diff --git a/resources/lang/en-US/general.php b/resources/lang/en-US/general.php
index 7e0c0bdea3..6c8c0f4afe 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en-US/general.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en-US/general.php
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ return [
     'requested_assets_menu' => 'Requested Assets',
     'request_canceled'      => 'Request Canceled',
     'request_item'          => 'Request this item',
+    'external_link_tooltip' => 'External link to',
     'save'  				=> 'Save',
     'select_var'            => 'Select :thing... ', // this will eventually replace all of our other selects
     'select'				=> 'Select',
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
index 046c6a2a4b..fc1f0bedcc 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
 
         if (value) {
             if ((value.indexOf("{") === -1) || (value.indexOf("}") ===-1)) {
-                return '<nobr><a href="' + value + '" target="_blank" title="External link to ' + value + '" data-tooltip="true"><i class="fa fa-external-link"></i> ' + value + '</a></nobr>';
+                return '<nobr><a href="' + value + '" target="_blank" title="{{ trans('general.external_link_tooltip') }} ' + value + '" data-tooltip="true"><i class="fa fa-external-link"></i> ' + value + '</a></nobr>';
             }
             return value;
         }