diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index fd326be1a194..4acd05d9c1ed 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -923,11 +923,16 @@ if (!defined('CONTACT_EMAIL')) {
             $text = $entityType;
         }
 
+        // check if this has been translated in a module language file
         if ( ! Utils::isNinjaProd() && $module = Module::find($entityType)) {
-            return trans("{$module->getLowerName()}::texts.{$text}");
-        } else {
-            return trans("texts.{$text}");
+            $key = "{$module->getLowerName()}::texts.{$text}";
+            $value = trans($key);
+            if ($key != $value) {
+                return $value;
+            }
         }
+
+        return trans("texts.{$text}");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/Libraries/Utils.php b/app/Libraries/Utils.php
index c869cce10d3f..1a57630131d6 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/Utils.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/Utils.php
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class Utils
         return substr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], 0, strrpos($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '/') + 1);
     }
 
-    public static function trans($input)
+    public static function trans($input, $module = false)
     {
         $data = [];
 
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@ class Utils
             if ($field == 'checkbox') {
                 $data[] = $field;
             } elseif ($field) {
-                $data[] = trans("texts.$field");
+                if ($module) {
+                    $data[] = mtrans($module, $field);
+                } else {
+                    $data[] = trans("texts.$field");
+                }
             } else {
                 $data[] = '';
             }
diff --git a/resources/views/list.blade.php b/resources/views/list.blade.php
index 5848cf8fafd2..b320690752c3 100644
--- a/resources/views/list.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/list.blade.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 
 {!! Datatable::table()
-	->addColumn(Utils::trans($datatable->columnFields()))
+	->addColumn(Utils::trans($datatable->columnFields(), $datatable->entityType))
 	->setUrl(url('api/' . Utils::pluralizeEntityType($entityType) . '/' . (isset($clientId) ? $clientId : (isset($vendorId) ? $vendorId : ''))))
     ->setCustomValues('rightAlign', isset($rightAlign) ? $rightAlign : [])
 	->setCustomValues('entityType', Utils::pluralizeEntityType($entityType))