diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/note_erasure_timeout.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/note_erasure_timeout.ts
index 159b56e8d..0d13b4a6d 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/note_erasure_timeout.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/note_erasure_timeout.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ const TPL = `
             <input id="erase-entities-after-time" class="form-control options-number-input" type="number" min="0" steps="1" required>
             <!-- TriliumNextTODO: i18n the strings when refactoring this to a standalone widget -->
             <select id="erase-entities-after-time-scale" class="form-select" required>
-                <option value="1">Seconds</option>
-                <option value="60">Minutes</option>
-                <option value="3600">Hours</option>
-                <option value="86400">Days</option>
+                <option value="1">${t("duration.seconds")}</option>
+                <option value="60">${t("duration.minutes")}</option>
+                <option value="3600">${t("duration.hours")}</option>
+                <option value="86400">${t("duration.days")}</option>
             </select>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/public/translations/en/translation.json b/src/public/translations/en/translation.json
index c3529c19a..8825780fa 100644
--- a/src/public/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/src/public/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -1648,5 +1648,11 @@
   },
   "help-button": {
     "title": "Open the relevant help page"
+  },
+  "duration": {
+    "seconds": "Seconds",
+    "minutes": "Minutes",
+    "hours": "Hours",
+    "days": "Days"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/public/translations/ro/translation.json b/src/public/translations/ro/translation.json
index 151dbaba1..352d0a634 100644
--- a/src/public/translations/ro/translation.json
+++ b/src/public/translations/ro/translation.json
@@ -1644,5 +1644,11 @@
   "geo-map": {
     "create-child-note-title": "Crează o notiță nouă și adaug-o pe hartă",
     "unable-to-load-map": "Nu s-a putut încărca harta."
+  },
+  "duration": {
+    "days": "zile",
+    "hours": "ore",
+    "minutes": "minute",
+    "seconds": "secunde"
   }
 }