diff --git a/src/components/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.js b/src/components/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.js
index 49c8eb886f..c856a01f3c 100644
--- a/src/components/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.js
+++ b/src/components/metadataEditor/metadataEditor.js
@@ -925,7 +925,9 @@ import template from './metadataEditor.template.html';
html += '';
if (person.Role && person.Role !== lastType) {
- html += '
' + (person.Role) + '
';
+ html += '' + person.Role + '
';
+ } else {
+ html += '' + globalize.translate(person.Type) + '
';
}
html += '';
diff --git a/src/components/metadataEditor/personEditor.template.html b/src/components/metadataEditor/personEditor.template.html
index d2ad6a78d2..394473ed27 100644
--- a/src/components/metadataEditor/personEditor.template.html
+++ b/src/components/metadataEditor/personEditor.template.html
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@