diff --git a/src/gui/guiEngine.cpp b/src/gui/guiEngine.cpp
index 76528c7d3..eabc1ee69 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiEngine.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ GUIEngine::GUIEngine(JoystickController *joystick,
 
 	infostream << "GUIEngine: Initializing Lua" << std::endl;
 
+	// Translate the error message before clearing g_client_translations
+	if (!m_data->script_data.errormessage.empty())
+		m_data->script_data.errormessage = wide_to_utf8(translate_string(
+				utf8_to_wide(m_data->script_data.errormessage)));
+
 	g_client_translations->clear();
 	m_script = new MainMenuScripting(this);