diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
index 42d9ab2548..863d1feb9a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
     def load_ebook(self, pathtoebook, open_at=None, reload_book=False):
         if open_at:
             self.pending_open_at = open_at
-        self.setWindowTitle(_('Loading book… — {}').format(self.base_window_title))
+        self.setWindowTitle(_('Loading book') + '… — {}'.format(self.base_window_title))
         self.web_view.show_preparing_message()
         self.save_annotations()
         self.current_book_data = {}
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py
index 55daabd6e0..7bc9371137 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class WebView(RestartingWebEngineView):
             self.pending_bridge_ready_actions[action] = args
 
     def show_preparing_message(self):
-        msg = _('Preparing book for first read, please wait…')
+        msg = _('Preparing book for first read, please wait') + '…'
         self.execute_when_ready('show_preparing_message', msg)
 
     def goto_toc_node(self, node_id):