diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/chat-page-new.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/chat-page-new.tsx
index c362a4159..db2f46a22 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/chat-page-new.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/chat-page-new.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { CardTitle, HStack, IconButton, Stack } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
 
 import ChatSearch from '../../chat-search/chat-search';
 
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  title: { id: 'chat.new_message.title', defaultMessage: 'New Message' },
+});
+
 interface IChatPageNew {
 }
 
 /** New message form to create a chat. */
 const ChatPageNew: React.FC<IChatPageNew> = () => {
+  const intl = useIntl();
   const history = useHistory();
 
   return (
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ const ChatPageNew: React.FC<IChatPageNew> = () => {
             onClick={() => history.push('/chats')}
           />
 
-          <CardTitle title='New Message' />
+          <CardTitle title={intl.formatMessage(messages.title)} />
         </HStack>
       </Stack>
 
@@ -31,4 +37,4 @@ const ChatPageNew: React.FC<IChatPageNew> = () => {
   );
 };
 
-export default ChatPageNew;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default ChatPageNew;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-search/chat-search.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-search/chat-search.tsx
index c6b9536a5..c10dc61c5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-search/chat-search.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-search/chat-search.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useMutation } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { Icon, Input, Stack } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
@@ -17,11 +18,16 @@ import Blankslate from './blankslate';
 import EmptyResultsBlankslate from './empty-results-blankslate';
 import Results from './results';
 
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  placeholder: { id: 'chat_search.placeholder', defaultMessage: 'Type a name' },
+});
+
 interface IChatSearch {
   isMainPage?: boolean
 }
 
 const ChatSearch = (props: IChatSearch) => {
+  const intl = useIntl();
   const { isMainPage = false } = props;
 
   const debounce = useDebounce;
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ const ChatSearch = (props: IChatSearch) => {
           data-testid='search'
           type='text'
           autoFocus
-          placeholder='Type a name'
+          placeholder={intl.formatMessage(messages.placeholder)}
           value={value || ''}
           onChange={(event) => setValue(event.target.value)}
           outerClassName='mt-0'
@@ -112,4 +118,4 @@ const ChatSearch = (props: IChatSearch) => {
   );
 };
 
-export default ChatSearch;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default ChatSearch;