diff --git a/wcs/admin/workflows.ptl b/wcs/admin/workflows.ptl
index b3607b56e..d0076a9f7 100644
--- a/wcs/admin/workflows.ptl
+++ b/wcs/admin/workflows.ptl
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class WorkflowItemPage(Directory):
             raise errors.TraversalError()
         self.workflow = workflow
         self.status = status
-        get_response().breadcrumb.append(('items/%s/' % component, self.item.description))
+        get_response().breadcrumb.append(('items/%s/' % component, _(self.item.description)))
 
     def _q_index [html] (self):
         request = get_request()