diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.mobile.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.mobile.haml
index b313860d1..a92fb4aaf 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.mobile.haml
@@ -16,8 +16,4 @@
     = render 'status_messages/status_message', :post => post, :photos => post.photos
 
     .info
-      - if post.comments.length == 1
-        = link_to "#{post.comments.length} #{t('_comment').downcase} →", status_message_path(post), :class => 'comment_link'
-      - else
-        = link_to "#{post.comments.length} #{t('_comments').downcase} →", status_message_path(post), :class => 'comment_link'
-
+      = link_to "#{t('comments', :count => post.comments.length)} →", status_message_path(post), :class => 'comment_link'
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 7477d9474..839d587ea 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ en:
   more: "More"
   next: "next"
   previous: "previous"
+  _comments: "Comments"
 
 
   #for reference translation, the real activerecord english transations are actually