
+++ b/templates/part.card.activity.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 			<div class="author currentUser">{{ $ctrl.currentUser.displayName }}</div>
 		</div>
 		<form class="newCommentForm" ng-submit="$ctrl.postComment()">
-			<div ng-contenteditable contenteditable="true" class="message" ng-submit="$ctrl.postComment()" data-placeholder="{{ $ctrl.t('New comment …') }}" ng-model="$ctrl.$scope.newComment" ng-disabled="$ctrl.status.commentCreateLoading"></div>
+			<div ng-contenteditable contenteditable="true" class="message" ng-submit="$ctrl.postComment()" data-placeholder="{{ newCommentString }}" ng-model="$ctrl.$scope.newComment" ng-disabled="$ctrl.status.commentCreateLoading"></div>
 			<input class="submit icon-confirm has-tooltip" type="submit"
 				   value="" title="" data-original-title="Post" ng-if="!$ctrl.status.commentCreateLoading">
 			<div class="submitLoading icon-loading-small" ng-if="$ctrl.status.commentCreateLoading"></div>