diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
index 0018c6866..9032ad328 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class CommentBox extends Component {
     postItem(comment, 'comments')
     .then((comment_id) => {
       if (premod === 'pre') {
-        addNotification('success', 'Your comment has been posted and is being reviewed by our moderation team.');
+        addNotification('success', lang.t('comment-post-notif-premod'));
       } else {
         appendItemArray(parent_id || id, related, comment_id, !parent_id, parent_type);
         addNotification('success', 'Your comment has been posted.');
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class CommentBox extends Component {
           style={styles && styles.textarea}
           value={this.state.username}
           id={reply ? 'replyUser' : 'commentUser'}
-          placeholder='Name'
+          placeholder={lang.t('name')}
           onChange={(e) => this.setState({username: e.target.value})}/>
       </div>
       <div
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class CommentBox extends Component {
             className={`${name}-textarea`}
             style={styles && styles.textarea}
             value={this.state.body}
-            placeholder='Comment'
+            placeholder={lang.t('comment')}
             id={reply ? 'replyText' : 'commentText'}
             onChange={(e) => this.setState({body: e.target.value})}
             rows={3}/>
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json
index 7e68b44b5..e8eb8ad52 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
     "post": "Post",
     "reply": "Reply",
     "comment": "Comment",
-    "comment-post-notif": "Your comment has been posted."
+    "name": "Name",
+    "comment-post-notif": "Your comment has been posted.",
+    "comment-post-notif-premod": "Thank you for reporting this comment. Our moderation team has been notified and will review it shortly."
   },
   "es": {
     "post": "Publicar",
     "reply": "Respuesta",
     "comment": "Comentario",
-    "comment-post-notif": "¡traduceme!"
+    "name": "Nombre",
+    "comment-post-notif": "¡traduceme!",
+    "comment-post-notif-premod": "¡traduceme!"
   }
 }