diff --git a/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view.html b/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view.html
index 40b27272ba4d..e331e6c19f11 100644
--- a/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view.html
+++ b/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view.html
@@ -1,14 +1,39 @@
+{% load i18n %}
 <div style="padding: 1em">
     {% if block_count > 0 %}
-        <p>Learners will see {{ max_count }} of the {{ block_count }} selected components:</p>
+        {% if max_count == -1 %}
+            <p>
+                {% blocktrans count num_selected=block_count %}
+                Learners will see the selected component:
+                {% plural %}
+                Learners will see all of the {{ num_selected }} selected components, in random order:
+                {% endblocktrans %}
+            </p>
+        {% else %}
+            <p>
+                {% blocktrans with max_count=max_count count num_selected=block_count %}
+                Learners will see the selected component:
+                {% plural %}
+                Learners will see {{ max_count }} of the {{ num_selected }} selected components:
+                {% endblocktrans %}
+            </p>
+        {% endif %}
         <ol style="list-style: decimal; margin-left: 2em;">
             {% for block in blocks %}
                 <li>{{ block.display_name }}</li>
             {% endfor %}
         </ol>
-        <p style="color: var(--gray);">Press <a href="/container/{{ item_bank_id }}">View</a> to preview, sync/update, and/or remove the selected components.</p>
-        <p style="color: var(--gray);">Press <a role="button" href="#" class="edit-button action-button">Edit</a> to configure how many will be shown and other settings.</p>
+        <p style="color: var(--gray);">
+            {% blocktrans with prefix="/container/" item_bank_id=item_bank_id %}
+            Press <a href="{{prefix}}{{item_bank_id}}">View</a> to preview, sync/update, and/or remove the selected components.
+            {% endblocktrans %}
+        </p>
+        <p style="color: var(--gray);">
+            {% blocktrans with link='role="button" href="#" class="edit-button action-button"'|safe %}
+            Press <a {{link}}>Edit</a> to configure how many will be shown and other settings.
+            {% endblocktrans %}
+        </p>
     {% else %}
-        <p>You have not selected any components yet.</p>
+        <p>{% trans "You have not selected any components yet." %}</p>
     {% endif %}
 </div>
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diff --git a/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view_add.html b/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view_add.html
index 512c77289cfb..40d0221dedd8 100644
--- a/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view_add.html
+++ b/xmodule/templates/item_bank/author_view_add.html
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
+{% load i18n %}
 <div class="insert-new-lib-blocks-here"></div>
 <div class="xblock-header-secondary">
     {% comment %}
-    How does this button work? An event handler in cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
+    How this button works: An event handler in cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
     will watch for clicks and then display the SelectV2LibraryContent modal and process
     the list of selected blocks returned from the modal.
     {% endcomment %}
     <button class="btn btn-primary problem-bank-v2-add-button">
         <span class="icon fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-        Add components
-    </button> from a content library to this problem bank.
-</div>
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+        {# Translators: This is the button label that appears before the separate "from a content library to this problem bank." message. #}
+        {% trans "Add components" %}
+    </button>
+    {# Translators: This text appears immediately after the "Add components" button. If it's difficult to translate directly, replace this with an empty string to hide it. #}
+    {% trans "from a content library to this problem bank." %}
+</div>